I am getting a rescue dog who just recovered from heart worm?
Question by American Eskimo Luver: I am getting a rescue dog who just recovered from heart worm?
So I am getting a dog from the shelter and he had stage four heart worm, they didn’t think he would make it, but he did. Then he had baby heart worms and we got to see him and everything and they said he could only go on short walks while he had the baby worms. Well now that he is cured and everything, will he always have to only go on short walks or can he go on a long walk and possibly a short jog?
It has been like a week.
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Answer by Sassy
I use to work as a vet tech and my dog actually ended up with heart worms…we treated her and she is fine, lazy but fine! Long walks shouldn’t be a problem..how long has it been?
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well i think tht u should stay on those limits for now but when you give the dog short walks u can probably give him longer ones as time goes by
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as long as he is cured he can go for long walks just work him up to it, most likely he will be happy to go on them.
Congrats on adopting a survivor!
Stage 4 is a major infection with a large worm burden which has sucessfully been eliminated.
If the dog has microfilaria in the blood stream you need to closely monitor the dogs heartworm status.
Microfilaria is how an infection starts but ivermectin monthly may hinder the process if your vet deems it to be safe.
You need to follow the recommendations of the vet and likely limit his activity until his next heartworm test.
So unfortunately no long walks and jogs until a vet says ok!