Temporary heartworm medication

[minpinluvrs]

My wife and I are headed from Montana to Southeast Pennsylvania for the first two weeks of September, and we're taking our 4 Min Pins, (driving cross country.) While going over the trip tonight, trying to figure out things we haven't considered, we came up with the fact that when we lived there, our dogs needed heartworm medication, and in Montana, we don't need it. I'll be calling the vet on Monday, but just out of curiousity, for a two week visit, do we need it, (I assume we do,) and is it too late to get them on it for it to actually work?

I'll probably call my old vet in Pennsylvania to get their advice also, since the vets here never deal with heartworm, but I never mind a "heads-up" from the other people here.

Thanks in advance,
Tim

 

[Buddy'sParents]

Heartworm meds kill what is already there, it does not prevent it from happening. If you go the route of the meds, no, it is not too late.

Have fun on your trip.