How to Prevent Your Dog From Heartworms While Saving Yourself Money!
Do you hate paying for Heartworm medication every month for your dog? The money spent can add up to hundreds of dollars a year, or in my case, close to a thousand if you get the medication from your vet. I have a way to save you lots of money while effectively keeping your dog safe from heartworms and parasites!
Things You'll Need
- your dog's weight in pounds
- Ivermectin 1% Bovine Injectable medication (see notes on where to buy)
- a way of measuring out milliliters, a baby medication syringe, a cup with milliliters marked, a syring and needle (if you can and if it's legal).
- Sweet solution like simple syrup or orange juice
Instructions
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Ivermectin is the active ingredient in most heartworm preventative sole by your vet. It's also used in cattle to prevent parasites. You can buy Ivermectin in tack shops or your local Agway. Please make sure it's the 1% solution and the bovine injectable. Please don't let the injectable word scare you off, nothing is going to be injected into the dog's skin or veins and it's safe to use orally. Please check with your vet before you start giving Ivermectin orally to your dogs since their is a list of contraindicators which include certain breeds (such as Collies) and Neuro Issues (such as epilepsy).
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Take the weight of your dog. My dogs happen to be around 150 pounds. We'll use this as an example. The dosage for Ivermectin is 1ml per 100 pounds of dogs. So my dogs get 1.5 ml a month of Ivermectin. I measure this out and I mix it with a couple tablespoons of simple syrup or orange juice. It's very easy to make your own simple syrup by mixing equal parts water and sugar in a coffee mug and microwaving until the sugar dissolves. Make sure it's cooled off enough before you give it to Fido.
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With someone's help, get the dog's mouth open and put the mixture in the back of the mouth. That's it! Very simple to do and the best part is that a 50ml bottle of Ivermectin costs around $30-$50!!! And it will last you a long time (please look at the expiration date on the bottle and refrigerate it after it's opened). Couldn't be simpler and cheaper and effective!
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Tips & Warnings
To buy Ivermectin, go to www.jefferslivestock.com
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Please check with your vet first before starting.
