Drugs that have been documented to cause problems in dogs with the MDR1 mutation
The Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology Lab (of the College of Veterinary Medicine) has released a study regarding the interactions of numerous drug interactions in dogs that carry the MDR1 mutation. Collies and other herding breeds are especially susceptible to side effects from these drugs. The interactions can cause side effects ranging from neurological toxicity to bone marrow suppression.
Please take the time to read the article below. We recommend that you print a copy, and ask your veterinarian to add it to your dog's file. Before allowing your dog to receive a medication, ask your vet to cross reference the article.
Almost Home heavily relies on donations to be able to continue our rescue. Quite often, the cost to rescue a dog far exceeds our requested adoption fee.
To donate, please either click the donate link above, or mail a check to :: Almost Home Dog Rescue of Ohio c/o Noelle Heinze, Treasurer 4814 Olentangy River Road Delaware, OH 43015
If you have questions, please contact Noelle at ahdrotreasurer10@aol.com. Upon request, we will send you a letter acknowledging your gift for tax purposes. Thank you for all past and potential donations. Your generosity is saving lives.
Adopt a Dog
Please ask your friends to adopt dogs from shelters or rescues rather than buying them from pet stores. A dog is killed due to the lack of a home approximately every 9 seconds ... adopting rescue or shelter dogs will help to reduce the number of dogs euthanized in shelters; it will also reduce the demand for puppies bred for sale in pet stores in the inhumane conditions of puppy mills.
In rescue, we become quite attached to the animals that come into our program, and we enjoy hearing your adoption stories and seeing your photos of our rescue dogs in their forever homes.
If you have adopted one of our dogs, please email us with your stories and pictures so that we can share them with everyone who visits our site.
