Lyme Disease in Dogs
Lyme Disease in dogs can be a nasty, quite debilitating condition.
For this reason, it is important to recognize Lyme Disease symptoms so you can act quickly if your dog shows symptoms of Lyme Disease.
Of course, knowing how to remove a tick from a dog is even more important, but ticks are often so tiny that they can go unnoticed even when you check your dog carefully for ticks.
And what about treatment for Lyme Disease in dogs?
Happily, there are natural treatments for Lyme Disease that work by improving liver function and immunity, and working on the bacteria in much the same way that antibiotics do. (Antibiotics is the conventional treatment for Lyme Disease).
Do not take any chances with Lyme Disease, though. If you suspect canine Lyme Disease, see your vet immediately. The natural remedies can be used as an adjunct to the conventional cures for Lyme Disease. And they can be used to keep your dog healthy and perhaps fight the disease before it takes hold.
For this reason, it is important to recognize Lyme Disease symptoms so you can act quickly if your dog shows symptoms of Lyme Disease.
Of course, knowing how to remove a tick from a dog is even more important, but ticks are often so tiny that they can go unnoticed even when you check your dog carefully for ticks.
And what about treatment for Lyme Disease in dogs?
Happily, there are natural treatments for Lyme Disease that work by improving liver function and immunity, and working on the bacteria in much the same way that antibiotics do. (Antibiotics is the conventional treatment for Lyme Disease).
Do not take any chances with Lyme Disease, though. If you suspect canine Lyme Disease, see your vet immediately. The natural remedies can be used as an adjunct to the conventional cures for Lyme Disease. And they can be used to keep your dog healthy and perhaps fight the disease before it takes hold.
Symptoms of Lyme Disease
Early symptoms of Lyme Disease in your dog are likely to include what might appear to be a sore foot or leg.
Certainly one of the first symptoms of Lyme Disease will be limping. Further investigation will then be likely to reveal lymph node swelling in the affected leg, and an elevated temperature.
Treatment for Lyme Disease in dogs, will consist of antibiotics. There are also natural remedies that can assist healing.
Types of Ticks on Dogs that Can Transmit Lyme Disease
Lyme Disease in dogs is transmitted as it is in humans, through tick bites by ticks that carry certain types of bacteria that cause Lyme Disease.
Tick bites from ticks that don't carry these bacteria cannot transmit Lyme Disease to your dog even though the tick may still bite your dog.
There are at least three known species of tick that can carry the bacteria that causes Lyme Disease in dogs, but the most common is the Deer Tick, also known as the Black-Legged Tick.
A Deer Tick bite, therefore, has a relatively high likelihood of transmitting the bacteria that causes Lyme Disease to your dog.
Tick bites from ticks that don't carry these bacteria cannot transmit Lyme Disease to your dog even though the tick may still bite your dog.
There are at least three known species of tick that can carry the bacteria that causes Lyme Disease in dogs, but the most common is the Deer Tick, also known as the Black-Legged Tick.
A Deer Tick bite, therefore, has a relatively high likelihood of transmitting the bacteria that causes Lyme Disease to your dog.
Chronic Lyme Disease
If you fail to treat Lyme Disease very promptly, your dog may end up suffering recurrent, or chronic Lyme Disease. This may also include permanent joint or nerve damage and damage to the heart muscle.
Preventing tick bites is therefore the obvious key to preventing Lyme Disease.
Preventing tick bites is similar to, and can be achieved in conjunction with, preventing fleas.
Preventing tick bites is therefore the obvious key to preventing Lyme Disease.
Preventing tick bites is similar to, and can be achieved in conjunction with, preventing fleas.
What is a Tick?
A tick is a parasite. It is a blood-sucking invertebrate, more closely related to spiders, scorpions and mites, than to insects.
The tick has three life stages - larvae, nymph and adult. As a larvae, the tick has six legs, and eight when it develops into the nymph stage.
It is the nymph tick that is most likely to transmit Lyme Disease, as it embeds itself into your dog's skin for several days before it is either detected or your dog shows symptoms of Lyme Disease. The nymph tick is often only the size of a pinhead, whereas the adult tick grows to the size of a watermelon seed.
Dog owners are often surprised that their dog has developed Lyme Disease, as they are careful to remove ticks from their dog. Many dog owners are not aware that nymph ticks are in fact very small and very difficult to detect as a result.
The tick has three life stages - larvae, nymph and adult. As a larvae, the tick has six legs, and eight when it develops into the nymph stage.
It is the nymph tick that is most likely to transmit Lyme Disease, as it embeds itself into your dog's skin for several days before it is either detected or your dog shows symptoms of Lyme Disease. The nymph tick is often only the size of a pinhead, whereas the adult tick grows to the size of a watermelon seed.
Dog owners are often surprised that their dog has developed Lyme Disease, as they are careful to remove ticks from their dog. Many dog owners are not aware that nymph ticks are in fact very small and very difficult to detect as a result.
How to Remove a Tick from a Dog
Place the tips of tweezers or edges of other removal devices around the area where the mouthparts and head of the tick enter the skin. With a steady, slow, motion, pull the tick away from the skin or slide the removal device along the skin, pulling the tick away as you do so.
Flea & Tick Control : Remove a Tick From Your Dog
Removing ticks from dogs by pulling their bodies straight out of a dog's skin is discussed in this free video . Expert: Elise McMahon Bio: Elise McMahon has a Ph.D. in animal behavior and has been working with both domestic and wild dogs since the early 1990s. Filmmaker: Christian Munoz-Donoso
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- Apr 12, 2009 @ 11:05 pm
- Thanks for this lens. It gives me an information about the types of ticks that can cause lyme disease in our dogs. Thanks also for the tips and videos on how to remove ticks in our dogs. This is very beneficial for all the interested readers.
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- Bobbi Bobbi Mar 10, 2009 @ 9:45 pm
- I just found out that my dog has lyme disease and I am so upset, I'm heartbroken.
I'v been reading up on it to be more informed about the condition. My dog has not shown any sympoms however I want to be well educated so that I may keep a close eye on her. I love her so much I can't let anything happen to her, shes my baby.
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- solutions4u solutions4u Jan 13, 2008 @ 4:12 pm
- It's a really nasty condition, Lyme Disease. Thanks for the great info on your lens. I've voted for you - 5 stars.
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