Chewbacca came to us with itchy ears, paws and face which is all quite easily treatable, but he also came to us Heartworm Positive. This is not new to me, as a foster for Fluffy Dog, he is my 4th dog to go through Heartworm Treatment, and he most likely won't be my last. Heartworm is entirely preventable, but as many of the Fluffy Dogs are from down south, it is not uncommon for them to come up to us and be tested positive for Heartworm. Those darn mosquitoes!
Anywho Chewy is getting his Heartworm Treatment done with the Veterinary Services at Underdog Pet Rescue here in Madison, WI. Today was his first day of treatment. The American Heartworm Society has a really great PDF about the treatment he is receiving and just good info on Heartworm. this Link for more info about Heartworm Treatment & Prevention
So I took a video of Chewy before we left to go to Underdog for his first Heartworm Treatment Injection.
Then I took a video of when he got home:
As you can see, Kearney is clearly excited to see her buddy, but Chewy just wanted to crawl under the coffee table and hide. My poor sweet foster boy!
Unfortunately for Chewy the Heartworm Treatment is not over. He must relax, chill out, only be taken out on a leash for potty, no walks for a month. In a month he will go in again to Underdog for another injection one day, and the next day he will get his (hopefully) final injection. He then again will have to be calm, no stress pup for another month. We won't know until 6 months after the final injection, when we Heartworm test him again, to see if the treatment did its job and got all those nasty heartworms out!
We have sent in an appl for Chewy at fluffy dog but of course none are being accepted until aug 1. We have adopted from fluffy dog before. Do not know if it's possible to come there and meet him ahead of time? Tim
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