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Anonymous
Hey /an/,

I am looking to adopt a husky, but the owner told me that she recently was treated for heartworms, otherwise she is healthy. Reading up on heartworms, it says that a dog can never really be treated. Anyone have personal experience about this disease?
>> Anonymous
The dogs die, you cry.

The end.
>> Anonymous
>>129983
You're an idiot.

Fuck off.
>> Anonymous
>>129984

How was my post untrue? It's a fact.

Besides, heartworms dramatically shorten a dog's life and then there are the added costs of lifetime medication and vet bills.

OP, adopt the dog if these things do not concern you. But expect that the dog will not live as long as you'd wish it to.
>> Huskies and Heartworms Anonymous
I've raised quite a few huskies and wolf hybrids, and a few have suffered from heartworms.
It's an ongoing treatment. Noticed that the dog's previous owner said "Treated for heartworms" not "Cured of Heartworms."
On a side-note, heartworms are rarely accurately diagnosed until a post-mortem examination of the dog.
It's something you are going to have to treat, if it's an accurate diagnosis, for the rest of the dog's life.

That said, modern treatments are not too difficult. Usually it consists of a few food additives, and a shot every month.
>> Anonymous
>>130004

Yes. It's a painful, miserable process, though, and typically involves an extended stay with a veterinarian. There are medications which will kill the heartworms, but they have to be administered over a period of time and the dog must be constantly walked/exercised while the treatment is on-going. Otherwise, the dead/dying worms will lodge in vital organs and kill the dog. As such, the treatment is dangerous and some dogs will die. Your best bet is to have him tested by a veterinarian prior to adoption. You DO NOT want to inherit that problem.

Also, Christ, the preventative medication is cheap as hell. Only incredible morons and cheap pieces of shit allow their dogs to actually develop heartworms... and I'm not sure those types are willing to spring for the expensive treatment, so fucking caveat emptor.
>> Anonymous
>>130004

Uh, YES. Do you even know what heartworms are?

Seriously, just wiki this shit.
>> Anonymous
Considering it was a puppy, I'd say, its fine
When caught early and treated agressivly, it CAN be cured.

Thanks to the morons for posting incorrect information.
>> Anonymous
>>130013

Posting incorrect information? LOL, welcome to /an/. Most of us do it on purpose.
>> Anonymous
>>130016

I see not everyone is a newfag today.
>> Anonymous
>>130017
She's not a puppy, she's two years old. The previous owner ( the one before the one I'm adopting from ) because he didn't want to pay for treatment.
>> Moonbarker Osbourne
If I had a black huskey with eyepatches like that, I'd name him Gene (as in Simmons)
>> Anonymous
Off topic, but what's a good name for a female, orange-colored husky?
>> INVALID
>>130394
That made me thin of the x-box huge malamute mix in the shelter we had, they called him Youch.
He was huge but a gentle baby... unfotunatly... he kept coming back after being adopted..

last reason for return right before I moved "He uh.. jumped through the back window to go pee in the yard."

....
>> Anonymous
:] i'd definitely adopt her! most likely she won't be if you don't because of her worms. my dog has to take heartworm medicine so she won't get them. i advise you adopt her she's healthy other then that, give her a good home. you can go to your local vet and buy heart worm medications that you give them once a month so they won't get it :]
>> Anonymous
the owner might have meant they gave it preventative treatment.
>> Anonymous
Anonymous you fool! Don't get a husky! Don't you know what they do to anons!?!?