I spoke w/ a friend of mine a few days ago, and he had an episode w/ heartworms in his labrador..been on heartworm preventative for years, never missed a beat. The vet informed him that the the dog can sometimes gt heartworms even on the meds!! I have also heard of SEVERAL cases of heartworms here.. Two from a friend of ours, they contracted heartworms in two dogs w/in a few months.. I've been associated w/ dogs in some shape form and fashion snce the 1980's and have never heard of someone actually getting heart worms, except for a female lab that my family owned way back when, our second family pet. That how I found out about them, my pet contracted them and died. And know 4 cases in less than one year.. Scary to say the least. Mike C > > From: Stormy435@xxxxxxx > Date: 2007/05/04 Fri PM 10:43:42 EDT > To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Heartworm > > I just found out that vets in the Wrightwood area of Southern California are > finding multiple cases of heartworm in dogs. I'll be asking my neighbor > (vet > in Phelan, down the "hill" from Phelan) what he is seeing as the person said > that it was being seen there, too. Phelan is "almost" a high desert > community. > > Stormy > > > > ~~~~~~~~ > Stormy Hope > California Federation of Dog Clubs > www.cfodconline.org > S.P. Region GSDCA RALEEF Representative > > > > ************************************** > See what's free at http://www.aol.com. > > > ============================================================================ > POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original > author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any > kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of > the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. > > ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY > MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS > PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY > FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE > PROSECUTED. > > For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org > ============================================================================ > ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================