Updated On September 23rd, 2025
Pet's info: Dog | DOG-SMALL-LONGHAIR | Female | unspayed | 1 year and 9 months old | 15 lbs
Molly has been breathing faster than normal dose this mean she could have heartworms or something how do they caught them she is not on heart worm prevention
1 Answer
Published on September 12th, 2019
Dogs get heart worms from mosquitos. Breathing faster than normal could be due to heart worms, but it could also be due to other things such as pain, heat, fever, heart disease, or a respiratory infection. I'd have Molly checked out by a vet.
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