Killing Roundworms in the Soil or on Pea Gravel - Page 2

My vet said roundworm cysts live for months in the soil.  Our problem is wild rabbits get into our fenced yard year round and leave rabbit pellets behind which contain roundworms.  So our dogs sometimes get roundworms and we have to worm them periodically.

You're FOS Louise, as usual. There are plenty of heartworm cases and plenty of round worms in our area, your neighborhood and mine, both in the Sacramento Valley. Unless irrigated farming has entirely ceased in your area (which it certainly has NOT!) your location is far from exempt. Heartworms aren't the problem here they are in the South, but to say they're not a problem here, and that prevention is totally unnecessary here is a huge disservice to anyone reading your post who doesn't know better.

Ouch! I just got bitten by 3 mosquitos mowing the yard.
Pass me my bottle of Ivermectin. Its time to dose the dogs.

FOS: frusctooligosaccarhides.

I have taken my dog to Vacaville,Vallejo, Fairfield, Davis, Grass Valley, Auburn, Modesto, Menlo Park, Woodland, and to PA, Nashville, St Louis, Arkansas, to Texas (3 times), LA, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon and to Southern CA with no Heartgard. If vets persuade everyone to use it on their dogs, there will will be no HW carriers for mosquitoes to bite.

Guess I will continue to play Russian roulette. No Heartgard for my dog on my coming trip to the USA Sieger Show near Dallas.

The critters may not like the taste/smell of dogs fed raw.

I've also used Sodium Borate (purchased thru a feed store where it is used as a fertilizer under the trade name of Borate last time I checked with Agway) ..Remove dogs from kennels, remove as much peastone as possible, then liberally salt the area as you would salt ice in the wintertime.  Rake it into the soil 2-3" let sit overnight.. then wet down throughally.  The removed peastone can be washed with bleach and a strong sprayer. I rigged up a sifter with hardwearcloth and a wooden frame.to wash the gravel down. Replace the gravel in the run... or if $$'s no issue you can purchase fresh gravel and save the extra labor.   The Sodium (salt) dries out the parasite eggs and cracks them open and the borate kills them.  I usually did this to my kennels in the spring each year.  (I no longer have kennels, just a huge fenced area for my dogs as they're all couch potatoes.

Worming I alternated between Panacur and Strongid T...usually two rounds with strongid, then one with panacur at monthly intervils. (bear in mind this was a while back... LOL)

Better Ivomectrin for a day a month than Arsenic shots in their bellies for weeks!
I don't take chances like that with my dogs.

Louise said:  Tincture of black walnut added to meals also kills tapeworm and is said to kill/prevent heartworm.

Walnut contains an extremely toxic substance called juglone.

According to the articles I've researched, no scientific studies have been done regarding its safety. However, it is known to be toxic to horses, dogs and humans:

http://www.gardenguides.com/127099-black-walnut-tree-toxicity.html 
 
There seems to be this mistaken notiion that 'organic' means 'safe'. People forget that some of our most noxious poisons come from nature! Snake venom is 100% organic. So was the hemlock that killed Socrates (Conium maculatum, not the coniferous tree.)

I think I'll stick to the commercial preparations that are commonly used in dogs, and have proven to be safe, both in laboratory test, and by the veterinarians that prescribe them for their patients.

Windwalker, that is on hell of a lot of work! 

Yup Sunsilver... it was, but back in the 70's and 80's there weren't many products that you could use safely... I was racing Huskies back then, so the outdoor kennels were a must... and once the ova from the parasites got into the ground it was the only way I found that worked well.

Next thing we know our all-knowing Louise M. Penery will be reccommending Oleander Extract for the treatment of heartworms. It would be very effective of course.