Another thing... about the dogs and tape worms. So my dogs are on less than ideal food. They're young and (other than the worms...) healthy, and I just can't justify spending a huge amount on an animal that in reality doesn't contribute to food production... it would be one thing if I considered them livestock guardians, but they are so not... they'll chase off a stray dog or other large predator, but they aren't the right type of dog and I don't trust them alone with the chickens, so they're only outside when I'm outside, which kind of defeats the purpose... and yes, it was dumb to get inside/non-useful dogs, but the one is from my "old" city life, and the other I really really wanted to have be an outside/guardian dog, but 1) his instincts are all wrong... he basically wants to chase anything that moves. He leaves the chickens alone oddly enough (although he will occasionally point them), at least when I'm around, but he would eat these new kittens if I turned my back... and honestly if he hurts one of them or a chicken he's gone. And 2) he was born in November and came home with us, to Minnesota, in the beginning of January. He was an outside dog when we got him, BUT that was with his mother and siblings and in a milder climate. I am too much of a softie to keep a puppy alone outside in that kind of weather. So here we are. Anyway, they eat cheap crap food. And supplement with bunnies and squirrels. The result being tape worms. I wormed them with the awful stuff the vet gave me because their worms were BAD. The one was off his food for weeks (he's still recovering, in fact) and the other one had them in her fecal float so bad they said they'd never seen a worse sample. But now that the worms are presumably gone, is there anything I can give them to prevent it from happening again? I'm going to guess ACV in the water and garlic, but anything else? And similar to the chicken question, how do you give garlic- fresh/dried/powdered?
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