Humane Colorado has eight new dogs in their care after they were transferred from a shelter in Kentucky that was destroyed ...

said this is an epidemic for dogs. “Heartworms are definitely an epidemic in the south, my shelter takes in 800 annually, and over 80 percent of those are going to be heartworm positive," Courcy ...

However, at All Kind Animal Initiative in Abilene, dogs with this diagnosis aren’t left behind. For heartworm-positive dogs, a diagnosis once meant no home or future. Heartworm is a serious ...

That number includes more than 1,580 asymptomatic heartworm-positive dogs as part of the Save a Heart initiative, which aims to reduce euthanasia in overcrowded animal shelters. To recognize this ...

The Pet Resource Center of Kansas City found on April 6 that six out of 30 dogs that day tested positive for heartworm during their spay/neuter appointments. It said Thursday that the clinic has ...

Meet Daisy! This sweet survivor is a 5-year-old momma dog, abandoned with three puppies and was heartworm positive. After ...

Use them with caution in older, sick, or underweight dogs and cats. Use Advantage products with caution in cats that already test positive for heartworms or have an unknown heartworm status.

Otherwise, treatment will need to start over. Should I adopt a heartworm positive dog?: Absolutely. It is very common for shelter dogs to have heartworms. It’s perfectly fine to adopt a dog ...

She said the shelter examined the other dogs and found two of them are doing well, while the third is heartworm positive and will need additional treatment. “We don’t adopt heartworm-positive ...

Roughly 120 dogs at one home in Holden ... Each dog that is not heartworm-positive will cost about $800 to treat and get them ready for adoption. Zeus' will eat $500 of that cost.