Jackson had Lymes. He came out limping randomly and after a few days, I took him into the vet. Did x-rays, etc, and it ended up being Lymes. Lameness is a big sign. Anyways, he had been on Frontline, but still ended up with quite a few ticks, so we switched to K9 Advantix. I had pulled all those ticks off, but the vet said it's deer ticks that carry the disease and they can be sooo small, they're nearly impossible to see. So it's pretty easy to become infected.
Anyways, the vet kind of explained it to me, that even if a dog tests positive for Lymes, doesn't necessarily mean he HAS lymes, just that he was, at one point in time, bit by a tick that was a carrier of it. I don't know exactly, it confused me. But he was put on antibiotics for 30 days, and the lameness cleared within 6hrs of taking the pill, and he was back to his old self. I definitely would want to put her on some antibiotics to clear whatever infection she has. |