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In honor of the U.S.A’s National Heartworm Awareness Month a few years ago, Dr. Will Falconer decided to slightly rename it “Heartworm Bewarness Month”. I totally love the message in renaming it and I personally think we should all begin to call it Bewarness. What do you say, will you join me in getting the …
Heartworms – True Natural Prevention True natural prevention of heartworms (or any other foreign invader to the body) is ultimately done by improving, boosting and maintaining a strong, healthy internal environment (immune system), true prevention is not using artificial means and toxic man made products. We have been indoctrinated to believe that we need to …
It’s Real! Leading authorities in pet parasites now concur that resistance to the class of drugs used in heartworm preventive drugs is real.  http://news.vin.com/VINNews.aspx?articleId=28284 “We now have proof there is resistance to the macrocyclic lactone (ML) class,†said Dr. Byron Blagburn, an Auburn University parasitologist who did much of the research on strains of heartworm …
Fish Oil – many health benefits for dog health by Dr. Jeannie Thomason Fish oil has shown positive benefits in helping pets with disease as well as preventing some health problems. In recent years, essential fatty acids, specifically, omega-3s have been among the most commonly used nutritional supplements in treating dogs (and cats). Omega-3 fatty …
 Hawthorne is a spiny shrub that has been traditionally used as a heart tonic in European herbal medicine. The primary active ingredients, the proanthocyanidins, are responsible for the red-to-blue color of many fruits, such as blueberries, grapes, and blackberries. The proanthocyanidins, and a related group of ingredients, the anthocyanidins, are known as potent antioxidants and …