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Heartworm is a parasitic roundworm that spreads from dog to dog through mosquito bites. The worm resides in the right ventricle of the heart, where it can do serious damage. The worm can also end up in the eye, causing blindness, in the legs, causing paralysis, or in the brain, causing seizures. Infected dogs show no symptoms until it's too late. Dogs can be infected anywhere mosquitoes are found.

Give your pug a monthly dose of heartworm prevention medicine. Your vet can provide you with a meat-flavored chewable pill like Heartguard or Proheart that offers protection against the worm.

Apply a topical solution, such as Revolution, to your pug's skin.

Keep your pug indoors when mosquito populations are high. Dogs are infected after bites from infected mosquitoes; if you live near water, you might want to keep your pug indoors more often in the summer, or make sure to apply more topical solution.

Ask your vet to perform an annual test for heartworm. The test is a quick and simple blood test that will take only a minute.

Revolution for Dogs
HeartGard Plus chewables
Advantage Multi
Ask your vet for prescription treatments.