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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=blue face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:blue;font-weight:
bold'>I give mine preventative year around and I live in <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Georgia</st1:place></st1:country-region>. It never
gets cold enough here to freeze either the fleas or the heartworms.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Marilyn Briggs
[mailto:marbriggs@att.net] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, December 16, 2009
6:26 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> dailydrool@dailydrool.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Dailydrool] Heartworm
Meds</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Just let me say how much I LOVE the Drool. We have our first positive
(desperately hoping false positive)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>heartworm basset in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Utah</st1:place></st1:State>.
So many people responded to my question. Thank you, thank you-- and I<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>have to say I have so much respect and sympathy for some of the
southern rescues that apparently deal<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>with this with pretty much all their dogs. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The question I now have is this: Utah Friends of Basset Hounds deals
with at least 4 veterinary hospitals, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>which are comprised of maybe 20 vets, total. I have had 3 personal
vets, not the same as the rescue. All<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>of these vets recommend in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Utah</st1:place></st1:State>
that dogs get heartworm medication only from April to October, when<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>it freezes. I had been reading some things and asked my current vet,
whom I really, really like, if I should<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>give mine Heartgard over the winter and he told me No. I think part of
that is we have not had many cases here. But we also have Best Friends Animal
Sanctuary, and they brought in a bunch of Katrina dogs, and<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>that may have changed things for heartworm in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Utah</st1:place></st1:State>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>So the question is: How many of you only give your dogs heartworm meds
in the summer months? And<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>where are you located? --<br>
Marilyn Briggs<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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