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

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 ...

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 ...