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I have taken my dog to the vet and theysay that shasta co is one of top countys in ca to have heartworm. I ddon't if that is true but none of the people I know have there dogs on heart meds. Just wanted to know if i should worry.

You should probably worry if you don't have your dog on preventive, especially if you do any "low country" hunting.
Heartworm is a big problem here in Butte County. Saw a LOT of positives in the year I interned as a vet tech.
I moved from SoCal to NorCal in '93. I never had my dogs on heartworm prevention down south, but as soon as I moved to Nevada County (3500' elevation) I put them on it at my vet's recommendation and haven't quit since.
Your vet should be able to tell you roughly how many positive cases he/she diagnoses a year.....or month if it's real bad.

I was in the vets office just a couple weeks ago anxiously awaiting a heart worm test. I was gonna kick my self in the butt if it came out positive , but Luckily it wasn't if you have it in your area, deffinatley have the dogs on a preventative.


Ricky

I would especially if the you have a dog that came from a place with heart worms. I have a dog that I brought from texas that I've had since she was 8 weeks old. Maybe missed 2 or 3 months of ivomec and she got heart worms. Fortunately she's still alive and if she has a negative test on sept 5th she'll be able to resume hunting. It cost me about 700 dollars in the heartworm medicine and the incidentals.

thanks i have started her on the meds, but like i said i don't know anybody that has there dogs on meds here. but i keep it just to be safe, it dosen't realy cost that much and it is better to be safe than sorry.

It's cheap insurance when you consider the alternatives!

You're right Glomeli1 ~ Like CalBlu and others have said, it's good insurance!
A lot of people are so old school that they think "I've never had a Heartworm problem before in all of my years hunting" and that "No one has ever had that problem around here before" that they'll never have a dog infected with them.
To me, it's just like playing Russian Roullette. Sooner or later, You're GONNA Get the Bullet.

I had all mine on Hartguard from the Vet for years. I've since switched to the Ivomec a year ago in May. You have to make sure you use the kind for Cattle & Swine though. NOT THE KIND FOR HORSES!!

I won't be without it!!! 3/10 of a cc is all you need.

Take it easy and good luck!
Irv

Put them on it whether there is any incidence of them or not, just good insurance.