What are side effects of worms, in dogs

How Do Worms Effect Dogs ?

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Worms are common in Dogs and can be easily treated. Worms are cause of various problems in dogs such as Diarrhoea, dehydration and anaemia. The dog might lose weight, cough, have a rough dry coat and a pot bellied appearence. In serious cas…

How do Heart Worms effect smaller dogs?

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If your dog has heartworms, and you give it the preventative pill, it can kill you dog. 4 months is very very young for heartworms. Yes the treatment is strenuous, but if you dont do it, the dog will die.

What are the effects of heart worm on a dog? What do I look for ??

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you wont see worms in the poop for heartworms. if you live in a warm climate and you do not give your dog heartworm medication and it is over 6 months old, he is at high risk for heartworms. you may see weigh loss, trouble breathing and cou…

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Are there long term side effects for taking tapeworm or whipworm preventative? Could it shorten dog’s lifespan?

Q: My dogs are on heart worm preventative and they are soon going to be out and I’m trying to find the the right heart worm preventative medicine. I don’t like that there isn’t one heart worm pill that takes care of the tapeworms AND the whipworms. There are only heart worm preventatives that prevent against one or the other…not both. My dogs go to the dog park almost everyday and despite all my efforts they drink after other dogs. I know whipworm is somewhat rare but I would like to prevent them from getting it. …so in addition to my heart worm preventative I need a preventative for either tapeworm or whipworm. All this preventative medicine makes me nervous because I don’t like chemicals and I have a hard time trusting companies and also I have a disease and some doctors think it is from vaccinations you get when you’re a baby. This is what makes me scared of chemicals, vaccinations, and medicines. I use and do all these preventative measures but I don’t like it.I vaccinate my dogs and give them heart worm preventatives but I (myself) don’t even get flu shots even though I get sick every year. I would like to hear from someone that doesn’t like chemicals if they think there would be long term side effects or if it would shorten my dog’s lifespan?Thanks.Added info: I read that dogs can get whipworm from drinking infected water and a lady at 1-800 ped meds told me they can get in the water when another dog drinks in your dog’s bowl. Is this true?Also, I posted this here and not in the pet section because I need a better answer than “It’s just a dog.” or dogs take them all the time… etc. Please help if you can.

A: Earlier this year, our dog passed away at the age of TWENTY. He’d been on worm preventatives a very long time. No side effects.And yes, all worms are easily transmitted between dogs.

how long do we have to give heart worm medication for dogs?

Q: Hi friendsI have a new dog and the doctor has asked me to give some medicine for preventing heart worm once in a month. Do we have to keep giving this for all his life? What are the side effects of giving this medicine for a long period of time? He is like my own kid and so I am little worried. I would appreciate any feedback from other pet owners.ThanksRam

A: Yup! Once a month for as long as they live! I’ve never seen any adverse reactions in my many years. You want to be very sure they get the pill during the mosquito months. 🙂

how will worm meds. affect my dog?

Q: my 11 week old rott/shepherd mix messed in her cage this morning and there was a worm in her stool. i am going to the vet to get worming meds. what are the puppy side effects of worming and is it safe to have her around other dogs? also we have a cat.. should we have her treated for worms also?

A: Golly gee……..they’ll KILL THE WORMS…duh. One has to hugely over-dose…wormers are safe & effective.The mutt’s had em for weeks.& it probably has species you didn’t…can’t …see.Get STRONGID for the rounds *&* get some PANACUR for hooks,whips,etc. & dose it next week.