My dogs get a monthly preventative for heartworm. Just the mental picture of a dog’s heart infested with the stringy worms is enough to make me itchy for a week! UGH! I do not want to even think about something like that happening to Lally or Moosie! The name is pretty evocative: heartworm. Worms in the heart. Gross! Heartworm is carried by mosquitoes, so if you are in a high-mosquito area like the Atlantic and Gulf coasts or near the Mississippi or any other major rivers, you hopefully have your pets on a preventative. How it works: A mosquito bites … Continue reading →