I am not trained in vet medicine at all but have several animals and always go homeopathic before conventional in treating their illnesses or injuries. I have been watching your videos for two hours and want to take the day off from work to watch more! I cured my sphynx cat a few years back from some sort of liver illness...vet had no idea, said it didnt look good, she was almost mustardish yellow - just wanted to poke and test for hundreds of dollars. No way. I read in my natural healing books, got some milk thistle and fed it to her in kitten food. That was 7 years ago. She is perfect.. I am always going to try natural first...keep posting, please...love it!!! You are awesome...what a kind compassionate soul. Someone actually out to help animals, not benefit drug companies and be ruled by the all mighty dollar. How wonderful. An angel among us animal lovers...
I'm a veterinary cardiologist and actually applaud you for encouraging people not to put their dogs on heartworm prevention if they live in an area where heartworm is not endemic (doesn't exist). I agree that the drug companies, in their quest to get every dog in North America on their product, have misled many veterinarians and their clients. See next post -
NoOneGetzOutAlive yeah but it's not year round in all 50 states. In states that get super cold during winter you can hold back on the preventative and that's why he talked about Canada in the video.
Corrie Robertson same here! I just adopted a chihuahua with heartworm and I volunteer with dogs as well. Texas has SO MANY dogs infected and so many people who don't know about the disease. It's heartbreaking, really. I try to be as "natural" as possible and give as little medication to my dogs as I can but I do not take the chance here in Texas. We are. Unfortunately, a very high risk area.
@@VeterinarySecrets I will thank you! Do you have a video on titer testing? My dog will be 1 years old soon and is due for DHPP should I titer or give the 1 year old booster in your opinion? I’m scared of over vaccinating 😢
I took my dog to get neutered. He was a rescue. A Rottweiler. He Did have a mean striek and could be aggressive when scared. I had double muzzled him and gave him a sedidative (from the vet prior when I made the appointment. He was under control The whole time. The surgeon told me he had heartworms that had matured. She recommended I put him down. I was heartbroken. He was a good dog. A neglected dog. He was coming around to trust me. Anyway...I allowed his death and suffered depression over it for months. A Wholestic vet told me he could have come out of it with the right treatment. I was so angry with the surgeon. Too many vets get immune to killing in my mind and are out of touch for the animal itself. i think bc of his aggression the surgeon didn't want to be bothered. My advice get a second opinion. Poor baby had a rough life already and then they kill him. I'll never forget how he looked up at me before his death. I'll never get over that feeling of maybe he could have lived on. He was only about 4years old.
Hun, i feel your pain. The dog is fine now. Forgive yourself. You gave that dog love. The last memories it had of being on this earth is the kindness and love you gave him. I know you feel sadness and maybe guilt. But you showed that dog love and that was a good thing.
i am so sorry! always listen to your own heart/gut. There was no reason b/c he probably was not suffering and the condition could have been treated. Many vets are heartless; this is a consequence of the job in medical industry most of the time; it is a survival tactic.
Upon watching one of these videos I took my dog to the vet and asked if he had heard about the use of Panacur for cancer. Basically he told me I was wasting my money. I got a prescription of prednisone for the tumors and went to the local farm supply for panacur. My dog's tumors are a little larger than a softball. When we started her on the regimen I noticed the tumor beginning to soften and shrink. Kentucky has a high rate of cancer among humans and if this works then I know what to get myself should I develop cancer. My dog is on the second week of the regimen and from the size of the tumors it looks like I have a long road ahead of me. Dog is mobile and doesn't act like she's in any pain. The vet said that if the tumors burst I'd have to put the dog down and we're, my daughter and i, are trying to prevent that.
I am so sorry. This is why I would always consider another opinion or even try to treat it my self before making that descion. My aunts dog a small chihuahua had a collapsed trachea, she was on vet meds, expensive one but only got worse and the vet told her to put her down and my aunt did. It was so sad, the dog was pleading with her eyes and crying the whole way to the vet, at the vet she tried to run to my aunt as in saying take me home please dont kill me. She was stupidly murdered. It is so sad and I cant get over the trauma. My aunt doesn't believe in hollistic anything. Later on I comducted a small search and even went on amazon who sells all these amazing natural stuff and many people on there had their dogs with collapsed tracheas trhiving and better with natural remedies. I felt.so sad, my aunt did not do everything she could for her baby, she just took the vets advice as the law. It sickens me.
I am in Ohio, NW Ohio and treat for mosquitoes, ticks and fleas for the yard. I was able to go 3 years with no flea medicine either, until a cat decided to come over. Any deworming for puppies is great,
I completely agree! HAHA...I'm always worried about putting poison on them or in their bodies and bloodstream...I don't want to apply pesticides that will be in my dog's blood to kill fleas or ticks that bite, it's great that it kills the pests but I found out that there is next to no regulation whatsoever on those products... But then, the vets always say to ALWAYS use the preventatives and vaccine boosters (I'm glad that it seems more accessible to have them tested for the presence of the antibody now though :-D ) ...buying dog food my head usually explodes a few times trying to compare and be able to buy food for me too, lol ;-)
I live in Canada, and according to the video, the story of heartworm disease is that " ..it's difficult to acquire and usually NOT fatal "Good - I often wondered what the REAL, and long term affect was, of giving my dog a drug that would KILL a mosquito, if it bit them !!! Sounds like a strong poison IS circulating throughout my dogs system to me, for THAT to happen !! SO the dog gets bitten anyway - what's the point ???? Also there's that WHOLE added expense EVERY year of taking that 'heartworm test' "to be sure they didn't get it ", in spite of taking the drugs !! Doesn't exactly instill confidence, does it ? And the WHOLE issue of those 'yearly shots' that are NOT needed because most of them last for YEARS, and some last a lifetime, with just that ONE initial shot and ONE booster, when they're puppies... But it sure helps pad out the vet's bank account, every year, to give out all those tests, shots, pills, etc. WHAT A RACKET !!! NO MORE for my dogs !!
Thanks for this video. It’s so hard to know what to do. I live in the Northeast, primarily in New York City. For decades, I’ve been following the Pitcairn method of feeding my dog home cooked food exclusively. Pitcairn’s theory is that your dog is more resistant to heart worm if your dog is healthy and has a strong immune system. My conventional vet office argued last year that it only takes one infected mosquito to bite your dog for the disease to be transmitted. They used the (very convincing) case of dogs who are routinely rescued from the south to the northeast with heart worm, which means that transmission is much more likely in the northeast and they’ve told me that it doesn’t depend on whether your dog is healthy or not. My dog is now 12 years old and is showing signs of slowing down. The vets have also said that despite testing, the disease doesn’t show up for quite some period of time and that the heart worm disease treatment can potentially kill your dog. I’m unfortunately not aware of any clinical proof that a healthy dog would be able to fend off heart worm disease, so I contacted my holistic vet who suggested that I hedge my bets and go with heartworm treatments every 90 days along with biannual tests for heartworm. I’m following this advice, although I wince every 90 days as I feed my 12 year-old dog the meat-flavored rectangular pesticide-laden treat. I make sure that it’s only ivermectin and not the “plus” product, which contains additional pesticides to ward off ticks and fleas. So far, so good, but I always fear the long-term effect will be that I’m doing damage to my dog’s internal chemistry and organs.
You are incredible!! 💜💜 This is pretty close to what I do and I'm in SC. 🤣 We have gruesome Summers but only 3 months...bc we actually have 4 seasons. I think A LOT of life, most, is following your faith and heart. We know these companies are absolutely ruthless and full of crap. Do your research and rely on YOUR knowledge and truth. Blessed be brother. 💖🙌✊
HEARTWORM IS A BIG MONEY MAKER FOR VETS OVER A THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR TREATMENT WHEN THERE IS A NATURAL CURE THAT ONLY COSTS LIKE 10 TO 15 DOLLARS NO MATTER HOW BAD THE HEARTWORMS ARE AND SAFE TO USE, NOT LIKE WHAT VETS USE TO KILL THEM AND COULD KILL YOUR PET IN THE PROCESS.
