Comments on: Canine Heart Worms

By: Anthimos Kiouppis

Anthimos Kiouppis — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 04:48:48 +0000

Vanessa the answer is weeks if you you want a negative result test, but there is no massive die off that clogs organs or bood vessels. At the first sign of bloating and lethargy minus coaughing some herbal remedy might be better. April take a chill pill; how do you think people feel about Arsenic?? Vanessa I tend to believe heartworms are very fragile. Anything even remotely caustic could kill them so I tend to believe dog food must be bland and too low on protein to protect from heartworms otherwise cats and people would get heartworms more often too. Expect herb bashers when it comes to pets. Just tell them to to eat the same thing over and over agin for years and see how well their immune system works.

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:52:13 +0000

My dog has just been diagnosed with heartworms, Anthimos Kiouppis can you tell me how long it takes to rid the worms once the natural remedy is started and do I keep her on a preventative?

By: Anthimos Kiouppis

Anthimos Kiouppis — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 05:41:05 +0000

Correction Lundberg rice. It has the original skin on it and plenty of starch for active dogs.

By: Anthimos Kiouppis

Anthimos Kiouppis — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 05:28:20 +0000

For Heartworms I used a single gelcap of grapefruit seed extract opened up and sprinkled on their meat portion once daily for eight to ten weeks. A single green hulls of Black Walnut gelcap was sprinkled on their meat portion just once every three days. Green hulls of Black Walnuts are an astringent that cause constipation so I was careful not to do that to the dogs. Clove on a homemade baked apples treat blended well with the cinnamon was given once every two or three days. A couple of odorless garlic gelcaps and a tablespoon of pumpkin seeds were given before and after all meals. I was pleased with the results! Read up on the Heartworm life cycle in the Wikepedia and treat seasonally. Relax and take a deep breath you do not need Wormwood or Mugwort to kill Heartworms. Now for fleas, tartar, and hot spots just boil enough Lunberg short grain brown rice for three days at a time. No fleas ever and the lighter tartar you could remove yourself with cotton swabs soaked with iodized salt water. Rub near the gumline for three days before attempting to use the hooked dental scaler. Do not hold the tooth with a finger ever and just gently side swipe with the the hooked human scaler to scale the teeth. Remember to properly disinfect the scaler before using it on the other dog. Yes you can feed your dogs some non dog food wheat items and still not have fleas or hot spots just do it in the very cold months only. Remember there is a direct relationship between yeast infection and consuming wheat.

By: April

April — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 13:29:53 +0000

I am a veterinary technician and it scares me that people really think that there is a natural remedy for heartworms. Heartworms are worms that live directly in the heart. They multiple rapidly and will kill your dog. The easiest and safest way to prevent heartworms is give your dog heartworm medicine and to have a heartworm test done yearly!

By: Tara

Tara — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:28:33 +0000

There have been products at Petco that have given my dog a bad reaction. It’s good to know that you can treat something like canine heartworm with natural remedies!