* Heartworm Library
Image: Courtesy of New Rattitude, Inc. Rat Terrier Rescue100% of your donation goes towards the rescue & medical care of needy dogs.
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Heartworm Library


Heartworm disease is a serious and potentially fatal condition caused by parasitic worms living in the pulmonary artery and heart of dogs and other mammals. Click here to learn more about heartworm disease.

Heartworm treatment is expensive, painful, and burdensome, with no guarantee of success. For this reason, many dog owners choose to abandon their dogs when they get heartworm disease or have them "put down" rather than treat them, and heartworm positive dogs in shelters have little or no realistic chance for adoption. New Rattitude believes that dogs with heartworm disease should be treated and given another chance for life. But it can cost $150-$1000 to treat one heartworm positive dog, depending on its size, age, stage of disease, health, and area of the country.



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PLEASE BECOME A HEARTWORM HERO!
Can you contribute to our Heartworm Fund to help save a precious life? We appreciate donations of any amount! But perhaps you'd like to contribute in honor of a dog you have loved, or a friend/family member who has always had a heart for dogs. With your tax-deductible contribution of $150 or more, we will add your Honoree's name with a small red heart heartworm hero to our Donor Recognition Board with our undying "gRATtitude."

To make a donation to our Heartworm Heroes, please click the button:

Image: Courtesy of New Rattitude, Inc. Rat Terrier Rescue

If you prefer, you can also mail a check or money order to:
      New Rattitude, Inc.
      P.O. Box 14064
      Lansing, MI 48901
Please be sure to write "Heartworm Heroes" in the note field of your check. THANK YOU!

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