Lots of common sense. I had a dog who died of heartworm when I lived in Texas 30 years ago. After that happened, I always used a preventative, until we moved from that hot climate to a cool and dry climate wher heart worm is not a threat. When we vacation in Texas, though, I go back to a preventative.
I really appreciate your approach to minimal meds, home prepared food and vitamin/mineral supplements. I have 4 dogs 3-16 yo, home prepared fed now 6+ years... doing really well! Living in the Southeast, US, I dose with cattle ivermectin 6mcg/kg during the mosquito season (have to use insulin syringe due to minute dose). Heart Worm prevention in the form of Ivermectin,while not without fault, isn't worth omitting in high risk areas.
some of you people need to grow up! who cares about whether the guy has wet hair or sounds gay to you! piss off ....this isnt a fashion show and it sure isnt hollywood...the guy loves animals and he is a veterinarian....show some compassion for crying out loud.....this is educational info for our pets.....
3 years ago we adopted a male yellow lab. He had been relinquished to a shelter by his owner because he had heartworms, fleas and was in diminished health. He was treated for the heartworms, fleas and was neutered. My husband and I were fortunate to adopt him, as he is a sweet, loveable dog, and happy to have a good home. I took him to our Vet, and we put him on Heartguard year around. We live in Western Colorado, where the winters are very mild. Am I doing the right thing for him? He is 8 years old now, and our Vet thinks he has severe heart and lung damage. But we take walks everyday, and he takes swims in the river, and runs up and down the hills.
I can’t tell you how much I appreciate you! I live in a large town where there is not one Holistic Vet! I have had to research everything on my own for my pets. Your advise has been a life saver! I really need help with a few things that are minor. How can I get a hold of you? Can I pay for a phone consult? ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
Very informative video! And the product which was displayed in the video - Heartgard Plus- It was recommended by the vet keep my pooches worm free and healthy. For as long as I have used this course of prevention on my dogs, have never had heartworm issues.
Being raised in a “non wealthy” farm family, we doctored our animals ourselves. Except of course necessary things. And we probably had one of the best vets ever. A very smart little man who always used the best medicine, whatever it was. If Mr Grover said it would work , it did. And it would be cost effective as well. This was in the late 50’s and in the Mtns. So he was way ahead of his time. Or....are we just getting back to how it SHOULD be when it comes to drugs, in people as well as animals ?
Just watched this. Jeepers, some of the comments about Docs wet hair; made me snort my coffee up! Lordy Be, the vet Dr. is very practical, informative and he loves the animals. Good enough for me! Great video!
I would like to take my pup off the medications but we live in South Florida! Where it’s hot, humid, and mosquito-infested year round. What should we do?! 😰
Don't confuse your likes with what your pup needs. View videos on endstage heartworm infection. It will definitely cure your want of taking pup off medication.
I watch all of ur vids. Love them all. My 78 pound Rottweiler has positive HW yesterday and I am only giving 1 drop of black walnut oil with wormwood combined in one bottle mix for every 10 lb for 5 days then off 2 for three to six months then retest and continue for 1 yr then retest and when gone only 1 time per month as a prevention. What do u think about this Dr.??? I have well over 263 people said this worked amazingly. Just want to know ur opinion.
@@VeterinarySecrets do u have a link for the neem to use that u would recommend? Also if my dog is 78 pounds, how much would u recommend to rid him of HW and for how long. Im just so scared to do the treatment in their office because I don't know how he may respond to chemical injections
My dog was just fine while in hwf ( a natural remedy, and a raw diet... he was on heart guard during the summer, as we live in tx. He unfortunately ran away from a relative's house and by the time we found him, he was in the shelter , 35lbs lighter 😢 aside from that he's been fine... took him to my vet now to find out he's tested positive for heartworm.... I'm waiting for HWF to arrive in the mail to start treating him ❤ my vet agreed we have time to treat him naturally, we will do so under his guidance ❤ Now with summer coming soon, my other dog will be on advantage multi , then only on hwf during fall, winter and early spring....
I adopted two dogs infected with heartworm. One we paid the $600 for two injections and after 6 months he tested negative. The other we adopted from SAPA and heartworm treatment was included in adoption. Only SAPA didn't treat her for heartworms. I began giving her .2 ml of sheep Drench per day in May. It was suggested to do treatment for 18 months. I am going to have her retested in March to see if she still tests positive. I use sheep Drench every three months in all 10 of my dogs as a preventive. We live in the West Texas desert. I am going to start researching vit e and milk thistle. Thank you for your video.
Dr. Jones, my German Shepherd is 2 years old and on heartworm medication ever since I got her from the shelter. Every year the Vet is telling me she needs to be checked first for heartworms before I can get a new prescription. Why do I give her the medication every month if there is a chance it won't work anyhow?
Yea is probably a money thing, but money in terms of the clinics liability. They are probably following some rules, where as if they don't they get in trouble.
I have a question regarding heartworm treatment. I am a foster and one of my current pets is going through heartworm treatment- the slow kill version with heartgard. He threw up a lot of blood last night, fresh bright red and coagulated a bit, and I was wondering what was causing this. He was taken to the vet as soon as we noticed in the morning and we are waiting to see what they say. Being a foster and not the owner, they do not really explain much to me except for what to do as far as treatments, and I was wondering what would cause the bleeding. I understand that it could be linked to an allergic reaction to the wolbachia bacteria inside of the heartworms, but I am a veterinary student and I was wondering what exactly was going on inside the body. I haven't been able to find anything online that goes into depth about heartworm side effects so I was wondering if your team could possible help. Thanks!
Can be an emboli ( blood clot) affecting stomach - needs to be re-seen, possible anti-clot meds. You can ask about using the supplement Rutin for this as well
Elizabeth Pokos BABE LOOK UP A WOMAN NAMED HULGA CLARK.IN HER BOOK "A CURE FOR ALL DESEASES" SHE ALSO OUTLINES A PROTOCALL FOR WORMING PETS.SHE RECOMENDS GOING SLOW .STARTING OUT W .BOILING A BUNOH OF PARSLEY,AND GIVING THE RESULTING WATER TO THE PET FOR A WK.TO PREPARE THEM FOR THE DETOX LOAD.PL.S CHECK HER PROTOCALL U WILL FIND IT GENTLE AND EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE
Elizabeth Pokos if you go to a website called wolf creek ranch they sell a product to kill the wolbachia bacteria before you treat the dog for heart worms. There is also a video from vets that talk about wolbachia
You need to not be doing the slow kill method your not killing the worms at all and it could take up to 2 years while your dog is getting damage from heartworm please do fast kill and get it over with your slowly killing the worms they can live 5 to 7 years in a dog stop now before you kill your dog get the right help
I am so scared. My beagle tested positive for heart worm. We tend to adopt last chance dogs. I am a long time pet owner and have a lot of patience. She is no different. She was not potty trained and has anxieties, including separation anxiety. Because my dogs already have been through a lot in their lives, I use as much holistic medicine as possible. Healing the whole dog is more important than addressing that one symptom. Anyway, I don't understand how she could have it now. She was fine last year and took her meds. We live in Michigan, we have a risk but not as serious as most spots.
No holistic vet near me, highly vet costs and if my dog it's been heartworm positive......is there any hope to keep him alive with holistic treatment? It's very hard to think that because I can't pay the treatment he is going to die.
We live in Winston Salem, NC. It sounds like we should be giving our dogs Heart guard maybe from May-October ?.....just the warmer months and then stop during months when temps are below 57 ? Thanks Doc....great video !
Heartbreaking ... aww I'm so sorry for your loss. They are our family member. You did everything you knew how. It took me 14 years to be ready to get another dog after mine got cancer. They give live, that's all they do and we love them back♡ prayers for comfort for you and yours, God bless you
Ok I have a few dogs that I saved from the streets you know how sorry ass folks just throw them out like its nothing but my question is I live in the south and I've seen on another person video about using Black Walnut pills. What do you think and can you point me in the right direction please !!!! I'm on a fixed income and love my babies and yes before someone gets smart about it they're my babies ! Thanks for your videos !!
it's ok to call them your babies ,I call that too .I also have friends that say ( I'm not their mother I'm not a bitch) !!!! but hey to each their own just like some people don't like to be licked and some just don't mind..stay you good day
I used to give my dogs Heartguard on a monthly basis; I live in Florida and I know they are at risk but a Vet told me that I could skip a month or two and the Ivermectin would stay in their system for as long as 3 months. Is this true?
