NuVet Plus and Diatomceous Earth for your Boston Terrier;

Question
I breed Boston Terriers and I have a litter due on Xmas.  My question is about worming meds.  The common school of thought is start worming meds at 2 weeks of age.  The problem is the puppies are very small at that age (less than 2 pounds)and I have not found a wormer with dosing instructions for that weight.  I use 2 different vets.  One says wait until puppies get their shots at 8 weeks and then he wants to run all kinds of tests to see which if any worms they have and then medicate them. The first time he did this he did not find any worms but gave them meds anyway. This is extremely expensive and time consuming (usually 8 to 10 pups in a litter).  Also I would not want puppies to have worms untreated for 8 weeks.  My other vet says the other vet does unnecessary testing to make money because he knows my puppies sell well.  The second vet just gives all of the puppies a catch all wormer at 8 weeks.  What do you think?  Wanted a third opinion.  Thanks for your help.

Answer
Let me know how you do with the D.Earth powder and the NuVET supplement?

Diatomaceous Earth for a Natural Wormer;
NuVET plus powder for the pups:

Hi Pam - Your answer is D.Earth :  This can be given to dogs and cats as soon as 3 weeks of age.  Give daily for 45 days at a time....Natural wormer:
Here is our info on D.Earth for Natural flea control
http://en.allexperts.com/q/Alternative-Medicine-Pets-3721/2009/7/fleas-use-diato...

Here is Wolf Creek's site for worming with D.E.
http://wolfcreekranch1.tripod.com/diatomaceous_earth.html

(Diatomaceous Earth is what I use for my pups and or adult dogs and cats)
***Even my pot-belly pig gets D.E each day

CHEMICAL WORMERS & PARVO VS FOOD GRADE DIATOMACEOUS EARTH

As for traditional wormers....more and more, we are getting breeders who start worming as early as 2 and 4 weeks of age. They worm every 2 weeks and rotate their wormers using Safeguard, Ivomec, Pyrantel, Strongid, Panacur, Nemex...and many puppies then come down with parvo. Many of these puppies wormed at 2, 4, 6, & 8 weeks of age who are now 8 or 9 weeks old and now have parvo, STILL have worm infestations. We believe this is because the worms are developing immunity to the chemical wormers, just as bacteria are becoming resistant to traditional antibiotics. And again, most of these breeders aren't even using the same wormer each time they worm, but using different ones to help prevent the worms from developing immunity. Worms cannot develop immunity to food grade diatomaceous earth as it simply dehydrates those it comes in contact with - period.

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As for my other suggestion:  NuVET Plus - Helps to keep the immune system strong and is an over all wonderful supplement.  Many folks put the pups on NuVET at about 5 weeks of age.
Prior to that, they get it from the Mother's Milk.
Mom gets NuVET thru her pregnancy and whelping of the pups.
Call Joan for your free NuVET samples Just for Breeders:
She can send you the FREE Breeder's kit, brochurs and samples for your puppy buyers.

Joan is at 1-818-661-4595
She will need to talk to you and explain this No charge program.
The NuVET web site is here:  ( This is Human Grade and Natural )
This is Exclusive and not sold in any pet store.

Just make sure you talk to Joan  
Or
  joanh@nuvet.com
http://www.nuvet.com/81098

Every new pup should have the chance to get a quality vitamin like NuVET---
The Pet Foods just don't have all the dogs and cats need.  Many times the ingredients in pet food is reduced by the cooking / baking process.  ****( Cooking and heating make the pet food ingredients weaker)


Believe me - D.Earth is the way to go for natural worming.  
Start them right away - Just make sure you get the Human grade D.E. powder.

BEST wishes

Marie Peppers LPN MA