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How old is too old, when it comes to treating heart worms in a dog?

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Some dogs that are found stray are put to sleep if they have heart worms & they are too old to treat. What is too old?

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2 Responses to "How old is too old, when it comes to treating heart worms in a dog?"

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  Aduial says:

  December 22, 2009 at 7:22 am

  It would depend on other health concerns and age when the dog would be suffering too much compared to the quality of life and time it has left. It’s very sad but its different for every case.
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  Schnauzer Mom ♥ says:

  December 22, 2009 at 7:22 am

  Depends on the overall health of the dogs and how advanced the heartworms are.

  Heartworm treatment is hard on a dog. If a dog has too many other medical issues, it’s kinder to humanely euthanize them than to put them through the stress, pain, and extensive recovery of heartworm treatment, especially if their body is already so damaged by the worms that they are unlikely to survive the treatment and/or have a happy life afterwards.