You live in New York. It is tick infested. This summer will be another bad tick and flea season. Unfortunately, a lot of veterinarians are seeing breakthroughs with frontline. There are several new excellent products including Activyl. With any medications it is important to monitor for side effects. These are chemicals that can cross the blood-brain barrier causing side effects. People can carry ticks into there homes. Most medications really don't repel ticks they need to bite to die. Your dog does not need medication now and needs to build antigen-antibody response to test positive on a 4DX Snap test. There are also test like the C6 and Cornell's Multiplex test to help decide if there is active infection. There is some debate over the accuracy of these tests within the veterinary community. If she does not react to that medication it probably safe to say she will not react in the future. It would be good to keep your dog on a flea and tick preventative during the warm months. Unfortunately, I have seen Lyme disease causing some severe symptoms, but most dogs just test positive on the Snap 4Dx test with no symptoms. Veterinarians preemptively treat with doxycycline because they want cover their bases, but it made to resistance down the road. |