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Forget to Give your Pet Heartgard?

If you forget to give your pet their Heartgard medication at the beginning of the month there are a couple extra steps that are recommended. Read on to learn more!

Life is busy and sometimes things are forgotten.  If you realize your dog has missed his/her dose of heartworm prevention, immediately restart the medication.  The American Heartworm Society recommends that you ideally retest for heartworm disease in 7 months.  The reason behind the 7 month test is that heartworms must be at least 6-7 months old before the infection can be diagnosed.

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