PSA courtesy of Highland Piper’s Pistol

Sandy in CT said:
No doc here and certainly no expert, but looking back I think it was the first sign of anything wrong. I have NO clue when he got bit. But his first visit to the doc was too early to test positive for Lyme's - he was negative - Lyme's take 4 - 6 weeks I think to show up on a panel. He has always held his urine for insane numbers of hours, but when sick, it was really noticeable. Then he got noticeably down, then the limp appeared. He tested negative, we rested him, but he was still 'off'. When he finally started limping again, go to bed seemingly fine but won't come out of the kennel cuz there's a full blown limp, he was going HOURS without going. I sent video of him to Ann - it was sooo very sad to see our boy like that. He didn't pop a temp until the day after or the day of him testing positive on the Multiplex test. I personally think that his whole body must have been achy, icky, and maybe he just didn't want to move around as much. I try to get him to pee more often now. Sometimes it takes forever, he really has his own mindset about going pee. He can go all night, get him outside and he'd rather play fetch than pee right away. He is not a marker, so doesn't busy himself that way on walks, he does lift his leg (took about 2 years) but he does a squat, then the leg comes up slowly o he doesn't lift on anything. Life would be a tad easier if he had just a tad of interest in marking....

Happy to hear you are seeing such great results right away. You might be able to lower your medication for her once you clear up the Lyme's.

The chicken treat feeder I use for urine collection is here. Hubby's friend who gave it to us would die if he knew what I actually use it for! Amazon has it at a ridiculous price of 18.96, our local Agway had them marked at 9.99 but on sale for 1.00. They are AWESOME pee catcher's - lol!!!

https://www.amazon.com/Unipet-Usa-084129-Hentastic-Chicken/dp/B01KZT2LMK/ref=sr_1_13?crid=2KK0G9CY924CU&keywords=hentastic+chicken&qid=1646743493&sprefix=hentastic+chicken+,aps,75&sr=8-13
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Great idea for the pee catcher...my last female was a Cocker Spaniel and she got a UTI literally as soon as the meds stopped (she was on steroids which in my opinion were the cause). I used a disposable tinfoil pie plate that I bent but then had to run behind her waiting for her to squat!:ROFLMAO:...that wasn’t fun! This would’ve made it much easier!
 
Piper’s confirmatory test came back as… negative? No active infection?

She had the Quant C6 test which the vet said is looking for an antigen specific to B. burgdorferi. I don’t 100% understand though because some of the papers I have been reading are still saying it’s looking for the antibodies. I need to go back and reread after I’ve taken my adhd meds and put on a pair of glasses.;):ROFLMAO:

So, from the sounds of it, I guess she’s just a crazy little reactive dog.

We took a nosework class today and she’s like a completely different dog… confident, excited (in a good way), and happy. One of the owners who was in another class we took even noticed the difference so I’m glad I’m not just seeing what I want to see. She really does enjoy doing it.

I got an response email from the behavior place and I’m not quite sure how I felt about it. I’m trying to tell myself that the vet highly recommended them and sometimes tone of voice comes across very poorly by email. Our regular trainer asked if she could come and observe at least her evaluation. I was fine with that before, maybe that will help me realize whether or not I for sure want to continue with them. :depressed:

Now that I’ve found Piper’s little niche in life, I’m off to the herding and tracking forum. (y):)
 
I’m glad you’ve found that nosework lights her fire! That may make all the difference in her behavior.

Just my two cents when it comes to trainers, behaviorists, vets or anyone else you’re entrusting your dog to: Trust your instincts. If it doesn’t feel right, don’t do it. No one knows your dog like you do.
 
Ann said:
I’m glad you’ve found that nosework lights her fire! That may make all the difference in her behavior.

Just my two cents when it comes to trainers, behaviorists, vets or anyone else you’re entrusting your dog to: Trust your instincts. If it doesn’t feel right, don’t do it. No one knows your dog like you do.
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Thank you for this. I would like to have the assessment and at least see what they have to say and see what their methods are. I can’t quite put my finger in what seemed off about it.

Nosework really had lit her little fire. We had our breakfast search this morning and she just wanted to keep looking. Now she’s been snoozing most of the morning.

She hates when I go downstairs for some reason. But I’ve slowly made it half way with no meltdown though she is relaxing at the top of them.
 
Watson's Mom said:
Thank you! I personally hope I never get Lyme disease for the obvious reason but also because I got horribly sick from doxycycline.

From my understanding of what I have read, I am inclined to agree with you and your vet on treating even if the titer is low. Just because if it’s ability to hide out.

I am much less stressed now. I was especially concerned because she’s just a puppy.

Lyme and ticks are both rampant around here.
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You can request a different antibiotic than doxycyline, I did. Others do work for lyme, a lot of people get sick on doxycycline but don't ask for an alternative because they don't think they can.
 
I guess we’re stuck with an absolutely awful and difficult dog to live with since the behaviorist won’t come work with us and “wishes she knew someone near us to recommend but doesn’t” and our trainer has basically washed her hands of us. Again. She’s the only one except a dog whisper want to be.

I wish I could help her. Especially since she’s escalating to biting.
 
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