A culture and sensitivity were not done. In October, he had a urinalysis done and the vet said there were crystals and recommend we feed him Hills diet - which we bought, he ate it but we ended up bringing it back as we are uncomfortable with the ingredients. He's now on The Honest Kitchen "Force" and "Keen". He also eats Newman's own. After my dog tested positive on the SNAP test, we did the Quant C6 test which showed 127 lyme antibody number - after 28 days of doxycycline, the number decreased to 29 and I was told the treatment was successful.
As far as the lyme vaccine goes - The vet that he was previously seeing gave him the vaccine. - it's not the vet that he currently goes to who gave him the vaccine. As I said before, a culture was not done - only a urinalysis and a UPC ratio were done. I posted the results of those in my first post. So, no culture, x-ray or ultrasound were ever done. When we got the results that he had protein in his urine - the vet recommend fish oil, that was it. When I told her my concerns of kidney disease and lyme nephritis, she said we could do a biopsy but she didn't recommend as she said she didn't see it necessary right now. During the day, he doesn't seem to drink a large amount of water but more toward the evening he seems to be drinking more and soon after he has to go out and pee because he's not conserving his fluid. This new vet he is seeing, I thought was a better choice for him considering the last vet who thought it was a good idea to administer lyme / DHLPP vaccines to a 13 year old dog. But, from what is going on now with the lack of information the vet is giving me, I've really been frustrated. His bloodwork was normal in July, he goes back for bloodwork and follow-up urinalysis in January or February. I'm starting to think it would be better to make an appointment sooner.
I bathe my dog with Ark Natural's Neem Shampoo and spray him with Ark Natural's Neem Spray. I use that as a preventative. Also, we have about 5 inches of snow right now in Upstate NY. He doesn't run around loose outside anymore because I don't want to take the chance of him getting another tick. He's an indoor dog anyways. We bought the Vectra 3d for him as a tick preventative because the vet recommended it and said she used it for her dogs. I never used it, I looked this product up here on the message and read so many negative things about and I didn't want to take the chance of side effects on my dog considering his health. My dog has been having more accidents in the house and has even been peeing right in front of me. This is very upsetting to me and it's all so frustrating what is happening. I truly believe that the vaccine definitely has a part in what's plaguing my dog right now.
I can't tell you how much the replies have been appreciated.
Thank you, and I will keep you updated. |