The vets I’ve taken my dog to have never told me to do so. But then I read online about people who keep de-worming their dogs. After thorough research though, I have learned that de-worming practices are thought to be the cause of auto-immune diseases.

So what have you been told? Has your vet told you to de-worm your dog regularly? I’m not talking about puppies, I know that has to be done… I’m talking about adult dogs with good health.

My vet has been having us give our dog heart worm pills every day of the year. i take her in and she gets her shots, etc. and her yearly blood test for heart worms. THEN I ALWAYS get a heart worm prevention meds for a full year. And give her one a month. THEN back to the vet. For six years we have been doing this. Now I hear from three different pet owners…They don’t give them in the winter months. Soon as the first freeze comes they stop. I KNOW this is true about the flea drops…But the heart worm pills?
Appreciate your opinion in this. CAUSE I WILL continue as I have been for Ginger’s sake. BUT do I HAVE to? AND shouldn’t the other pet owners do the same for their dogs?
Most of you mis read my question. i DO NOT give them to her daily. But I DO yearly…One a month…Every month for a full year. NOT DAILY…That would probably kill my dog…and I love her too much to be stupid with her medication.
I see a lot of good answers though and I thank you so much for answering…

tapeworm treatment is too expensive with a dog that gets them every other month.

is there a ome remedy i could try for my medium sized [chow/retriever] dog??

sources and stories?

okay.
the other day my husband noticed that the dog was scooting his butt across the floor, so i bought this worm medicine. over the next few days I’ve been laying in bed and i noticed that around the dog there was a worm-like snot color looking thing and i picked it up and it started moving and i ran into the bathroom and flushed it down the toilet. websites say that the the worms will come out in the stool [poop] so i don’t know what i am supposed to do?
i looked online at a website and it looked like a fragment of a tape-worm,
but i could be wrong.

we had just come back from a walk and my dog started to gag like she couldn’t breathe, but she was fine a few seconds later. then i turned and saw something on the floor that looked like what i thought was a chicken bone but i picked it up and realized it was a WORM!! i am not sure if it came from my dog or from out side. the worm is a light brown color with a very thin black line going through it. the head is dark and flat. it is also very thin and long. can any one help me?
thanks

oh.. and also in the past few days i have noticed that she has been gaging quite a bit.
it appears to have a head like a hammer head shark and is very flat. it also has an arrow shape to it.