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safeguard horse wormer is it safe for pups.

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I need to know at what age is it safe for me to give my pups safeguard horse wormer, ive gave it to my older dogs with great results and I give them a pea sized amount but not sure how much to give a pup? I was told before that 12 weeks was ok to start worming them. but need more info please.

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I use safe guard goat wormer at 1cc for every 5lbs. dont know about the horse wormer i have always used the goat cause its easier to get a syringe in the bottle.

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thanks sam you are the 2nd person to tell me that so I will probably try that instead, don't want to take a chance and make a pup sick or kill it! I know I give my adults only a pea sized amount once a month and it cleans them right up. So I could only imagine how that would affect a little puppy.

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I use the Safeguard cattle wormer. 1ml per 5 lbs. I start worming them at 2 weeks old and once a week after that until they are 6 weeks old. After 6 weeks I work them into the worming schedule of my other dogs.

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All I use on my puppies is Safeguard Horse Wormer, works great and you can't OD them.
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Pea size for puppys. Big dogs about 4 pea sizes! JMO
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rackhntr wrote:Pea size for puppys. Big dogs about 4 pea sizes! JMO

What he said 3 days in a row to be effective ;).

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Just my experience with it. I had some pups I had wormed at 2,4, and 6 weeks of age with Nemex2. At 8 and 10 weeks I wormed them 4 days in a row with Safeguard, doubled the dosage as I always have. At week 11 I noticed they were looking a little rough. Took one to the vet and she had tape worms. I told the vet what I had used and she said it seems like a lot of animals are getting used to it and it doesn't seem as effective. She had just lost 2 goats to worms that had been treated religiously with Safeguard. I don't use Safeguard any more. I use drontal or generic for it. Not worth the chance for me to almost loose another litter of pups.
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tinymwoods wrote:Just my experience with it. I had some pups I had wormed at 2,4, and 6 weeks of age with Nemex2. At 8 and 10 weeks I wormed them 4 days in a row with Safeguard, doubled the dosage as I always have. At week 11 I noticed they were looking a little rough. Took one to the vet and she had tape worms. I told the vet what I had used and she said it seems like a lot of animals are getting used to it and it doesn't seem as effective. She had just lost 2 goats to worms that had been treated religiously with Safeguard. I don't use Safeguard any more. I use drontal or generic for it. Not worth the chance for me to almost loose another litter of pups.
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I use equimax and ppo pills for pups and safeguard for horses and equimax for adult dogs just alternate them but use more equimax then anything
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