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Re: [RC] OT, vet question/heartworm meds - AmyThe belief here is probably that a dog gets so healthy eating a raw diet, that they can fight off anything that comes along. I'm not a vet, but I do have a holistic vet to compliment my traditional vets care and she still recommends and gives her own dogs heartworm meds even though she feeds raw. Being involved in dog rescue, heartworm is nothing to mess around with, rabies either. I do believe that our animals are being over vaccinated so I do not vaccinate mine every year and may not do so ever again except for rabies, I do that every 3yrs. Most of the vet schools are recommending going to every 3yrs protocol for the DHLPP vaccine too. It's definitely a personal decision.Amy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Amber Roberts" <Amber@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 10:05 AM Subject: [RC] OT, vet question/heartworm meds I'm having questions about shots and heartworm meds for dogs and my husband suggested I write here to see if any of the vets would have an impartial opinion. Since the kibble dog food poisoning issue, I started feeding my dogs raw food April 1st. Since then, their dirty brown 5 yr. old teeth are now puppy white and their coats are shiny. They LOVE their meals now and are doing extremely well. However, I've been reading that dogs fed like this get and remain very healthy and do not need distemper, rabies shots or heartworm meds. As I'm about to give the HW again on the 15th, I'm curious as to whether I need to continue giving this poison to them every month. We live in hot Texas. Any opinions here? =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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