Oooh - that's a good idea I hadn't thought of.

I always worry when the pups go, because although you brief the new owners on when they have been wormed, and include it in the puppy pack details - I am convinced from experience, their puppy mush minds gloss over these facts - and I know what vets are like, meaning puppies could quite easily be over-wormed / wormed too close to their jabs.

And of course, with the increasing popularity of products such as Advocate, there is always a risk to the pup if the correct information isn't followed and certain worming meds given with a specified period of giving Advocate.

As it happens, my last litter managed to pick up KC and my vet (money again) advised treating them for lung worm as a precaution (as the symptoms are similar) - so each pup left with an extra tube of Advocate once their AB's had finished - but it's not something I would normally do.

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What you need to know before buying a Labrador puppy

After 6 months you should worm your pup every 3 months and this should carry on now for the rest of their lives.

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But then this varies from tha area you live in, what you feed. Mine are raw fed, but I worm them less often than most people. Its about weighing up the pros and cons... I would rather risk a couple of worms (all dogs have worms even after finishing a course of worming- they lie dormant) than have my dog pumped of chemicals every 3 months. I worm ever 4 months instead and touch wood, have never seen a worm in poop.

I am hoping that one day they will test dog poo like horse poo. We used to send a sample to a lab that would look for worms and tell us which wormer to use, if, indeed, any.... About 3 times every 2 years we would be told that the worm count was too low, to use any wormer... If we didn't have it checked we would have still wormed like the others on the farm, but we would be unnecessarily putting chemicals into them.



Nowm with puppies I have always and will always worm with panacur... I use the paste with the puppies as its easier and you don't wear as much. Especially with giant puppies as they need more than smaller puppies, so therefore, more to wear
With toys, you'd probably get away with the 10% solution

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I'm happy to run the risk with fleas but not worms. My nan once missed a course with her dog and the whole lot of them managed to get them as a result. Funnily enough they were wormed like clockwork each time after that and none of her dogs have ever died of chemical poisoning.

Given that mine are walked on a field where loads of other dogs and foxes are, go to the yard with me and happily dive into pools of various shite and god knows what else, I am not personally taking the risk and won't advise anyone else to either.

What you do clearly works for your dogs and you're happy to carry on. I'm not.

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The best thing to do is to ask your vet. before using any of this wormer. I took walter.

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