Roundworms In Dogs

next we want to talk a little bit about wormsand puppies. when your puppy was first born it might have actually been born with someworms because the mother passes them in the placenta and in the milk, but it also couldpick up some worms afterwards, and so i wanted to go ahead and go over some of these differenttypes of worms. if you get roundworms, these are hookworms, these are whipworms, theseare some actually flea eggs that your puppy

Roundworms In Dogs, can get, we're going to talk about that aswell. and these are actually heartworms, and heartworms are another problem that we getwith dogs. that's transmitted by a mosquito and your puppy would not be born with that,but we're going to talk a little bit about products that we might want to use to keepyour dog from getting these worms. and again

roundworms are real common, that they canget passed from their mother. in southern california we don't have a real problem withroundworms after they become adults because they have to pass out of the dog and embryonatefor three or four days before they go onto another dog. and it's so dry in southern californiathat we don't have a big problem with those. we're seeing more and more problems with heartworm,however, and it's spreading all over the nation. and so it's one of those ones that you reallywant to prevent and to prevent it we have lots of different types of medications butit's an oral medication you're going to have to give your puppy every month. the one thatwe like is called sentinel, and sentinel is a really great product because it takes careof fleas, intestinal parasites, and also heartworm,

and so if you give to your puppy this oncea month, it'll prevent your dog from having all of these parasites. now this particularproduct doesn't do anything for ticks, and so you may have to do some other thing forticks if you're finding ticks in your neighborhood, or if you take your puppy out on a hike andyou come back with ticks. ticks are more common

in the wintertime in this area because theyneed a little bit of moisture, and so if you're starting to pick up some ticks with your dog,you can use a topical product that we can recommend, or we have a really good tick collarthat might help your dog from having these attached to him.