worm count

www.wormcount.com
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As all silvestre owners know if they are a member of our Facebook owners group that we do worm counts on our adult dogs and have done for some time now.
So what is a worm count?  
A laboratory called worm count tests the stool sample to see if the dog has worm eggs, worm larvae and adult worms and sends test results back to owner.

In the past we have always wormed puppies with panacur.  But occasionally this really upsets the stomach of the puppy.   French bulldogs are tiny puppies and the last worming I gave them I noted upset stomachs. So instead of giving a wormer to a dog which may not even have worms I have decided to worm count the litter. 

We have to remember that wormers are a poison.  We should be limited in our use of wormers and flea treatments. If a dog does not have worms then why worm it.  We can minimise our use of poisons which even affect dogs neurologically as they grow up. We are seeing dogs daily on Facebook groups having had terrible reactions after being given worm treatments.

How does it work?  Worm count will send me a pot and poo bag.  We pick up the poos and pop in the pot and send back to them.  They then email the results with in two days. 

Lets hope they have no worms and then we can encourage owners also to go down the testing route over poison route.

​Rachel xx