I don’t know if that is true or not but I live in Florida too. My neighbor didn’t want their lab anymore and I took her. When they gave me her medical records they forgot she tested positive for heart worms. They told me they treated her every month with ivermectin and yet she tested positive. So, now I’m going through the heart worm treatment and I am back on Heartguard. Since we both live in Florida, I thought I would share my experience with you. I wish there was a more homeopathic way to treat her but like Dr. Jones has stated, in our area we have to use these preventatives.
I am very concerned for my friends senior cocker spaniel and despite all of my efforts encouraging them to get him the proper exams and treatments he desperately needs, they continue to ignore everything. I feel so bad for Buddy and it saddens me so much to see him in the horrible condition that he's in especially since his brother Red had to recently be euthanized because of his severely deteriorated health which they also ignored until it was too late. I know buddy has had some type of ear infections in both of his ears for at least 3 years and they have done nothing to help him, also no matter what they bathe him with or how often they bathe him, he always smells like a combination of dead animal and dog feces. Also he always has fleas and he has had some type of worms for about 3 months and despite them treating him with over the counter worming medicine repeatedly, the worms do not go away. PLEASE give me as much advice as you can so I can try to finally get through to them before buddy surcums to the same fate as his brother Red. And should I report them to the humane society?
The doctor on this channel has a video on treating ear infection. Check that out. And you can buy some horse wormer at a farm supply store for about 15 bucks and it would take only a VERY small amount to treat the worms. Ask how to do the dosage on one of many facebook sites about dog health. Someone will help you figure the dosage. It's not rocket science.
I live in Dallas Texas where it's very hot. I just paid $500 To a vet. To tell me my 3yr old Chihuahua has Heart worms. He was peeping what seemed like blood but he said it was a substance that was dark yellow because the heartworm were effecting the liver. HE recommends a full treatment at $1000.00 to try and prevent his death. He seems fine full of energy. The only symptoms is the urine. Should I try the black walnut or go with the vet treatment!
My holistic vet died from Covid and I can't seem to find a holistic vet in CT. Before my vet died he prescribed a Ivermectin 0.01% 1 drop per pound 4 times a year and it worked. I have 2 -2yr old Cane Corso's that have never tested positive for heartworm. Do you know of any holistic vets in CT?.
good video! has anyone tried administering Guinness (the drink) for heartworms (and could share their experience - trial and error) I'm presently reading up on that.
Your a great speaker, but why do you look like you just walked out of the shower. Lost an elderly cat to HW, so I gave you a thumbs up. Ordered your DVD too. :)
If you are a doctor, have to support clinic staff salaries, pay your liability insurance, read up on latest meds and diseases, treat multiple species of mammals, not just one, and manage your domestic chores, financial future, kids, relationships, etc, you would not have time to worry about blow drying your hair. Would you rather have a well-coiffed and manicured vet, than one who knows how to save your pet? Case closed. Don't make such disrespectful comments in public again. Vets are my heroes!
Lass-in Angeles Relax Angeles. Alice is commenting legitimately based on normal concerns. When people are relying on other individuals for advice or care, one substantial sign of credibility is how well the person takes care of themselves. If a person doesn't have time to groom themselves before something as public as a video to advertise their business, then an individual will absolutely question what other aspects of their life or practice that they allow to go unmanaged. It's also Alice's right to make those comments, so telling her not to make 'such disrespectful comments in public again' is a wildly narcissistic demand (that you have every right to make also). In this case, I don't personally believe that Mr. Jones' hair reflects his skills as a veterinarian, but I did notice how unkempt it looked in the beginning of the video. He sounds very passionate and knowledgeable, even though I disagree with a couple of his opinions. I just disagree with your assertion that busy people don't have time to groom themselves, or someone must choose between an intelligent and skilled caregiver or one that takes care of themselves. That's ridiculous. Vet's are a lot of people's heroes. I was at the vet this morning and she was beautiful, well dressed, showered AND intelligent. I'm sure this comment is a waste of time, but never-the-less, here it is.
My dog is regriously coughing hard from last two weeks,I almost visit my vet about 7-8 times but no antibiotics works,is it a sign of heartworm.im really scared about his condn
Rohit lohchab Me too. I have the same problem here. We are worried also. Our dog got Adisons disease after a vaccine & now is on florin daily & has to get regular bloodworm done. It has cost us thousands, $5000 just to save her life when she collapsed. Grateful they save her but so tired of the vets bleeding me dry. One of them almost killed her again from too much medication, caused a GI bleed, been through so much...But I can't help but wonder if the cough could be from all the spraying, chemtrails because my husband & I seem to get sick at exactly the same time, sniffling & sneezing twice now right after they sprayed. Have you found anything for your dog? I just read about usnea & elderberry on one website. (www.thepossiblecanine.com under usnea). I also am trying CBD oil & Black seed oil. The black seed is supposed to be amazing for lung infections. Just started it. Used Lung Flush by Omega Alpha in Canada from the health food store, which worked for a while, so did antibiotics worked for a while too, so did Lung Care by NaturoPet but so far it works for a few weeks or months & then it comes back again. Well best of luck & many blessings friend. Also might be worth watching the youtube video "What the vets won't tell you! How to kill heart worm!" by Tammy Skinner Pugh.
Mine too doing the same and tested positive yesterday for HW and he is 78 pounds. Now I am doing 1 drop black walnut oil for each 10 pounds of him 5 days on 2 days off then will take him to get retested. Do for 3 to 6 months then get tested again but continue for one year then after HW r gone do once a month for prevention
@@bariactricgirl1969 do they have it at Wal-Mart? I'm taken my dog to the vet tomorrow to get his teeth pulled but I don't know if they're going to be able to because I'm pretty sure that he does have heartworm and he's an older dog and I'm scared to put him under.
I'm down to my last pug (baby) and shes terrified of everything. In 1 week shes goin' to the vet & getting a buncha stuff done including being sedated. Then they want me to give her a $160 heartworm shot, all her vaccines, and possibly more. She's all I have and I dont wanna lose her. Should I break these up into 2 visits so there's no interactions with the medicines? 8m definatly not getting a heartworm shot. I'll just do the holistic stuff. I may give her the chewable once & then every other month. Please advise. And thanx for the pawesome videos 0=)
Hello, My dog is 8 years old and having laboured breathing, low appetite, little cough, fever. I searched the internet for any disease associated with it and came across your chanel. What do you think is the problem with my dog? Is there a home remedy for the laboured breathing?
TAKE YOUR DOG INTO A VET RIGHT AWAY!!! There's multiple reasons/things that can explain ur dogs laboured breathing. But NONE of them are good reasons.... Could be respiratory issues, lung issues, heart problems, a tumor/tumors, heartworms or possibly some kind of injury they may have suffered....(That last option was NOT in any way, shape or form me accusing u of any wrong doing) Is ur dogs mouth wide open, tongue hanging out & is it breathing really fast & panting really fast? It could also be things like they're hurting from something, Cushing's disease, pneumonia, heart issues/failure, lung tumors Ect.... I know we don't know each other & I'm not trying to be all up in ur business, But I REALLY, HONESTLY & TRULY think, feel & believe that u should take ur sweet pup to the vet.... I hope it's nothing super serious & I hope Ur doggy makes A FULL & FAST RECOVERY!!!!🐕🐕🦺🦮❣️🐕🐕🦺🦮❣️🐕🐕🦺🦮
@@VeterinarySecrets Yes Sir, we have a Veterinarian. Boy, my dog, is a large and old Lab that was a cast away. We took him in because he was so cold, sick, and needed to be rescued. He has been through a full treatment of antibiotics and is now on heart guard monthly. We have no idea if he will survive or not since he it appears he has had them for sometime.His cough is sometimes severe. I'm in search of something other than cortisone shots for his cough. If you could suggest something specific for his cough other than cortisone it would be appreciated. Thank you for the suggestion of watching the second video. At this point I am trying to make Boy as comfortable as possible. Thank you, JC
I am not a vet, but I would imagine that could be a more severe symptom-regardless, please take your dog to the vet ASAP if they are vomiting blood, that could certainly be a symptom of a variety of conditions, but I hope you are able to find a good vet to figure out how to get your pup feeling better!
