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Lyme Positive...Help!
As I have mentioned in a few posts, I moved here about a year ago. Where we were before, ticks were around, but nothing we were ever concerned about. 2 weeks ago, I found a tick on my dog...I called the vet frantic, but she said not to worry. Today I take my dog to the vets, and bring up a few of my concerns with her, one being the tick we found on him, and what we should use to prevent future problems. She said lets run some bloodwork on him, in combination with the heartworm test. We will know today if he is infected with Lyme. I wasn't worried about heartworm, since he had been on preventitive year round...but ok. He came back slightly positive. Well you can't be slightly positive, you either are positve or not. Worried I would start crying...I didn't ask a lot of questions. I said what would you do if he were your dog....she said if he was older, nothing, but since he is young she would put him on medication to treat, and lyme vaccine, also frontline. The meds she has him on is Doxycycline 100 mg 2x a day for 2mos.
So where do we go from here....I presume he is positive for life? If we plan to use him for a stud, can we still do that, or will this prevent that. Should I be doing anything else at this point to help him, prevent further problems? He is going to have his eyes (cerf) on Sunday, is this still ok? We are also having his TDI test on Monday, again is that alright?
I know I am probably over reacting, but I really just don't know what to do. I figured once I calmed down, I would call the vet back, and ask these questions, but I just want to have some answers down in front of me first.
-Shannon
As I have mentioned in a few posts, I moved here about a year ago. Where we were before, ticks were around, but nothing we were ever concerned about. 2 weeks ago, I found a tick on my dog...I called the vet frantic, but she said not to worry. Today I take my dog to the vets, and bring up a few of my concerns with her, one being the tick we found on him, and what we should use to prevent future problems. She said lets run some bloodwork on him, in combination with the heartworm test. We will know today if he is infected with Lyme. I wasn't worried about heartworm, since he had been on preventitive year round...but ok. He came back slightly positive. Well you can't be slightly positive, you either are positve or not. Worried I would start crying...I didn't ask a lot of questions. I said what would you do if he were your dog....she said if he was older, nothing, but since he is young she would put him on medication to treat, and lyme vaccine, also frontline. The meds she has him on is Doxycycline 100 mg 2x a day for 2mos.
So where do we go from here....I presume he is positive for life? If we plan to use him for a stud, can we still do that, or will this prevent that. Should I be doing anything else at this point to help him, prevent further problems? He is going to have his eyes (cerf) on Sunday, is this still ok? We are also having his TDI test on Monday, again is that alright?
I know I am probably over reacting, but I really just don't know what to do. I figured once I calmed down, I would call the vet back, and ask these questions, but I just want to have some answers down in front of me first.
-Shannon