I was amazed to see that I can actually receive messages through Twitter and in came a plea for help from Dawn, a fellow Vermonter further North up in Williston, who is already a devoted user of Vectra 3D for her dog. But she desperately needed a refill and her own vet was out of town for the 4th of July weekend. Her nice note went as follows:
We’ve been using Vectra 3D since the season began. The ticks in Williston have been INSANE this year and Vectra 3D is the only thing keeping our Shadow safe! She’s 7 months, 50+ pounds and a pure joy!
First please know that we are so sorry to hear on DOG TALK® about Max the Golden passing away, but also understand that you loved him enough to let him go. We loved our Chief enough to let him go 02.08.08 (14 years old husky/lab/rottie) and have been blessed with Shadow in our lives 02.08.09 very strange and amazing timing! Shadow is 1/2 Bernese & 1/2 Greater Swiss Mountain Dog and 100% LOVE! She is a great “sister” to our 9-year-old daughter Sarah, especially when Sarah tries to fish in our stream, with Shadow’s help!
So nice to hear from you, Dawn — Twitter is amazing!
And I am also really really happy to know that you found Vectra 3D, or I should say that your vet found it. It is an amazing and uniquely effective product and for those of us who want to enjoy the fields and streams (what a darling photo, by the way! thanks for sharing it) it gives us complete confidence.
As for getting some right now before the Holiday weekend, it sounds nearly impossible, but I think you’ll be okay without it, given that we have had nothing but deluges of water (don’t know about Williston but here it is raining cats & dogs, once again, and the weekend portends more of the same.) The ticks are drowning (I hope!) or at least biding their time so your sweet pup will not be in jeopardy before Monday, when I hope your vet will be back.
I don’t know if you realize this, but Vectra 3D is also unique in that they have a very firm policy that it can only be dispensed by veterinarians and you need a prescription from your own vet (if you were not so lucky to have one wise enough to carry it!) in order to get the Vectra 3D from another doctor. The company explains that they do this for quality control — so it cannot be counterfeited or sold black market — and also so dogs can be tested by their vets to keep on top of whether they were infected by any tick-borne disease before they got the protection of Vectra 3D.
However, I just learned that the Milton Animal Hospital carries the product, so give them a try.
I do know the urgency you feel to have your girl totally safe (meaning your puppy AND your real little girl, who clearly spends a lot of time with her and therefore is protected by the dog not having any ticks around). But it’s only a few days and I think the lousy weather is going to offer some natural protection.
Thank you for your very kind words about Our Golden Max — he wasn’t my own dog — as you can see from the email trail on my website with Max’s Mom Pam — a listener’s dog whom I supported through the process of cancer diagnosis, surgery, treatment, etc. But being part of the DOG TALK family, Max was all of our dogs, whom we have lost to this terrible disease.
Tracie
The Dog Bible
