Starkie
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- Dec 8, 2012
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- Walley-Bubba aka Wooley Bulley aka Walter! aka Landi!!
Also incidentally is this medication something they have been taking all along? I am wondering if its the manner in which its delivered. I know with any and all medications for my dog it depends on the weight of the dog, but I am wondering if they are given this medication as puppies they are able to build up an immunity to an ingredient that older dogs don't have. Just a thought.
Walley-Bubba has been on Triflexis since 8 weeks of age (last December).
Shadow has been on Triflexis for the past year (Ann tells me she thinks he was on Heartguard for 7 years before that).
I give it to Walley-Bubba the usual way - drop down his throat and holding his "moo" shut until he swallows.
Ann puts it on the floor and if Shadow doesn't eat it she wraps it in his favorite Baby Belle cheese (he loves Baby Belle cheese BTW).
Again, we are far from experts at this but Google research indicates the active ingredient in Heartgard and Heartgard Plus is ivermectin while the active ingredient in Triflexis is spinosad + milbemycin oxime. So it doesn't seem as though there is any built up immunity to a particular ingredient in these two medications.
Just curious, who is circulating the petition to ban Triflexis? Wondering what their motive might be?
Of course, make sure you are comfortable with whatever you give your doggie to prevent heartworm and don't skip it ever.
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