Heartworm disease is a devastating diagnosis and many owners are unaware what the disease is and how it is completely preventable. Preventatives can be easily obtained with a prescription from a veterinarian or low-cost clinic. A consult will help you figure out which type is best for your dog. Heartworm disease is transmitted through the bite of ONE mosquito, not from animal to animal. So that is why preventatives are so crucial because it keeps your dog protected at all times from the possibility of an infected mosquito no matter the location you are in. Texas is one of the top 5 states with heartworm cases, and there is now records of cases in ALL 50 states. While the diagnosis sounds horrible, even a heartworm positive dog is completely adoptable and capable of living a long, healthy life after treatment. Treatment for HW+ dogs is expensive, well over $1,200 at most veterinarian clinics. The cost of the treatment wrongly labels dogs in shelters with this diagnosis as 'unadoptable' and many wait long periods to be adopted or never get the chance to when space decisions need to be made. That's where we step in. We commit to pulling HW+ animals when our funds allow and provide treatment and support until the animal is ready for adoption into a forever home. Your support of this fund will help us give the deserving shelter dogs their freedom ride and provide their treatment to kick heartworms butt!