(March 24, 2018 at 8:02 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Why did they shave her back? We've had multiple dogs go through the Heartworm protocol and I've never seen that done before.
Did they have adult heart worms? Your dogs may not have been at the same stage or had the same worm load.
The injections are into a large muscle in the back, hence the shaving with long hair (these dogs get shaved even for a blood draw). She was touch and go for a long while. If I recall correctly she was on cage rest for 4 months. But then she had other co-morbid issues.
https://www.heartwormsociety.org/veterin...plications
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