On Oct 08, 2010 05:29pm, FRED BURGESS wrote to BOB ACKLEY:   
      
      
    FB> On Aug 24, 2010 06:11am, BOB ACKLEY wrote to RICHARD WEBB:   
      
    BA>> Replying to a message of Richard Webb to all:   
      
    RW>>> DRug companies are finding that with *all* heartworm   
    RW>>> preventatives there seems to be a 2-4% failure rate.  drug   
    RW>>> companies are paying to treat dogs who contract heartworm   
    RW>>> while on their preventative anyway, but this is with *all*   
    RW>>> preventatives, this two to four percent failure rate.   
      
    RW>>> I was told by somebody else, and started using when my heart guard ran   
    RW>>> out a product acquired from the local farm store. Can't think of the   
    RW>>> name off top of my head Bob A. but will get it if interested. DOc   
    RW>>> told me only disadvantage of using this stuff is that if my Schotzi   
    RW>>> contracts heartworm the drug company won't back me on it.   
      
    BA>> Several years ago I was paying for Iverheart tablets but the things are   
    BA>> just too   
    BA>> expensive if one has several dogs.  I explained that to my vet (who has   
    BA>> since retired for medical reasons) and he made up a solution of   
    BA>> preventive for me, I squirt 1/2 cc of the stuff into each dog's mouth   
    BA>> once a month.  The bottle lasts about two years (with 10-12 dogs) and   
    BA>> costs about $65.   
      
    BA>> So I don't have to lay out $120/month for Frontline or about the same   
    BA>> amount for heartworm preventive - and the dogs don't have fleas, ticks   
    BA>> or heartworm.   
      
    BA>> I do have to find a cure for ear mites, though.   
      
    A little ointment may help there.  Not sure, as my dogs haven't had   
    mites since I got them (whew!)   
      
    Now for your preventive that you use for heartworm/flea sounds like it   
    would work wonders for my beasties ... the beagle is allergic to just   
    about everything I give her (it seems that way), and frontline,   
    Advantic, Hartz, etc all make her break out.  She has to wear her party   
    hat on a daily basis now because she chews herself raw.  If I leave her   
    outside for too long she finds something and scratches herself to where   
    she's bleeding, doesn't seem to mind that she's bleeding, just stands   
    there smiling like she did something good.  I don't know what to do   
    with her.  Allergy drugs don't seem to help her (benadryl, what I was   
    told to use) seems to make it worse for her.  Help?!   
      
   Fred   
      
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