No wonder! My dog is always couhfing Since day 1 But i was told that medication for heart Worms Will put my pets life on risk if i give it to them, i that true?
+CarlitoGasolina Yes, it is the only way to kill the worms once they already have full grown worms living inside of them. If you don't treat your dog he/she will die anyway -- so if you care about your pet you should at least give treatment a try.
I am not a vet, but it is true that if you aren't sure if your dog may have heartworm, vets tell you not to give it, because it can send the dog into shock/allergic reaction/severe bad reaction, as the preventative will kill the larve (I don't recall the specific reasons-but it could be fatal). Additionally, in the US at least (I think the whole country), you must have a prescription written to obtain the conventional preventative which your vet can only give you after doing a blood test to make sure your dog is free of heartworm. PLEASE, see your vet ASAP- as the video stated, heartworms can slowly be killing your pet! The only way to really know and treat it is by seeing your vet. If finances are the issue, I encourage you to look online for your area and see if there are mobile vet clinics, they typically don't charge a fee to see your pet, so you are only charged for any vaccines you might want to buy from them, and they usually are able to take a blood sample fairly cheaply and send it out for testing to see if there are any heartworms. If you need help locating resources, if you tell me a city and state you live in or near I could help look online, etc! Please get your pup checked out asap, though, you clearly love your pooch since you are watching this video, so I wouldn't want something entirely treatable to get worse-heartworm suck because they multiply and just fill up vital organs, and I think the video said you won't see symptoms until they have already been infected for half a year, so once symptoms occur I would get on that- best wishes (and I don't mean to freak you out, either...it could be a completely benign cough, but if it is something you've not seen much prior to recently, I would strongly encourage you to get out checked out! Thanks for looking out for your pups health! Let me know if resources are the issue- I can't personally help but like I said, would be happy to help locate services if that's making it hard
To clarify, the first poster is correct that you must give them the medication to save them, but if your dog has heartworm, there is a different medication used, and they are injected, then observed at the vets office for a few hours to make sure they don't have a reaction to the worms dying off. Another series of injections is given by the vet a month later, and then I think a week following that, and then that should have killed them. The medication given by the vet as an injection is different than the pills you buy to prevent heartworm. Until seeing a vet and being tested for heartworm, and being told by the vet that it is ok, GIVING THE PILLS TO A HEARTWORM POSITIVE DOG CAN KILL IT... So just get in to the vet ASAP, get pup tested- if pup has heartworm, the vet will talk to you about the treatment and such! Hope you get it figured out and your pooch is feeling better soon! :-)
See my little Bandit dog, he is 15. I stopped heartworm meds, 15 he never had any worms, True, I took him to the vet often just for a checkup. RUclips Fr.Louiegoad to see my old boy.
I was never told about the preventative now my dog might need heartworm treatment about $1,500 I can't afford it I was told about it slow kill method but I do not know if that will just extend her life and she would suffer I really do not know what to do do you know of anyone who can help with cost charities anyting
Cannot find your website!!! I recommended your video too. Hope you are Okay doc , Thank you for Helping us!! When we can afford to Help our babies we can take care of them better!
Hope so too. Look up dead holistic doctors. Someone wants them gone because they have cancer cures & I believe many linked autism to vaccines. Look it up. GcMaf & dead doctors. It's all on the internet! Spiritual warfare. Good against evil.
But I cannot condone you using chest films from a human (a species that does not get heartworm) in your video to try to illustrate what heartworm disease looks like in dogs. If you need some representative thoracic radiographs, just email me and I'll be happy to send them to you.
I think you have a good channel, but like every other conventional veterinarian you are subtly guiding people away from using, for once, actually effective dewormer drugs that have practically no side effects, with quite useless arguments like 'if you live in Canada'. Heartworms and most other worms are very hard to test for, it is much easier and to have a preventative regime for canines literally eating other dogs butts, when most other types of worms are transmitted by feces. You guys would have a lot fewer patients if everyone was regularly using dewormers on their canines.
I am not trained in vet medicine at all but have several animals and always go homeopathic before conventional in treating their illnesses or injuries. I have been watching your videos for two hours and want to take the day off from work to watch more! I cured my sphynx cat a few years back from some sort of liver illness...vet had no idea, said it didnt look good, she was almost mustardish yellow - just wanted to poke and test for hundreds of dollars. No way. I read in my natural healing books, got some milk thistle and fed it to her in kitten food. That was 7 years ago. She is perfect.. I am always going to try natural first...keep posting, please...love it!!! You are awesome...what a kind compassionate soul. Someone actually out to help animals, not benefit drug companies and be ruled by the all mighty dollar. How wonderful. An angel among us animal lovers...
+Lisa Cormier
Right, because we all know homeopathy actually works...wait...
See Dr Berkson ? At IAOMT , on alpha lipoic acid also .
I'm a veterinary cardiologist and actually applaud you for encouraging people not to put their dogs on heartworm prevention if they live in an area where heartworm is not endemic (doesn't exist). I agree that the drug companies, in their quest to get every dog in North America on their product, have misled many veterinarians and their clients. See next post -
Mark Kittleson I wish I was somewhere where that was the case :( I live in Texas
Mark Kittleson found in all 50 states, you fucking fraud.
NoOneGetzOutAlive yeah but it's not year round in all 50 states. In states that get super cold during winter you can hold back on the preventative and that's why he talked about Canada in the video.
Corrie Robertson same here! I just adopted a chihuahua with heartworm and I volunteer with dogs as well. Texas has SO MANY dogs infected and so many people who don't know about the disease. It's heartbreaking, really. I try to be as "natural" as possible and give as little medication to my dogs as I can but I do not take the chance here in Texas. We are. Unfortunately, a very high risk area.
@@NoOneGetzOutAlive North America doesn't mean just the United States
Dean Ambrose went From WWE to teaching us about Heartworms 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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😂 the lunatic veterinarian
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Lmao I thought the same thing!
Excellent video, and thank you for your honesty and very informative message! Well done!
You are literally amazing and helping me grow my puppy up all naturally!!
Happy to help!
- Dr. Andrew Jones
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@@VeterinarySecrets I will thank you! Do you have a video on titer testing? My dog will be 1 years old soon and is due for DHPP should I titer or give the 1 year old booster in your opinion? I’m scared of over vaccinating 😢
@@christinak2840 Please check the playlist on Vaccines
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I took my dog to get neutered. He was a rescue. A Rottweiler. He Did have a mean striek and could be aggressive when scared. I had double muzzled him and gave him a sedidative (from the vet prior when I made the appointment. He was under control The whole time. The surgeon told me he had heartworms that had matured. She recommended I put him down. I was heartbroken. He was a good dog. A neglected dog. He was coming around to trust me. Anyway...I allowed his death and suffered depression over it for months. A Wholestic vet told me he could have come out of it with the right treatment. I was so angry with the surgeon. Too many vets get immune to killing in my mind and are out of touch for the animal itself. i think bc of his aggression the surgeon didn't want to be bothered. My advice get a second opinion. Poor baby had a rough life already and then they kill him. I'll never forget how he looked up at me before his death. I'll never get over that feeling of maybe he could have lived on. He was only about 4years old.
Hun, i feel your pain. The dog is fine now. Forgive yourself. You gave that dog love. The last memories it had of being on this earth is the kindness and love you gave him. I know you feel sadness and maybe guilt. But you showed that dog love and that was a good thing.
