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[quote=Anonymous]This might sound weird, but our breeder gave us all kids of tips to keep us away from the vet early on, because he felt like that’s where young puppies are most likely to get sick. For heartguard, he told us to buy ivomectin from the tractor supply store. You have to get the dosage right—it’s a very small amount for dogs and overdosing can hurt them. (It’s what they use for livestock.) But it’s way cheaper than the heartguard a vet would prescribe. For shots, he told us to go to shot clinics because they are for healthy dogs not sick ones. We paid around $20 to have the rabies shots done at tractor supply during their Saturday shot clinic. Our vet is running a special in February for spaying because it’s national spaying/neutering awareness month.

We weren’t really trying to save money, but ended up seeing how it can be done if you don’t use a vet for every little thing.

Other tips: don’t let your puppy eat stuff that can get stuck inside them like socks, and don’t let them near anything with xylitol, which is super common these days in mints and gum and very, very lethal to dogs in very small doses. [/quote]

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