The worms are a parasite, the animal it is living in is called the host. Worms have a life cycle and this can include other species sometimes such as cats, foxes, sheep, slugs, snails and mosquitoes. When we say a dog has worms we are usually talking about intestinal (gut) worms but we are now much more aware that worms can also affect the lungs and heart of dogs. I will start by discussing the common worms that affect dogs and then treatment options. Hi Gillian and thank you for your question about worming your dog. No PMs to Mods.I have a American bull dog and every couple of weeks as worms I have giving 1 dose wormer tablets but is to many wormer tablets bad for her or is their another wormer I could use to treat it many Thanx Answer from Shanika Winters MRCVS, Online Vet

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9 week old puppy has flat worms