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[daejeonsv]

I recently found a worm in my dog's stool. Can I go to any vet and ask for dewormer or do I need to take her in? There has only been one and she has no symptoms of being wormy, but where there is one there must be more.

Any advice is appreciated.

Thanks for your help!

[warmachinenkorea]

You have a bout a 50/50 chance of them giving you a pill. Most vets want to check the stool for other parasites with a stool sample. It's not expensive. If your dog goes to the grass often in the summer make sure you get some kind of flea/tick preventative like Frontline, Advantage, etc... The ticks and fleas can be pretty bad.

[daejeonsv]

Ok, thanks.

She's a puppy, about 4 months old. I've only taken her outside a handful of times since she recently got enough vaccinations to be safe around other dogs. I took her to the vet on Saturday and he didn't say anything about her potentially having them, so we'll see what happens.

Sounds like I need to take her in for the flea treatment anyhow....

[Dazed and Confused]

Definitely take your dog in with a stool sample. Your vet can test it and treat her with the appropriate meds. Tape worms requite one kind of medication while round worms and hook worms require another.

[bojangles]

Garlic.

Chopped fine.

mix it in with something he/she loves.

Avoid the drugs at the vet if possible.

They all have harmful side effects.

[warmachinenkorea]

[NYC_Gal 2.0]

Garlic (and onions) can make dogs anemic. PLEASE don't feed your dog garlic. Take it to the vet and have a stool sample taken, so that the type of worm can be identified, and the proper medication can be administered.

[nero]

Thirded. This so-called natural 'cure all' really f-ed up my friend's dog. Don't give your dog onion or garlic!!

[bojangles]

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[NYC_Gal 2.0]

[warmachinenkorea]

[bojangles]

Can't we all just get a bong... I mean...along?

My guess is that we would also disagree on the best medicines for humans as well.

be that as it may, natural remedies for pets, like the one we're discussing, I suspect, will never be touted or commonly believed (even if true) precisely for the same reason that natural remedies for humans will never be touted or commonly believed: the AMA, the FDA, and the big pharmaceutical companies won't allow it. By law. Speaking of America.
These agencies and industries have such a stranglehold on health information and such power and influence that they can make it against the law to make such claims for natural remedies in an advertisement.
That's why you never see or hear an ad or a program on the television or radio, or in a newspaper or magazine, touting the healing benefits of garlic or other natural substances. It would seriously undermine the profit margins of the medical/pharmaceutical industrial complex.

Granted, there comes a time when people and animals alike must surrender to the "medical professionals" for treatment, but it shouldn't be done without questioning the science and efficacy of their treatments, and their drugs. Way too many doctors practice "standardized" medicine,- that is to say, medicine that is lobbied for in Washington by big Pharma, written into legislation by the politicians, approved and enforced by the FDA, and then fully implemented by all AMA practicing physicians, whether it is sound science or not. I'm assuming that this is the way it also works with vets.

This is exactly the case with Vaccines. American children, and pets, are way over-vaccinated. Check the science and follow the money.

My apology to the OP. I was off-topic with my remark. I hope you found the right treatment and that your dog is well!