Sorry you got the runaround!  Of course it is safe to give your dog the Trifexis, even though it is 10 days late.  Some people give their heartworm preventatives every 45 days.  This is no longer recommended because the heartworm cure manufacturer is having difficulty keeping up with demand so it is safer to stick with the 30 day protocol now.  But if you do your research on the lifecycle of the heartworm you will see for yourself that being 10 days late one time is not going to lead to a crisis.

Carrie, just to be clear the drugs can only easily kill the L3 and L4 stages of heartworm. Stage L5 occurs about 30 to 35 days after the infected mosquito bites the dog. So if your dog was bitten by an infected mosquito 36 days before you dose your dog this time – there is the possibility that an adult worm survives the pesticide and in 6 months to a year your dog will pop positive for heartworm (it takes that long for the adult worm to register in the tests). So, be sure to have your dog tested annually for heartworm (I am sure you do this! You must be a good mom to even ask these questions). And the chance that your dog was bitten by an infected mosquito in Ohio in that window of opportunity (36 to 40 days ago) is pretty small.

I was taught, too many years ago, that a seafood heavy diet it not good for male cats. Can cause kidney problems. I have four male cats and I take it very easy on the seafood. Asher is very picky, but when he gets hungry enough he will eat. We’ve had several stand-off’s over canned food. I give him 20 minutes to start eating a new food. Then I take it away and put it out again at the next feeding time. I leave dry food out all the time. Canned is once a day at 8 p.m. He constantly tries to convince me that he’s starving at 7 p.m. and the new food is no good. He’ll even knock the dish on the floor. So far he’s letting me win.

Hello Bettye, there are a few foods you can use to wean the puppies.

A lot of people use baby rice but mix it with goats milk, dogs cannot digest cows milk.

You don’t say what breed the puppies are but for my Cocker Spaniel puppies I used to give then a walnut size ball of raw minced steak once s day.

Do some research on the internet and you’ll find lots of advice on what to feed puppies of your breed/size. Good luck!

I recommend having a vet do an exam, fecal float (to look for parasites) and possibly x-rays.  Diarrhea for 4 days in a dog this large is not an emergency but he should be seen by a vet soon.

OK this is is what I have done many many times over the years helping friends and family and it works 100% of the time. It takes some time, effort, a little money, and mostly, elbow grease. First thing you need is to purchase some flea killing pills called Capstar. Ebay, or a vets office or online, the animal swallows the pill and 30 min later all fleas are on the ground dead.  Order them today. Then go out and get a good flea med. Some vets won’t give you any if you haven’t been seen by them, so I suggest Frontline from the pet store, use by body weight.  Don’t apply it just yet.  Purchase at least 3 new vaccum filters as the vacuum is your best friend in this scenario.  This requires at minimum a weekend for the initial treatment and then continuing to vacuum daily so suck up any new eggs that hatch. Repeatedly.

Capstar pills, flea meds for each pet, flea bombs for each room of the house except kitchen,  vacuum filters, and most importantly cat carriers or cages or somewhere to place them while this is happening besides the house. 

Now sat morning wake up and get animals out. While they are out give each one a dose of the Capstar pills, a bath,  and then apply the flea med.  Next move all furniture and anything a flea can be under to one side of the rooms and cover with bed sheets.  Next. Vacuum like a crazy person. Twice!  Change the filter and take trash bag with old filter immediately to the outside dump. Vacuum again. Under beds. Under under under.. under couch cushions and anywhere a flea will hide. Closets, etc . Take litter boxes to bathroom and bleach clean. Pick everything up off floors.  Next let the bombs off in center of each room with doors closed and leave the house for alloted time frame.  After that come inside and vacuum good again to suck up all dead fleas.  Now clean off bomb residue off cabinets and stuff and anywhere like tile floors and wipe it all up. Open windows air out a while. Let’s pets back in. Wash sheets covering the furniture.. And put things back. Beside off of floors because you need to vacuum daily for the next 2 weeks.   This will work. It takes effort but will work.  At the 3-4 week mark. I would repeat and bomb again.  At the 4 week mark apply more flea med to animals.   

At some point try to get a better flea med from a vet but for now the frontline will work. Good luck! 

Thank you for your advice, much appreciated! Capstar may work great but, I am not sure how I feel about giving my animals something that they ingest, just seems off putting to me! We vacuum every other day, we have a bagless and wet vac that we use to vacuum our home with. We have no carpet in our home, just hardwood floors so it is a little easier to keep up with. We have tried raid flea spray that you spray around your home, we think it worked a little bit, but where their cat box used to be — we are having no luck there is still load of fleas there. This weekend we are getting the cats flea collars, as much as I don’t want too I think it will work.

Thank you again for your advice!

Ohhh damn, maybe I wont get the collars then. I have tried frontline, it was a waste of money and did not work for us. We vacuum every other day, I will have to try the moth ball thing!