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Posted by Revenge on 02-21-2023 03:40 PM:

Anyone ever do a successful heartworm cure on a dog without the shots?

Got a pretty new dog that showed a faint positive. Vet wants 30 days of doxy, 30 days of nothing, then a couple shots then 30 more days of no activity. That's fine if there is no other safe alterative just seeing if there is another way. Thanks.

Posted by Jack Bingham on 02-21-2023 03:47 PM:

yes. ivomec monthly for 18-24 months will kill them all

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Posted by Revenge on 02-21-2023 04:12 PM:

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yes. ivomec monthly for 18-24 months will kill them all

How much for a 60 lb dog? Can a dog be hunted regular with this method? Thanks.

Posted by jkidd1 on 02-21-2023 05:40 PM:

I know you looking for alternatives other than the shots, but I had one recently that tested positive and my vet gave him 2 shots 24hrs apart called Immiticide, I dropped him off, he stayed overnight and I got him the next day. They only had me rest him for 6weeks, since he was a hunting dog, but they said normally it would only be 30days rest for a house dog. It was $500 total. This has been the only dog I’ve even owned that had heartworms so I can’t say I’m very knowledgeable on the subject, but this worked.

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Posted by Revenge on 02-21-2023 06:16 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by jkidd1
I know you looking for alternatives other than the shots, but I had one recently that tested positive and my vet gave him 2 shots 24hrs apart called Immiticide, I dropped him off, he stayed overnight and I got him the next day. They only had me rest him for 6weeks, since he was a hunting dog, but they said normally it would only be 30days rest for a house dog. It was $500 total. This has been the only dog I’ve even owned that had heartworms so I can’t say I’m very knowledgeable on the subject, but this worked.

Im thinking too of maybe keep hunting a little thru the doxy month and off month and just lay him up totally for the 30 days after the shots.

Posted by Randy Williams on 02-21-2023 07:09 PM:

I cured one about 40 years ago with Atguard pig wormer, then years later I cured one with sheep wormer pills, Lamasole I think. I don't know if you can even buy those now. As a preventative I use to give them one part ivermec mixed with 9 parts water. Now I use the recipe that Steve Morrow with Saltlick kennels posted on here years ago. It's ivermec, Pyrantel, and Praz. AS said earlier, the ivomec will kill the heartworms.

Posted by Jack Bingham on 02-22-2023 09:05 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Revenge
How much for a 60 lb dog? Can a dog be hunted regular with this method? Thanks.

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you can keep hunting them as normal.
it's an old wives tale that you cant hunt them when treated. i had one done years ago the traditional way Cyanide in the spinal column. I asked the old vet how long i had to lay him up. He looked at me like i was crazy. He said if it made me feel better rest him for 3-4 days and hunt him as normal. Most vets today think there treating little princess that lays on your lap. Most don't treat them like a working dog. I've got a good vet now actually 2 of them they understand that my dogs have a job to do and it's there job to make them healthy enough to do it.

Posted by RFussnecker on 02-22-2023 10:14 PM:

If your unwise enough to scoff at the pros and take advise off of coonhunters

Over them you might need your head examined....
The shots with the 30 days rest is the reccommended treatment anythong other than that is like playing russian rulet every sixth try will likley be failure. Give it a try.....

Posted by Reuben on 02-23-2023 01:49 AM:

Levamisole

I cured 7 or 8 dogs of having heart worms…two dogs had them pretty bad…one of those a vet wouldn’t treat on account he thought the dog wouldn’t live through the treatment…she was pregnant, wormy and loaded with heart worms…the vet wormed her and put her on vitamins and I put her through the heart worm treatment and she was back to a healthy looking dog in now time…even had a nice litter of pups…

Back then the treatment was very expensive like 3 to 5 hundred dollars for treatment and no guarantee the dog would live over the treatment because of potential liver failure…

The reason for resting the dog during treatment and post treatment is this…dog hunts hard and too many heart worms break loose and plug the heart or a main artery and you’ll have a dead dog…the article I read was written by two veterinarians on how to treat with levamisole and why to rest the dog post treatment…

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Posted by Reuben on 02-23-2023 01:53 AM:

Re: Levamisole

quote:
Originally posted by Reuben
I cured 7 or 8 dogs of having heart worms…two dogs had them pretty bad…one of those a vet wouldn’t treat on account he thought the dog wouldn’t live through the treatment…she was pregnant, wormy and loaded with heart worms…the vet wormed her and put her on vitamins and I put her through the heart worm treatment and she was back to a healthy looking dog in now time…even had a nice litter of pups…

Back then the treatment was very expensive like 3 to 5 hundred dollars for treatment and no guarantee the dog would live over the treatment because of potential liver failure…

The reason for resting the dog during treatment and post treatment is this…dog hunts hard and too many heart worms break loose and plug the heart or a main artery and you’ll have a dead dog…the article I read was written by two veterinarians on how to treat with levamisole and why to rest the dog post treatment…

The procedure was in a 1983 mail order catalog for ordering vet supplies and owner by two veterinarians…

They almost lost their vet liscenses for having put that procedure in their catalog…

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