My dog got Lyme. Who else has a sick dog?

I love dogs and am very sad to hear about yours.

Hopefully the vets are more knowledgeable than the human doctors.

I have found ticks on my dogs when the Frontline is wearing off -- at about 25 days or so. I don't have any answers -- interested in what others have experienced.

You all know my dogs story, but yes I used Frontline as well. I lived in the mountains in NH and there are ticks everywhere. Treatment did not seem to help him, I think he had had it for too long when diagnosed. I used to sit for hours and pick the ticks off of him, seems there isnt a bird or reptile that eats them. Do you know??

we use Scalibor Protectorband, it seemed to work quite good; better / more effective than Frontline as it seems; it also keeps the sand-fly away..... everybody here is also very afraid of Leishmania ....

hey wood I am on the CS what is the salt like? and what is the difference???? to silver?

hi martha`s

you get it from the vet or you can buy it at the farmacy (hope I did not break forum rules here by mentioning it by its name ?!), you use it as a collar; it is a band with the agent on it and you cut it the size of the dogs neck and put it on; I think you can google it;

leishmania is transmitted by the bite of sandflies, they are protozoan parasites who leave the blood circulation quickly after the bite and then live as intracellular parasits; cure: unknown.....till today; abx if it breaks out, but there is no real healing available it can only be held under control;
even people can get it; its all over the mediterranean area where we have an increase of infected children; but it is not only there; it is really scaring !!!
take care!

Ive already talked to my dogs (PUG) vet. Im having her teated in a few weeks. She doesnt seem to have any symptoms yet. She's still acts like a rascal! My dogs vet seems more knowledgeble about lyme than any human doctor I ever seen. He also has lyme, so he relates. Should I ask him to be my doctor also? Probably should.

DONT GET THE LYME VACCINE FOR YOUR DOGS...
IT GIVES THE DOGS LYME
SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS GAVE IT TO THEIR DOGS AND NOW THE DOGS CANNOT WALK, AND ONE NOW BITES AND HAS GOTTEN REALLY MEAN.
AND HE ALSO WILL NOT GET UP
MY DR. IN GERMANY FREAKED WHEN I TOLD HIM THAT THE VETS WERE GIVING IT TO THE DOGS.
BECAUSE IN HUMANS IT MADE THEM SICK.
IT WAS TAKEN OFF OF THE MARKET.
MY VET DID NOT GIVE IT TO HIS DOG.
PISSES ME OFF THAT THEY ARE GIVING IT TO OUR LITTLE FRIENDS WHO DEPEND ON US FOR THEIR HEALT, AND THAT VETS DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING.