Oh my God! What a turnaround ALREADY! 6 1/2 hours after first meds and he's already walking on the leg and putting weight on it. He seems 90% better already and SO happy. Now the problem will be keeping him down for 7 days! Wow -- I am amazed. I had to go to my dad's wedding & afterparty so he was home alone sleeping from noon until 6pm and I think the low key rest plus medicine did him good.
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Originally Posted by PiePiper  Did the vet x-ray Jackson's hip also? Piper had Legg Perthes and she walked exactly the way Jackson is walking (carrying the leg). My first yorkie, Chipper, had Lyme Disease when he was a puppy. He did limp but he was putting a little weight on the leg and not just totally carrying the leg. Chipper also had a fever with the Lyme. Once Chipper was on the antibiotics all symptoms went away within a couple days while Piper needed surgery for the Legg Perthes. Hope Jackson is feeling better soon. |
Yep, the vet x-rayed his hip and leg and said everything looked good/nothing broken. Jackson did have a fever as well. The Lyme would make sense actually and I don't know why I didn't think of it before. My mom's dog, who lived with us, died in the summer but she had tested positive for Lymes and would often limp just like Jackson sometimes for a week and then it would just go away. My parents weren't on top of vet care like I am so they let it go
But it definitely makes sense that it would be the Lymes.
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Originally Posted by _Chrissy_ WOW! 
What tick/flea meds do you use?
Do you remember a tick?
Do/did you get the vaccine shot?
Mickey has been getting the Lyme Vaccine. Here in MD the vet said he needs it.
It really hurts his little leg so now they are giving him the Benedryl shot before hand. |
K9 Advantix is what we use now but in the early summer, we did use Frontline and he had a lot of ticks on him while on it. So I'm guessing it was one of those ticks at some point. And no, he never got the Lyme vaccine but I think I'm going to from now on. I always give Jackson Benedryl ahead of time anyways now for shots since he had a reaction to Lepto once.