April is National Heartworm Awareness Month, and we need your help as we work to treat the more than 200 heartworm positive pets currently in the shelter and the thousands more we'll see this year. Acquired through mosquito bites, almost 25% of the adult dogs that come to PVAS test positive.When a dog is positive, it means that long, skinny worms are hanging out in their heart, and once they reproduce in large numbers, they will eventually kill their host, the dog.Treatment for heartworm positive dogs costs the shelter about $125 per pet. Help is sought to raise $25,000 to ...