Originally Posted By: LeakySeals
Originally Posted By: GreeCguy
You want to be extremely careful. This is how my wife ended up with lymes disease. We had two dogs both of which came down with it. She caught it from them. As stated, the deer tick is so small, you won't see it, but if you do happen to develope a "bull's eye" rash, go to the doctor right away - the sooner you jump on it the better.
What do you mean caught it from them? Via a tick from the dog or another way?
We had two dogs that loved to roam the woods around our house in Alabama. Unknown to us, they brought home a deer tick which bit my wife. The next thing we know, bullseye rash - then her hips started giving her trouble. Then she got really sick. Finally went to the doctor where she was given massive antibiotics, (this was 20 years ago and we had never heard of Lyme's disease before this). It took about a year, but she finally got better although her hips still bother her, especially in the morning.
Obviously, the dogs had it as well. Our little Jack Russel simply went from bad to worse and I finally had him put to sleep. The other dog, (a chow mix - beautiful back dog, even her tongue was black), seemed to fight it better and I thought she had beat it, but eventually she was like your little dog and got to the point she could barely stand and walk so I had her put to sleep as well.
The funny thing was, I got the two dogs from the local pound. I got the chow thinking it would be a good guard dog and the little Jack Russel thinking that would be a great dog for my three little children. It worked just the opposite, the chow was the most gentle dog I've ever seen and the children loved her and played with her all the time. The Jack Russel would bite everybody except me and we became constant companions. It broke my heart to put them down.