Best Heartworm Medication

Series Summary

Dogs can bring an infinite amount of joy and companionship into people's lives. Coming home to a wagging tail and an eager smile creates a feeling of love and happiness and can make anyone feel needed as part of an intimate family. In fact, studies have shown that having a pet can reduce stress, lower blood pressure and relieve depression. Whether favorite activities to share with a puppy include a long walk in the park or just watching television on the couch, it's important to show dogs just as much love as they show their owners. In this free video series on dogs, a pet care specialist offers tips for caring for dogs and general breed information. Find out how to choose the right heartworm preventative, and get tips on finding the best pet food. Discover various attributes of different dog breeds, and learn to recognize designer breeds, such as a Yorkie Poo or Labradoodle. Keep a pet dog up to date on flea and heartworm preventative for a longer, happier lifespan.

Video Transcript

"What is the best heart worm medication? Heart worm medication is something that has to be prescribed by a vet, so if you think that perhaps your dog has heart worm or your dog hasn't been checked for heart worm any time recently. Your vet is where you need to go for the first step for that. Most vets are going to prescribe Heart Guard, which is by in all the most popular, effective, and safe form of heart worm protection. He'll tell you to take it on a monthly basis, though it's a chewable tablet, though technically I believe Heart Guard actually last for something like thirty-eight days. A month is just a good indicator for most people. And help people keep on track as far as taking the medication or giving the animal the medication rather. There are other medications out there like Interceptor, and there are some topical ointment medications that you put on the dog that helps fight flea and tick as well as heart worm. Those don't seem to work all that well, and people have had some side effects with them, potential health problems for the animal. And there was also a injectable heart worm medication called Pro Health, however that was recalled due to the amount of problems that is was causing in the health of the animal that it was being administered on. So be wary of other medications that's out there for heart worm. Stick with the Heart Guard, there's really no reason not to use that one. And it is overall the best on the market."