Don't be hard on yourself. At the time you thought you was doing what was best for the dog
i am so sorry! always listen to your own heart/gut. There was no reason b/c he probably was not suffering and the condition could have been treated. Many vets are heartless; this is a consequence of the job in medical industry most of the time; it is a survival tactic.
Upon watching one of these videos I took my dog to the vet and asked if he had heard about the use of Panacur for cancer. Basically he told me I was wasting my money. I got a prescription of prednisone for the tumors and went to the local farm supply for panacur. My dog's tumors are a little larger than a softball. When we started her on the regimen I noticed the tumor beginning to soften and shrink. Kentucky has a high rate of cancer among humans and if this works then I know what to get myself should I develop cancer. My dog is on the second week of the regimen and from the size of the tumors it looks like I have a long road ahead of me. Dog is mobile and doesn't act like she's in any pain. The vet said that if the tumors burst I'd have to put the dog down and we're, my daughter and i, are trying to prevent that.
I am so sorry. This is why I would always consider another opinion or even try to treat it my self before making that descion. My aunts dog a small chihuahua had a collapsed trachea, she was on vet meds, expensive one but only got worse and the vet told her to put her down and my aunt did. It was so sad, the dog was pleading with her eyes and crying the whole way to the vet, at the vet she tried to run to my aunt as in saying take me home please dont kill me. She was stupidly murdered. It is so sad and I cant get over the trauma. My aunt doesn't believe in hollistic anything. Later on I comducted a small search and even went on amazon who sells all these amazing natural stuff and many people on there had their dogs with collapsed tracheas trhiving and better with natural remedies. I felt.so sad, my aunt did not do everything she could for her baby, she just took the vets advice as the law. It sickens me.
OMG I love you! I feel so awful not giving my dog everything the vet says, yet then I cringe if I do.
I am in Ohio, NW Ohio and treat for mosquitoes, ticks and fleas for the yard. I was able to go 3 years with no flea medicine either, until a cat decided to come over. Any deworming for puppies is great,
I completely agree! HAHA...I'm always worried about putting poison on them or in their bodies and bloodstream...I don't want to apply pesticides that will be in my dog's blood to kill fleas or ticks that bite, it's great that it kills the pests but I found out that there is next to no regulation whatsoever on those products...
But then, the vets always say to ALWAYS use the preventatives and vaccine boosters (I'm glad that it seems more accessible to have them tested for the presence of the antibody now though :-D )
...buying dog food my head usually explodes a few times trying to compare and be able to buy food for me too, lol ;-)
I live in Canada, and according to the video, the story of heartworm disease is that " ..it's difficult to acquire and usually NOT fatal "Good - I often wondered what the REAL, and long term affect was, of giving my dog a drug that would KILL a mosquito, if it bit them !!! Sounds like a strong poison IS circulating throughout my dogs system to me, for THAT to happen !!
SO the dog gets bitten anyway - what's the point ????
Also there's that WHOLE added expense EVERY year of taking that 'heartworm test' "to be sure they didn't get it ", in spite of taking the drugs !! Doesn't exactly instill confidence, does it ? And the WHOLE issue of those 'yearly shots' that are NOT needed because most of them last for YEARS, and some last a lifetime, with just that ONE initial shot and ONE booster, when they're puppies... But it sure helps pad out the vet's bank account, every year, to give out all those tests, shots, pills, etc.
WHAT A RACKET !!! NO MORE for my dogs !!
Thanks for this video. It’s so hard to know what to do. I live in the Northeast, primarily in New York City. For decades, I’ve been following the Pitcairn method of feeding my dog home cooked food exclusively. Pitcairn’s theory is that your dog is more resistant to heart worm if your dog is healthy and has a strong immune system. My conventional vet office argued last year that it only takes one infected mosquito to bite your dog for the disease to be transmitted. They used the (very convincing) case of dogs who are routinely rescued from the south to the northeast with heart worm, which means that transmission is much more likely in the northeast and they’ve told me that it doesn’t depend on whether your dog is healthy or not. My dog is now 12 years old and is showing signs of slowing down. The vets have also said that despite testing, the disease doesn’t show up for quite some period of time and that the heart worm disease treatment can potentially kill your dog. I’m unfortunately not aware of any clinical proof that a healthy dog would be able to fend off heart worm disease, so I contacted my holistic vet who suggested that I hedge my bets and go with heartworm treatments every 90 days along with biannual tests for heartworm. I’m following this advice, although I wince every 90 days as I feed my 12 year-old dog the meat-flavored rectangular pesticide-laden treat. I make sure that it’s only ivermectin and not the “plus” product, which contains additional pesticides to ward off ticks and fleas. So far, so good, but I always fear the long-term effect will be that I’m doing damage to my dog’s internal chemistry and organs.
You are incredible!! 💜💜 This is pretty close to what I do and I'm in SC. 🤣 We have gruesome Summers but only 3 months...bc we actually have 4 seasons.
I think A LOT of life, most, is following your faith and heart. We know these companies are absolutely ruthless and full of crap. Do your research and rely on YOUR knowledge and truth.
Blessed be brother. 💖🙌✊
@@TheMsparker27 I'm in SC too. what months do you treat? I am in the upstate, what part of the state do you live in? Thank you
HEARTWORM IS A BIG MONEY MAKER FOR VETS OVER A THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR TREATMENT WHEN THERE IS A NATURAL CURE THAT ONLY COSTS LIKE 10 TO 15 DOLLARS NO MATTER HOW BAD THE HEARTWORMS ARE AND SAFE TO USE, NOT LIKE WHAT VETS USE TO KILL THEM AND COULD KILL YOUR PET IN THE PROCESS.
I give my corgi ivermectin once a week and a pea sized and his doing good 👍🏻
Lots of common sense. I had a dog who died of heartworm when I lived in Texas 30 years ago. After that happened, I always used a preventative, until we moved from that hot climate to a cool and dry climate wher heart worm is not a threat. When we vacation in Texas, though, I go back to a preventative.
Great informative video. I always enjoy all your videos & forward them to friends. Thanks for taking the time to make them.
I really appreciate your approach to minimal meds, home prepared food and vitamin/mineral supplements. I have 4 dogs 3-16 yo, home prepared fed now 6+ years... doing really well! Living in the Southeast, US, I dose with cattle ivermectin 6mcg/kg during the mosquito season (have to use insulin syringe due to minute dose). Heart Worm prevention in the form of Ivermectin,while not without fault, isn't worth omitting in high risk areas.
Can this cure a dog of heartworm? Thanks in advance
some of you people need to grow up! who cares about whether the guy has wet hair or sounds gay to you! piss off ....this isnt a fashion show and it sure isnt hollywood...the guy loves animals and he is a veterinarian....show some compassion for crying out loud.....this is educational info for our pets.....
very well said!
Why do you care about what these f****** say
I'm trying to figure out why they're worried about his hair too. Just be grateful he is taking the time out of his day and giving us this information.
3 years ago we adopted a male yellow lab. He had been relinquished to a shelter by his owner because he had heartworms, fleas and was in diminished health. He was treated for the heartworms, fleas and was neutered. My husband and I were fortunate to adopt him, as he is a sweet, loveable dog, and happy to have a good home. I took him to our Vet, and we put him on Heartguard year around. We live in Western Colorado, where the winters are very mild. Am I doing the right thing for him? He is 8 years old now, and our Vet thinks he has severe heart and lung damage. But we take walks everyday, and he takes swims in the river, and runs up and down the hills.
Why would you think the heart and lung damage were caused by the preventative. Ivermectin is not causing cardiovascular disease.
Thanx that was very helpful.
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Very informative video! And the product which was displayed in the video - Heartgard Plus- It was recommended by the vet keep my pooches worm free and healthy. For as long as I have used this course of prevention on my dogs, have never had heartworm issues.
Being raised in a “non wealthy” farm family, we doctored our animals ourselves. Except of course necessary things. And we probably had one of the best vets ever. A very smart little man who always used the best medicine, whatever it was. If Mr Grover said it would work , it did. And it would be cost effective as well. This was in the late 50’s and in the Mtns. So he was way ahead of his time. Or....are we just getting back to how it SHOULD be when it comes to drugs, in people as well as animals ?
