Whether your dog is a pampered pooch or if you think your dog is really healthy and strong, the fact of the matter is that every dog is at risk for getting heartworm disease, which is a potentially deadly condition. It is imperative that you give special attention to the health of your dog and ensure that the canine does not get this disease by ensuring that your pet is given regular doses of the Heartgard plus.
These pills are very popular and it is one of the most well known brands of heartworm tablets with most of the vets recommending these tablets for dogs, as they really guard the dogs from diseases.
Oral Medicine - Most oral dog medication is given to your dog manually, or by putting it in some soft dog food, however Heartgard Plus is supplied in a chewable form, which is flavored so that your dog will think it's a treat. Most of the dogs love Heartgard plus medicine tabs since they include beef pieces, excepting for those few canines who are affected when eating beef.
If your dog cannot handle beef adequately, then there are ordinary tablets available.
Get rid of the parasites! - Heart gard Plus for dogs contains Ivermectin, which controls many parasites, and is often used for the treatment of a wide range of internal parasites in farm animals, and is also used for dogs who positively test for complete heartworm disease.
However, the amount of Ivermectin present in the medicine is minimal, which means that it will only eliminate heartworm larvae. Though it does not actually prevent larval heartworms from infecting your dog in the first place; the medicine prevents their proliferation so that they cannot cause any problems.
The working method of the tablets is pretty simple meaning, it does not stop your canine from attracting the heartworms, but actually eliminates all the existing larvae which has got mixed in your pet's bloodstream.
Heartgard plus medicines need to be taken by your canine, every month religiously and strictly, so that the larvae does not keep multiplying.
As well, the reason that this is a better method to choose in combating the issue, is because Ivermectin heartworm medications only decrease in efficiency as the larvae grow.
Pyrantel - Heartgard plus chewable also have pyrantel, which is also another parasite controller.
When it comes to de-worming and eliminating hookworms and roundworms, Heartguard plus chewable tablets are the preferred option. This also makes it convenient for you to be able to control both heartworms and intestinal worms in one go.
