Is deworming necessary for dogs every 3 months??

I also deworm regularly and I use Ivermectin orally. I live in a town where we have a lot of mosquito and my main concern is Dirofilaria. Plus we have Erlichia and Leishmania and all the critters you can imagine. I also protect Pepa for ectoparasites but I choose the places where she walks. We avoid high grass.

p.s. Some vets say that it might be good to first take a stool sample and test it at a lab, to see if there is a necessity for the dog to be dewormed. and It does kind of makes sense.

 

I think this is a very good reason why you should speak to a vet to determine what is prevalent where you live, and what product to use.
These particular bugs are not really discussed on the forum as they are not really seen in the UK (to my knowledge anyway!). But clearly you need to know about them @Nade and not just for professional reasons.
Even in the UK, bugs vary - we have no lungworm worries where I live, yet they are an issue in South of England.

Moral of the story....Consult your vet!

Edit: Although I assume ectoparasites = Fleas and ticks bleurgh!!

 

Erlichia and Leishmania are parasites that are transferred via the ticks and mosquitoes.
and unfortunately our veterinary medicined is not that advanced, we dont have a lot of products to choose from. I asa vet do whatever I can and I try to learn more and more.

p.s. yes ectoparasite is tick or flea.

 

I've been wondering what the chances of mosquitoes biting dogs? How do they get through all that fur? Unless my dog is lying on his back, what are the chances of a mosquito biting him?

I don't live in a high mosquito area, but in the last few months (end of summer, has been really hot) we've been getting mosquito visits around midnight. The mosquitoes in my area don't carry any diseases to worry about, but they do make you itchy! And I've been wondering if they might contribute to Snowie's itchiness. We use a mosquito repellent on ourselves (usually the stick rub-on type) -- can I put that on Snowie?

 

They bite 'em on the nose. But I don't expect mosquitos (or mozzies, as we call them) are a really big problem for dogs.

You can use permethrin based insecticides for dogs. Probably other kinds too. Permethrin isn't a repellant though, it just kills the stuff that lands (as opposed to keeping them away I'm through first place).

 

My sister's cocker got eaten alive by bugs when she brought him to Spain last year. We assume mozzies because there were lots around. Bo's coat is far thicker than my Labs' coats, but they weren't bitten - or didn't react to the bites. Bo was wearing a Scalibor collar, well-fitted. My two were treated with Advantix. Both Advantix and Scalibor are supposed to be effective against mosquitoes.

 

Ella was bitten by mozzies (well we/the vet believe that's what it was) on her ear. The only issue is that she scratched it too much and managed to get it infected .

We use worm/flea/tick prevention monthly and three monthly for all of the nasties in our area

 

My dogs and a few others, were bitten red raw underneath by some kind of mosquito at one particular place when gundog training and at a certain time of the year. The vet had never seen anything like it before. They recovered within a week and it didn't seem to leave any lasting problem.

 

When Charlie had his bare puppy tummy he got a couple of red, itchy bite like spots on his tummy - being a brand new puppy owner, I took him to the vet. The vet's considered option was that he had a couple of mozzie bites!

 

Our dogs get wormed monthly because they are on Heartguard which has to be done monthly. We have never had fleas with either one, and Ticks don't seem to be common in our part of Oregon. Our vet does not push flea/tick meds since she has never seen fleas on the dogs. I'm not really sure why. We did have fleas years ago when we also had cats, but we treated for fleas then and no longer have cats.