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Originally Posted by Britster  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.
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.
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. |
I bet it was the Frontline ticks too
Max had so many on Frontline the 2 months he was on it so we also switched to K9 Advantix.
WHEW! Glad to hear he is going to be ok.
Keep us posted.
Sorry he has to be in pain. Poor pup.