NY animal shelter seeks donations of Viagra for dog who needs drug to ward off heart failure

Vet says NY dog needs Viagra for heart condition

HUNTINGTON, N.Y. — A New York animal shelter is seeking donations of Viagra to treat a pit bull with a heart condition. Staff members at the Little Shelter Animal Rescue and Adoption Center in Huntington, on Long Island, say 6-year-old Ingrid needs two of the little blue pills every day or she will risk heart failure. They said a vet suggested it.

The pills cost about $10 apiece, and the shelter has been asking Viagra users to pitch in and donate their unused pills.

Viagra was originally developed as a heart medication but is now used mainly by human males to give their sex lives a boost.

One woman donated her husband’s stash to the dog because she suspected he was having an affair.

Information from: Daily News, www.nydailynews.com