We use a few different medications, but the most common is a product called Profender, which is applied between the cat's shoulder blades. Additionally, most monthly heartworm preventatives also contain a dewormer.

We ask that you bring a fecal sample to your appointment. We can then examine it under a microscope.

Yes, most of them. Roundworms, hookworms, both of those can actually be something that we can get. So you want to make sure to keep your dog dewormed.

Ensure you're picking up their stool every time they go to the bathroom. That way, other pets in the household do not come in contact with it.

Yes, most of our heartworm preventatives actually contain dewormers. If you're administering a heartworm preventative every month, that helps keep your dog from getting intestinal worms.

To prevent tapeworms, you need to prevent fleas. Make sure your dog is on a monthly flea medication.

Indeed, indoor dogs can still get intestinal parasites. We could potentially bring some of those eggs and that feces in off the street on our shoes.

Dogs can get intestinal parasites through fecal-oral transmission, meaning that they ingest feces, or they can pick it up from licking their paws where they've walked through contaminated areas, or by eating fleas.

Yes, all intestinal parasites can be prevented.

Untreated worms can actually cause a dog to die. This is because it causes so much GI upset that the dog is not getting the proper nutrition.