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Heartworm question in reference to 11 yr old dog?
My 11 year old very healthy dog has been getting heartworm vaccination for a few years now. It is very expensive. I was told recently by a colleague that if a dog has never had heartworm, and he's getting up in age, it's not worth the expense and that the vets are just capitalizing on our guilt and sentimentality. How necessary is it, considering we live in the city with only the odd foray into country like settings (if that makes a difference)?
My dog's heartworm vacc isn't a pill or an injection but a liquid that I have to apply to the skin between the shoulder blades.
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- Wolf GrrlLv 49 years agoFavorite Answer
My dogs are older too, and I give them heartworm prevention in a pill form every month. My dogs are special to me, and as they age I wouldn't want them to have to go through heartworm treatment if they were to come up positive. I don't however, vaccinate my senior dogs with the DHLPP (cores) because they have received those vaccines all their lifes and I worry about vaccinosis. I DO get my dogs their Rabies vaccine & the Bordetella vaccine.
Maybe talk with your vet and switch her to a heartworm pill and not an injection. I thought that they stopped making heartworm injections (proheart 6)??
Prevention is better then treatment. And mosquitoes live EVERYWHERE not just in the country.
- ?Lv 79 years ago
Heartworm is spread by a mosquito bite. If you live or travel to an area where mosquitos are common then you find heartworm is common among dogs who don't have the preventative. Heartworm is difficult to treat and can kill.
Ask your vet whether they think the preventative is a luxury. If the disease is rare in your area, or areas you visit, they might think its safe to discontinue.
- Julie D.Lv 79 years ago
I've never even heard of a Heartworm vaccination. Heartworm preventatives are given in a pill or chewable form, (monthly) not a vaccination. Are you sure you aren't thinking of some other booster shot?
- boots6Lv 79 years ago
I would believe a trained veterinarian over a colleague, personally. I worked at a vet and the vets I worked with were compassionate caring people who cared about prevention, and they weren't just out to make money off people by manipulating them. If you think your vet does that, maybe you should find a new vet and have a discussion with them about this.
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