Permission to cross post this. Barbara Galasso and ALL!!! I DON'T KNOW IF ANY REMEMBER BUT I DID POST ABOUT MY CONCERNS REGARDING HEARTGUARD PLUS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. FOLLOWING MY EXPERIENCE IN MANAGING A SHOW KENNEL IN HAWAII ,OF STANDARD SCHNAUZERS AND SMOOTH FOX TERRIERS..WHO WERE ALL ON HEARTGARD PLUS, FROM PUPPYHOOD ON... WHEN SOME OF THE DOGS BEGAN TO LOOK AND ACT WORMY..(LOOSE STOOLS, OFF THEIR FEED, ETC.) I HAD STOOL CHECKS DONE ON SEVERAL OF THEM AND THEY ALL HAD MAJOR INFESTATIONS OF ROUNDWORMS AND TAPEWORM SEGMENTS, WERE EASILY VISIBLE IN THEIR STOOLS...THEY HAD ALL BEEN ON HEARTGARD PLUS FOR MONTHS.. I TOLD THE VETS AND NOTHING WAS EVER DONE ABOUT IT...THAT WAS IN THE 90'S.... I PERSONALLY AM VERY GLAD THAT SERIOUS RESEARCH IS FINALLY BEING DONE TO FIND OUT THE TRUTH... BARB W. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. 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 - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================