<\/a><\/p>\nIvermectin is the active ingredient in Heartgard manufactured by Merial and distributed through your veterinarian or online pet supply store at an average cost of $50.00 to $60.00 for a six month supply for a German Shepherd Dog. The other active ingredient is pyrantel, which is for round and hookworms (stomach worms).\u00a0 I will discuss stomach worms in tomorrows blog.<\/p>\n
We purchase the Ivermectin at our feed store and can treat 30 German shepherd Dogs for 12 months at a cost of $33.00.<\/p>\n
We cut the Ivermectin with glycol propylene at the ratio of 1:2 Ivermectin to glycol propylene.\u00a0 We then orally dose our German Shepherd Dogs based on weight at a dose of 0.10 cc\/20 pounds, using a 1 cc syringe with the needle removed.<\/p>\n
Keystone German Shepherds as well as most all kennels have been using Ivermectin in this manner for over 25 years with no occurrence of heartworms.<\/p>\n
We also treat our German Shepherd Dogs every month out of the year because even in January in Oklahoma, we can have a bout of warm weather and have mosquitoes become active for a few days.<\/p>\n
Certain breeds of dogs cannot tolerate Ivermectin or its generics, therefore, always consult your veterinarian before using any medicine on your German Shepherd Dog.<\/p>\n
Ask me a question and I will provide my opinion.<\/p>\n
Sincerely,<\/p>\n
KeystoneGermanShepherds<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hi Everyone, Today, I thought I would discuss heartworm medicines.\u00a0 There are a lot of different types of monthly heartworm medicines available for your German Shepherd Dog.\u00a0 Some treat only heartworms and others treat all worms, while others kill fleas, as well as heartworms.\u00a0 The common theme to all these medicines is that they are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/keystonegermanshepherds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/keystonegermanshepherds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/keystonegermanshepherds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keystonegermanshepherds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/127"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keystonegermanshepherds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/keystonegermanshepherds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/keystonegermanshepherds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keystonegermanshepherds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keystonegermanshepherds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}