Every dog man worth his salt knows how to save big money by doing several small things;
- Vaccinate your dogs yourself. Every veterinary supply catalogue sells vaccines, which are very easy to give. Kennel owners are not going to the vets to give their dogs their shots, and after that first year they are not revaccinating their dogs.
- Treat small flesh wounds and ear and urinary tract infections with nonprescription antibiotics sold in every dog veterinary catalogue on that "mysterious" page devoted to fish pharamaceuticals. Now you know why that page is there!
- Worm your dogs yourself. You do not have to do it often, it costs very little, and a good three-worm medicine is sold in every veterinary catalogue.
- Small wounds can be closed with crazy glue. Crazy glue is the same as VetBond, and every construction worker and dog man has been using it to close cuts for the last 30 years.
- Heartworm medication does not have to cost very much. In fact, it should cost very little as the active ingredient (made by the same maker as Heartgard) is sold by the gallon at feed stores). No reason to mix your own (and quite a few reasons not to). I order mine from JR Enterprises.
3 comments:
Your source of ivermectin is 10x more expensive (mg/USD) compared to other OTC sources.
"tis true, but most folks are pet people who do not have a need for a gallon of Ivermectin as they do not have 10 dogs and 50 sheep, nor do most folks (apparently) have any idea how to dilute. There an online business to be made by repackaing sheep drench in small bottles, that's for sure!
I'll bet even at the price of 1L of sheep drench (along with the shelf life) it is still cheaper than prescription heartworm meds.
But one would need to read the product insert from the prescription meds, know how to use a 1cc syringe, and know how to do some math, in order to to it themselves.
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