The HDTC provides demining training to Special Operations Forces (SOF) assigned the humanitarian demining training mission. Since its inception, HDTC has trained over seventy SOF A-teams which translates to nearly 850 students.
Typical costs: 1  The cost of treating dogs with heartworm usually runs around $1,000, but can be $500-$1,100 or more depending on the size of the dog and the stage of the disease.
Step Two: Treating the Disease. Once your dog has completed the course of steroids, heartworm preventive and antibiotics, he should be ready to start the actual adult heartworm treatment. The treatment for heartworm disease takes at least 60 days to complete and consists of a series of drug injections that kills the worms.