I have Pugs can i give them RED CELL liquid vitamin to boost their immune ?? i live in Texas HOT weather and we have lots of mosquito's.
thanks.
Thank you! I loved the video!
You're most welcome!
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Just watched this. Jeepers, some of the comments about Docs wet hair; made me snort my coffee up! Lordy Be, the vet Dr. is very practical, informative and he loves the animals. Good enough for me! Great video!
I would like to take my pup off the medications but we live in South Florida! Where it’s hot, humid, and mosquito-infested year round. What should we do?! 😰
Don't confuse your likes with what your pup needs. View videos on endstage heartworm infection. It will definitely cure your want of taking pup off medication.
I watch all of ur vids. Love them all. My 78 pound Rottweiler has positive HW yesterday and I am only giving 1 drop of black walnut oil with wormwood combined in one bottle mix for every 10 lb for 5 days then off 2 for three to six months then retest and continue for 1 yr then retest and when gone only 1 time per month as a prevention. What do u think about this Dr.??? I have well over 263 people said this worked amazingly. Just want to know ur opinion.
It may help- black walnut and wormwood are one of the alternative remedies. I would prefer topical neem oil, oral neem leaf capsules
@@VeterinarySecrets do u have a link for the neem to use that u would recommend? Also if my dog is 78 pounds, how much would u recommend to rid him of HW and for how long. Im just so scared to do the treatment in their office because I don't know how he may respond to chemical injections
@@VeterinarySecrets Also if u r able to call me I promise I wouldn't take but 5 minutes of ur time. My number is 4704180068
@@bariactricgirl1969 why would you put your phone number on yt? Delete it!
Send him an email with the phone number.
How's your doggie? Treatments used?
Thank you soooo much...it is solo informative thanks you...please keep making video
Thank you very much and bless you for saving that dog💯💯😎🤙
You're welcome.
My dog was just fine while in hwf ( a natural remedy, and a raw diet... he was on heart guard during the summer, as we live in tx. He unfortunately ran away from a relative's house and by the time we found him, he was in the shelter , 35lbs lighter 😢 aside from that he's been fine... took him to my vet now to find out he's tested positive for heartworm.... I'm waiting for HWF to arrive in the mail to start treating him ❤ my vet agreed we have time to treat him naturally, we will do so under his guidance ❤
Now with summer coming soon, my other dog will be on advantage multi , then only on hwf during fall, winter and early spring....
What is HWF?
@@girthy10incher23 heartworm free clean heart by ambernatiralz
How is your doggie?
@@carolinaalvesdelima675 link again please?
@@lisaok4729 Mine passed away after 2 weeks of the Black Walnut oil, I dont recommend it!
If I'm trying an all natural treatment for heartworms, is it a bad idea to give the dog an antibiotic along with this treatment?
Thank you
I adopted two dogs infected with heartworm. One we paid the $600 for two injections and after 6 months he tested negative. The other we adopted from SAPA and heartworm treatment was included in adoption. Only SAPA didn't treat her for heartworms. I began giving her .2 ml of sheep Drench per day in May. It was suggested to do treatment for 18 months. I am going to have her retested in March to see if she still tests positive. I use sheep Drench every three months in all 10 of my dogs as a preventive. We live in the West Texas desert. I am going to start researching vit e and milk thistle. Thank you for your video.
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Dr. Jones, my German Shepherd is 2 years old and on heartworm medication ever since I got her from the shelter. Every year the Vet is telling me she needs to be checked first for heartworms before I can get a new prescription. Why do I give her the medication every month if there is a chance it won't work anyhow?
Yea is probably a money thing, but money in terms of the clinics liability. They are probably following some rules, where as if they don't they get in trouble.
I have a question regarding heartworm treatment. I am a foster and one of my current pets is going through heartworm treatment- the slow kill version with heartgard. He threw up a lot of blood last night, fresh bright red and coagulated a bit, and I was wondering what was causing this. He was taken to the vet as soon as we noticed in the morning and we are waiting to see what they say. Being a foster and not the owner, they do not really explain much to me except for what to do as far as treatments, and I was wondering what would cause the bleeding. I understand that it could be linked to an allergic reaction to the wolbachia bacteria inside of the heartworms, but I am a veterinary student and I was wondering what exactly was going on inside the body. I haven't been able to find anything online that goes into depth about heartworm side effects so I was wondering if your team could possible help. Thanks!
Can be an emboli ( blood clot) affecting stomach - needs to be re-seen, possible anti-clot meds. You can ask about using the supplement Rutin for this as well
Elizabeth Pokos BABE LOOK UP A WOMAN NAMED HULGA CLARK.IN HER BOOK "A CURE FOR ALL DESEASES" SHE ALSO OUTLINES A PROTOCALL FOR WORMING PETS.SHE RECOMENDS GOING SLOW .STARTING OUT W .BOILING A BUNOH OF PARSLEY,AND GIVING THE RESULTING WATER TO THE PET FOR A WK.TO PREPARE THEM FOR THE DETOX LOAD.PL.S CHECK HER PROTOCALL U WILL FIND IT GENTLE AND EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE
Elizabeth Pokos if you go to a website called wolf creek ranch they sell a product to kill the wolbachia bacteria before you treat the dog for heart worms. There is also a video from vets that talk about wolbachia
You need to not be doing the slow kill method your not killing the worms at all and it could take up to 2 years while your dog is getting damage from heartworm please do fast kill and get it over with your slowly killing the worms they can live 5 to 7 years in a dog stop now before you kill your dog get the right help
Hey how's it going?
I feel like you're doing awesome/did...
I am so scared. My beagle tested positive for heart worm.
We tend to adopt last chance dogs. I am a long time pet owner and have a lot of patience. She is no different. She was not potty trained and has anxieties, including separation anxiety. Because my dogs already have been through a lot in their lives, I use as much holistic medicine as possible. Healing the whole dog is more important than addressing that one symptom.
Anyway, I don't understand how she could have it now. She was fine last year and took her meds. We live in Michigan, we have a risk but not as serious as most spots.
Hi Wendy,
Sorry to hear about that - I would encourage immediate conventional treatment
+Veterinary Secrets thank you
No holistic vet near me, highly vet costs and if my dog it's been heartworm positive......is there any hope to keep him alive with holistic treatment? It's very hard to think that because I can't pay the treatment he is going to die.
We live in Winston Salem, NC. It sounds like we should be giving our dogs Heart guard maybe from May-October ?.....just the warmer months and then stop during months when temps are below 57 ?
Thanks Doc....great video !
Thanks Charles - it depends on whether or not you have mosqitoes in the cooler months.
I missed my Mac he died due to heart worm disease we miss him in every corner of our house.....tough times🙏
Heartbreaking ... aww I'm so sorry for your loss. They are our family member. You did everything you knew how. It took me 14 years to be ready to get another dog after mine got cancer. They give live, that's all they do and we love them back♡ prayers for comfort for you and yours, God bless you
Don't have 🐕 but this vedio beneficial about all pets thanks
Welcome
My vet in Texas now wants to add a flu shot for our dog . Any comments or suggestions regarding adding another vaccine to her regimen?
Ok I have a few dogs that I saved from the streets you know how sorry ass folks just throw them out like its nothing but my question is I live in the south and I've seen on another person video about using Black Walnut pills. What do you think and can you point me in the right direction please !!!! I'm on a fixed income and love my babies and yes before someone gets smart about it they're my babies ! Thanks for your videos !!
Veronica Stewart MISS LOOK FOR A VIDEO BY TAMMY PUGTH "WHAT YOUR VET WONT TELL YOU
it's ok to call them your babies ,I call that too .I also have friends that say (
I'm not their mother I'm not a bitch) !!!! but hey to each their own just like some people don't like to be licked and some just don't mind..stay you good day
Victoria, you are a great person and thanks for taking care of the babies, I call my dog baby too, nothing wrong with that.
