Our sheltie's experience with Lyme disease.

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Several years ago our sheltie, named Reena, got Lyme disease from a deer tick here in Maryland. It is something very prevalent in our area, in the rural part of the state.

A couple days after a walk through a path in the woods, she got very listless and soon after I had to carry her down the porch steps to go outside, every single time. The next day we got her an appointment at the vet and it didn't take him long to suspect what it was. He placed her on a strong drug, and almost at once after the first dose, she was running up and down those steps again. She had a complete recovery and lived years more to be over 13 when she passed last year.

If your dog gets a tick bite infection...you must get for them immediate medical attention. After this, no more walks through paths in the woods for my dogs:smile2:!

I just signed up for a premium membership, so I will try to post photos when I learn how to!
 
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Hi Jed's friend welcome to the forum. I live in Maryland also. This is how I added pics. After you are signed in if you look at the blue bar under where it says welcome Jedsfriend the first thing on the left of blue bar says user cp click on that, than you will se your user control panel, scroll down to picture and albums, click on that and than click on add album. Good luck!

Dawn,Chandler, and Gypsy
 
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Thanks to dawns2shelties for telling me how to post my sheltie photos!
There will be more photos posted later on.
 
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Welcome Friend of Jed.

We just finished a round of doxy with our 1 year pup who got Lyme last month and like you, by the 2nd dose, he was up and running like he was brand new, but wow, did he feel terrible before the medicine kicked in. The same thing, we had to carry him down the stairs and he wouldn't eat!:eek2::eek2: Not eating is HUGE with him, because he LOVES his food!

We love photos and look forward getting to know you and your pup!
 
Hi and Welcome!

My 1 year old Sheltie had Lyme a couple of months ago and was on Doxy for one month. Now...two months later she showed signs again, and is currently on her 2nd week of a 4 week does of Doxy.

UGH....Lyme's disease stinks.
 
We're just over the MD line, it certainly is all over here. My father contracted it. Shadow had it, but that was before we adopted him. Kasey contracted it most likely when we brought him home and he ran off. After 20 days on the run he of course had loads of ticks on him. But he didn't have any symptons for months. One day we were playing fetch when he lifted his one paw and couldn't walk on it. At first we thought he hurt it while running, but even after giving it a couple hours, he still couldn't walk so it was off to the Vet. He showed a lot of improvement after just one dose, that stuff works good.
 
I am soooo sick of ticks myself. Within 12 months of Abby's life she has had two, yes 2 tick bourne diseases. When she was 7 months she got Anaplasmosis and when she was 11 months she got Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. The treatment for rmsf was by far very difficult as the double dose of Doxy wiped her off her paws and she stopped eating from the side effects of the doxy but she needed the double strength. The good news is she is now as of Tuesday tick disease free. She has not had that many ticks on her that I did not find...but no more woods walking for us anymore.
 
Thank heavens, this year, we've seen very few ticks. This I have seen are dog ticks, not deer ticks. No problems with Lyme, but we test annually.
 
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