Best flee and tick med for my lab
Q: What is the best flee and tick med for my 85lb chocolate lab
A: Frontline plus is the number one flea and tick product in the us. it is effective against ticks,fleas,flea eggs and flea larvae. a single treatment will control fleas for up to 3 months, and ticks for up to one month on dogs.
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Do i need to let go?
Q: My 13 year old male shetland sheepdog has arthritis, which i use etogesic for. he has developed tumors on his belly near his penis and behind his front paw which have grown to be very large. the one on the stomach is a fatty tumor, but the other i was told is most likely cancer. two more tumors are now growing, one on the side of his face and the other at the base of his neck. he still eats well, follows me around when he hears me leave the room and doesn't pant or shiver. he has a hard time getting up, and today his legs slid straight out on him, he was gagging like he was going to vomit and when i tried to help him up, i noticed he had wet the floor. i love this dog more than anything and he loves me. i don't want him to suffer and yet i don't want to put him down before his time. he has been fine now since he did this. i guess i need to know when is the time right for him, to put him down? i am taking him to the vet tomorrow for an evaluation, but i would like a second opinion.
A: If the gagging and urine wetting get worse or continue then i would consider euthanizing him given his other problems. keep in mind that older dogs like older people will have good and badk days. i use quality of life over time as my indication of recommending euthanasia
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Arthritis
Q: My 7 year old lab has arthritis. he weights about 100 pounds. what would you remend? thank you.
A: We often prescribe many effective non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents for arthritis. many of these are quite expensive for a dog your pet's size. you should first see your veterinarian for a proper diagnosis as we often will check blood work to make sure that your pet can handle these medications. some of the better ones include rimadyl and |deramaxx, which all may be available somewhat cheaper through pet meds.|you can also add vitamin c in the form|of ester c to your pet's diet at a dose|of 1 to 2 grams a day in addition to|vitamin e at 400 iu a day, which have no side effects. there are also some|excellent glucosamine supplements including cosequin, and i often use a group of nutrients known as bioflavenoids in helping pets with arthritis. proanthocyanidins are such examples and can be harmlessly added|to a 100 pound dog's diet at 100 mg once to twice daily. hope this helps.
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Any heartworm medicine i can give
Q: I took my dog to the vet the other day and was told my dog had heartworms, and the treatment cost would be $1,000 i am not working and i am unable to pay that much. is there anything else i can do?is there any medicine i can administer and buy myself? help please, i love my dog, but my finances will not permit me to pay for this costly treatment.
A: I would ask for retest of heartworm test and have it sent to outside lab. i have occasionally seen in office heartworm tests be false positives. that being said if true positive, then i woudl call around as this sounds very high to me for two injections of immiticide over 24 hours which is how we treat heartworms now. if still not affordable, then you could consider putting dog on monthly heartguard or interceptor which will prevent further reproduction of existing adult heartworms but will not kill adults
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Glocosamine and rimadyl
Q: Both have been prescribed for rambo (86# mixed breed). he will not take glocosamine. how can i disguise it so get him to take it? he might take the rimadyl and he might not. he has only been on it for a month. is it ok for him to miss a dose or two?
A: Check out our super joint enhancer tablets that are in chewable liver-flavored tablets that dogs seem to love. use these in conjunction with the rimadyl.
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Dosage
Q: My friend gave me a bottle of pyrantel pamoate which has directions for dosage for people, but not animals. could you please give me the correct dosage for dogs with roundworm? the bottle indicates that the pyrantel base per 1 ml. is 50 mg. thanks for your time, cate
A: I usually use 1 cc per 20 pounds of body weight and then repeat in 3 weeks
Possibly too much
Q: Hi there, i have two dogs, both are about the same weight. i was giving them their monthly dosage of sentinal and i believe one dog spit hers out and the other dog ate it. he had already eaten his own. i thought i put it far enough back in the one dogs throat that she had to swallow it. but then i noticed that where i gave them the meds, the other dog sniffed around and found something and ate it. what do i do???? will the dog that possibly got 2 tabs get sick? should i wait another month to give another tab to the dog that may have spit it out? thanks much
A: The sentinel tablets have a high margin of safety and if your dog did ingest two tablets there should be no problem. also if you aren't sure you should give the other dog another dose, with food.
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