Walnut hulls is very inexpensive , but be a little careful with wormwood /Artemisia , very powerful , won't hurt you to take either one also .
did you just step out of the shower
I used to give my dogs Heartguard on a monthly basis; I live in Florida and I know they are at risk but a Vet told me that I could skip a month or two and the Ivermectin would stay in their system for as long as 3 months. Is this true?
I don’t know if that is true or not but I live in Florida too. My neighbor didn’t want their lab anymore and I took her. When they gave me her medical records they forgot she tested positive for heart worms. They told me they treated her every month with ivermectin and yet she tested positive. So, now I’m going through the heart worm treatment and I am back on Heartguard. Since we both live in Florida, I thought I would share my experience with you. I wish there was a more homeopathic way to treat her but like Dr. Jones has stated, in our area we have to use these preventatives.
Is walnut husk good to kill heart worms?
I am very concerned for my friends senior cocker spaniel and despite all of my efforts encouraging them to get him the proper exams and treatments he desperately needs, they continue to ignore everything. I feel so bad for Buddy and it saddens me so much to see him in the horrible condition that he's in especially since his brother Red had to recently be euthanized because of his severely deteriorated health which they also ignored until it was too late. I know buddy has had some type of ear infections in both of his ears for at least 3 years and they have done nothing to help him, also no matter what they bathe him with or how often they bathe him, he always smells like a combination of dead animal and dog feces. Also he always has fleas and he has had some type of worms for about 3 months and despite them treating him with over the counter worming medicine repeatedly, the worms do not go away. PLEASE give me as much advice as you can so I can try to finally get through to them before buddy surcums to the same fate as his brother Red. And should I report them to the humane society?
Yeah that'd be a call to the sheriff's dept. There's a difference in not taking in a healthy dog vs one this horrifically bad off.
The doctor on this channel has a video on treating ear infection. Check that out. And you can buy some horse wormer at a farm supply store for about 15 bucks and it would take only a VERY small amount to treat the worms. Ask how to do the dosage on one of many facebook sites about dog health. Someone will help you figure the dosage. It's not rocket science.
I live in Georgia and we have hundreds that swarm together everyday in our yard. What all do you suggest?
What vaccinations should I be giving to my dogs yearly. I’m so confused. Please let me know. Thank you, enjoy your channel. I’ve learned so much.
@David shuffett but couldn't heartgard plus kill the heart worms in the fourth stage?
The healthiest dogs are unvaccinated dogs, they live longer as well. Stop poisoning your dog!
Why do heart worms not go to the left side of the Heart?
I live in Dallas Texas where it's very hot. I just paid $500 To a vet. To tell me my 3yr old Chihuahua has Heart worms. He was peeping what seemed like blood but he said it was a substance that was dark yellow because the heartworm were effecting the liver. HE recommends a full treatment at $1000.00 to try and prevent his death. He seems fine full of energy. The only symptoms is the urine. Should I try the black walnut or go with the vet treatment!
George Garcia how did it go?
He was negative thank God! He was several dehydrated!
I would suggest conventional treatment
Is there a difference between heart worm cough and kennel cough? I see vids with people saying a kennel cough sounding cough was heartworm.
Where are you likely to find a holistic veterinarian in my area? (Louisiana)
My holistic vet died from Covid and I can't seem to find a holistic vet in CT.
Before my vet died he prescribed a Ivermectin 0.01% 1 drop per pound 4 times a year and it worked.
I have 2 -2yr old Cane Corso's that have never tested positive for heartworm. Do you know of any holistic
vets in CT?.
good video!
has anyone tried administering Guinness (the drink) for heartworms (and could share their experience - trial and error)
I'm presently reading up on that.
I need to know also. Thoughts
Ive been told to give my dog ivermectina 6mg for 2 years just tested positive for heart worm? Is this the only option..dont like giving meds?
Your a great speaker, but why do you look like you just walked out of the shower. Lost an elderly cat to HW, so I gave you a thumbs up. Ordered your DVD too. :)
If you are a doctor, have to support clinic staff salaries, pay your liability insurance, read up on latest meds and diseases, treat multiple species of mammals, not just one, and manage your domestic chores, financial future, kids, relationships, etc, you would not have time to worry about blow drying your hair. Would you rather have a well-coiffed and manicured vet, than one who knows how to save your pet? Case closed. Don't make such disrespectful comments in public again. Vets are my heroes!
Lass-in Angeles
Relax Angeles. Alice is commenting legitimately based on normal concerns. When people are relying on other individuals for advice or care, one substantial sign of credibility is how well the person takes care of themselves. If a person doesn't have time to groom themselves before something as public as a video to advertise their business, then an individual will absolutely question what other aspects of their life or practice that they allow to go unmanaged. It's also Alice's right to make those comments, so telling her not to make 'such disrespectful comments in public again' is a wildly narcissistic demand (that you have every right to make also). In this case, I don't personally believe that Mr. Jones' hair reflects his skills as a veterinarian, but I did notice how unkempt it looked in the beginning of the video. He sounds very passionate and knowledgeable, even though I disagree with a couple of his opinions. I just disagree with your assertion that busy people don't have time to groom themselves, or someone must choose between an intelligent and skilled caregiver or one that takes care of themselves. That's ridiculous. Vet's are a lot of people's heroes. I was at the vet this morning and she was beautiful, well dressed, showered AND intelligent. I'm sure this comment is a waste of time, but never-the-less, here it is.
My dog is regriously coughing hard from last two weeks,I almost visit my vet about 7-8 times but no antibiotics works,is it a sign of heartworm.im really scared about his condn
Rohit lohchab Me too. I have the same problem here. We are worried also. Our dog got Adisons disease after a vaccine & now is on florin daily & has to get regular bloodworm done. It has cost us thousands, $5000 just to save her life when she collapsed. Grateful they save her but so tired of the vets bleeding me dry. One of them almost killed her again from too much medication, caused a GI bleed, been through so much...But I can't help but wonder if the cough could be from all the spraying, chemtrails because my husband & I seem to get sick at exactly the same time, sniffling & sneezing twice now right after they sprayed. Have you found anything for your dog? I just read about usnea & elderberry on one website. (www.thepossiblecanine.com under usnea). I also am trying CBD oil & Black seed oil. The black seed is supposed to be amazing for lung infections. Just started it. Used Lung Flush by Omega Alpha in Canada from the health food store, which worked for a while, so did antibiotics worked for a while too, so did Lung Care by NaturoPet but so far it works for a few weeks or months & then it comes back again. Well best of luck & many blessings friend. Also might be worth watching the youtube video "What the vets won't tell you! How to kill heart worm!" by Tammy Skinner Pugh.
Mine too doing the same and tested positive yesterday for HW and he is 78 pounds. Now I am doing 1 drop black walnut oil for each 10 pounds of him 5 days on 2 days off then will take him to get retested. Do for 3 to 6 months then get tested again but continue for one year then after HW r gone do once a month for prevention
@@bariactricgirl1969 my dogs to have that cough. Where do you buy that stuff at?
@@Renvega77 I bought it on Amazon. Look for black walnut with wormwood oil
@@bariactricgirl1969 do they have it at Wal-Mart? I'm taken my dog to the vet tomorrow to get his teeth pulled but I don't know if they're going to be able to because I'm pretty sure that he does have heartworm and he's an older dog and I'm scared to put him under.
I'm in Texas mosquitos are out all year.... What do you recommend?
Ask your local vet how many cases they are seeing- and if it is hot enough during the winter to transmit the disease
I'm down to my last pug (baby) and shes terrified of everything. In 1 week shes goin' to the vet & getting a buncha stuff done including being sedated. Then they want me to give her a $160 heartworm shot, all her vaccines, and possibly more. She's all I have and I dont wanna lose her. Should I break these up into 2 visits so there's no interactions with the medicines? 8m definatly not getting a heartworm shot. I'll just do the holistic stuff. I may give her the chewable once & then every other month. Please advise. And thanx for the pawesome videos 0=)
Yes- first only get vaccinated for what is 'really' needed, and avoid that 'heartworm injection'
@@VeterinarySecrets ok great!! Thanx alot!!
