When you adopt a dog from Lee County Animal Services, it will receive its first set of shots and a test for heartworms. It is the owner's responsibility to see that regular veterinary care is maintained. Your veterinarian will vaccinate your dog according to an age appropriate schedule. This will include a rabies vaccination when your dog is four months of age or older. Adult dogs require yearly vacciations.
Dogs are susceptible to heartworms which are contracted from mosquitoes.
It is important that your dog receives monthly preventive medication against heart worm disease. It is also important to protect your pet from fleas and ticks. In addition to your veterinarian's phone number, you should keep an emergency number handy. As part of the adoption fee at Lee County Animal Services, dogs are spayed or neutered before going home. Between 10,000 and 15,000 animals in Lee County are euthanized each year because there are not enough homes for them.