Buddy's Story

Buddy is a lovable mutt that we took off the streets - he appears to be part yellow Lab and likely part sneaky neighbors dog. Buddy decided to be ours in November of 2002. Living in the country we have the unfortunate experience of seeing lots of pets "dumped" - and Buddy came to us in sad shape, but after a few months of healthy living and a roof over his head he was lookin' good - an absolute WonderDog in terms of obedience and house manners. The Vet estimated him to be 4 or maybe 5 years old. He took to living with us like he had been ours forever.

We thought we did everything right with Buddy, but a very brief lapse in his routine heartworm treatment was all it took (we missed ONE DOSE {3 months}) - in Mid-July of 2004 we got the sad news from the Vet during a routine check-up - Buddy had a full blown case of heartworm. The Vet went on to voice concerns over his heart, saying that it "didn't sound too good". Having tested positive for heartworm on the "blood drop test" our Vet immediately drew some blood for a lab analysis, and prepared a slide to look for signs of the microfilaria that adult worms produce. Our Vet office is small, and we could overhear him call an assistant over to look at the blood sample under a microscope, where he said "look - you can see tons of microfilaria". As expected, the lab work came back positive for heartworm.

Having had bad experiences of early pet mortality with 2 prior pets I immediately decided to investigate alternative methods to address Buddy's condition. A search brought me in short order to Robin's site...
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