Hi i live in Australia is this why Im told my email is not accepted?
I just adopted a dog with heart worms and he gets his 2nd treatment Friday...Would it be best to cancel that and get suggestions from a Holistic Vet?
No- treat conventionally
No
Watch youtube "What the vets won't tell you! How to kill heart worm" Tammy Skinner Pugh..great video! Read the comments too.
Hello, My dog is 8 years old and having laboured breathing, low appetite, little cough, fever. I searched the internet for any disease associated with it and came across your chanel. What do you think is the problem with my dog? Is there a home remedy for the laboured breathing?
TAKE YOUR DOG INTO A VET RIGHT AWAY!!! There's multiple reasons/things that can explain ur dogs laboured breathing. But NONE of them are good reasons.... Could be respiratory issues, lung issues, heart problems, a tumor/tumors, heartworms or possibly some kind of injury they may have suffered....(That last option was NOT in any way, shape or form me accusing u of any wrong doing) Is ur dogs mouth wide open, tongue hanging out & is it breathing really fast & panting really fast? It could also be things like they're hurting from something, Cushing's disease, pneumonia, heart issues/failure, lung tumors Ect.... I know we don't know each other & I'm not trying to be all up in ur business, But I REALLY, HONESTLY & TRULY think, feel & believe that u should take ur sweet pup to the vet.... I hope it's nothing super serious & I hope Ur doggy makes A FULL & FAST RECOVERY!!!!🐕🐕🦺🦮❣️🐕🐕🦺🦮❣️🐕🐕🦺🦮
@@annalisegiovanni7032 thanks for replying..I will have her checked at Vet..Its so hard to see her like this
I have taken in an old dog with heart worms. Is there anything that I can do for his cough? Please help...
Hi. Have you visited a vet yet? Hope you’ll find the second video helpful: ruclips.net/video/y0vUdrDIK7w/видео.html
@@VeterinarySecrets Yes Sir, we have a Veterinarian. Boy, my dog, is a large and old Lab that was a cast away. We took him in because he was so cold, sick, and needed to be rescued. He has been through a full treatment of antibiotics and is now on heart guard monthly.
We have no idea if he will survive or not since he it appears he has had them for sometime.His cough is sometimes severe. I'm in search of something other than cortisone shots for his cough. If you could suggest something specific for his cough other than cortisone it would be appreciated.
Thank you for the suggestion of watching the second video.
At this point I am trying to make Boy as comfortable as possible.
Thank you,
JC
What about black walnut?
Neem oil is really effective bug/mosquito repellant. Great results with dogs/cats, plants, and with people.
Thank you🙏🏼 I was going to line my raised garden beds with neem, but I'll keep it for me and my german shepherd 😎👍
is green papaya fine? my vet major friend told me about it
Hi - not sure, but likely won't help for heartworm
Can this make them caugh up blood
I am not a vet, but I would imagine that could be a more severe symptom-regardless, please take your dog to the vet ASAP if they are vomiting blood, that could certainly be a symptom of a variety of conditions, but I hope you are able to find a good vet to figure out how to get your pup feeling better!
No wonder!
My dog is always couhfing
Since day 1
But i was told that medication for heart Worms Will put my pets life on risk if i give it to them, i that true?
+CarlitoGasolina
Yes, it is the only way to kill the worms once they already have full grown worms living inside of them. If you don't treat your dog he/she will die anyway -- so if you care about your pet you should at least give treatment a try.
I am not a vet, but it is true that if you aren't sure if your dog may have heartworm, vets tell you not to give it, because it can send the dog into shock/allergic reaction/severe bad reaction, as the preventative will kill the larve (I don't recall the specific reasons-but it could be fatal). Additionally, in the US at least (I think the whole country), you must have a prescription written to obtain the conventional preventative which your vet can only give you after doing a blood test to make sure your dog is free of heartworm.
PLEASE, see your vet ASAP- as the video stated, heartworms can slowly be killing your pet! The only way to really know and treat it is by seeing your vet.
If finances are the issue, I encourage you to look online for your area and see if there are mobile vet clinics, they typically don't charge a fee to see your pet, so you are only charged for any vaccines you might want to buy from them, and they usually are able to take a blood sample fairly cheaply and send it out for testing to see if there are any heartworms. If you need help locating resources, if you tell me a city and state you live in or near I could help look online, etc!
Please get your pup checked out asap, though, you clearly love your pooch since you are watching this video, so I wouldn't want something entirely treatable to get worse-heartworm suck because they multiply and just fill up vital organs, and I think the video said you won't see symptoms until they have already been infected for half a year, so once symptoms occur I would get on that- best wishes (and I don't mean to freak you out, either...it could be a completely benign cough, but if it is something you've not seen much prior to recently, I would strongly encourage you to get out checked out!
Thanks for looking out for your pups health! Let me know if resources are the issue- I can't personally help but like I said, would be happy to help locate services if that's making it hard
To clarify, the first poster is correct that you must give them the medication to save them, but if your dog has heartworm, there is a different medication used, and they are injected, then observed at the vets office for a few hours to make sure they don't have a reaction to the worms dying off.
Another series of injections is given by the vet a month later, and then I think a week following that, and then that should have killed them.
The medication given by the vet as an injection is different than the pills you buy to prevent heartworm. Until seeing a vet and being tested for heartworm, and being told by the vet that it is ok, GIVING THE PILLS TO A HEARTWORM POSITIVE DOG CAN KILL IT...
So just get in to the vet ASAP, get pup tested- if pup has heartworm, the vet will talk to you about the treatment and such! Hope you get it figured out and your pooch is feeling better soon! :-)
See my little Bandit dog, he is 15. I stopped heartworm meds, 15 he never had any worms, True, I took him to the vet often just for a checkup. RUclips Fr.Louiegoad to see my old boy.
I was never told about the preventative now my dog might need heartworm treatment about $1,500 I can't afford it I was told about it slow kill method but I do not know if that will just extend her life and she would suffer I really do not know what to do do you know of anyone who can help with cost charities anyting
brettduffy19992 black walnut
Black walnut pills they’re like 12 dollars
I got the pathology report it's positive which I hear is bad which I don't get how positive is bad but that's another story
If a weener dog has heartworms and you give them a heartworm pill is it safe
Hi, best to 1st get them tested for Heartworm if you suspect it.
what is a nosode?
Similar to a vaccine in the homeopathic world
Is heart worm the same as lung worm
Solution to heartworms in dogs
Cannot find your website!!! I recommended your video too. Hope you are Okay doc , Thank you for Helping us!! When we can afford to Help our babies we can take care of them better!
Hope so too. Look up dead holistic doctors. Someone wants them gone because they have cancer cures & I believe many linked autism to vaccines. Look it up. GcMaf & dead doctors. It's all on the internet! Spiritual warfare. Good against evil.
But I cannot condone you using chest films from a human (a species that does not get heartworm) in your video to try to illustrate what heartworm disease looks like in dogs. If you need some representative thoracic radiographs, just email me and I'll be happy to send them to you.
That would be awesome🤗 Thank you. I hope he took you up on it.
You look like Dean Ambrose
He looks like Dean Ambrose
Hard to focus when he's on camera.
What is the cure for heartworm??
+TheDarthEmperor
Immiticide
Use bullet points instead of paragraphs
I think you have a good channel, but like every other conventional veterinarian you are subtly guiding people away from using, for once, actually effective dewormer drugs that have practically no side effects, with quite useless arguments like 'if you live in Canada'. Heartworms and most other worms are very hard to test for, it is much easier and to have a preventative regime for canines literally eating other dogs butts, when most other types of worms are transmitted by feces. You guys would have a lot fewer patients if everyone was regularly using dewormers on their canines.
Ok
Dog and cats apso human can have parasites when in intestinal,heart or every where
lol
You are so very wrong you need to give heartworm preventive all year round doesn't matter where you live
Lol. If you hate your pet
OMG you so cute. 😍
gay voice
Dumb-ass comment
Douchbag