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Does a bulls eye rash on a dog indicate likely lyme disease infection? If so, approximately in what percent of cases does it appear?
What are other possible causes of a bulls eye type rash on a dog?
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merrygirl
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As a vet tech for 10 years, dogs do not typically present with that kind o rash. Infact I have never seen one. They tend to get a local infectious/inflammatory bite area.
Did you see the tick? Dogs also get hotspots which may be alarming as well. In my expperience, vets would not RX Doxy after seeing a bite. There is controversy regarding Lyme in Vet medicine too. There are likely no antibodies yet to test for so a blood test now, prob would be a waste of money.
Vets usually will only treat a Symptomatic Lyme positive dog with Doxy twice a day for 30 days.
Providing you yourself have Lyme DZ, inform the vet of your situation level of anxiety and a nice vet may go ahead and RX Doxy for your dog. Also ask for Rimadyl or a canine pain reliever. NO HUMAN PAIN MEDS such as Tylenol, Ibuprofen, Asprin etc. They can be toxic.
Signs of lyme in dogs is lethargy,not eating,Limping, swollen joint swelling, a fever ( which for a dog is over 102.5 rectally)
The best Tick preventative for Dogs is K9 Advantix which you can by at the vet. It kills/repells fleas ticks and mosquitos.
Apply topically to the back for your dog evey month or every 3 weeks in heavy tick season. (the product is toxic to cats when it is wet)
Hope that answers some Q's
Melissa
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sorry, A hot spot looks like a cicular red oozing wound. That will require the vet to shave the hair around the wound with clippers and clean it and usually Cephalexin.
Sometimes a spray is applied to it. Kepp the dog from scratching it.
They are painful and can get worse. Either way get the dog into the vet Monday if you can. Any q's let me know . Let me know what happens. Good Luck
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Carol in PA
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One or two people here have posted pictures of their dog's lyme rash.
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welcome to you; so glad our vet tech melissa was able to help you and carol w/photos!!
i'll send you a PM, private message, with my newbie 57 pagess of links, advise, HUMAN symptoms, tests, disability.
you should watch closely on your own body as if they are on your dog; they can jump to you and imbed themselves...
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looks like the link in one of these posts here DOES say there is the possibility of a "red circular target lesion" possible after a tick bite.
My neighbors dog, white w/ some brown spots, a Jack Russel, so short haired dog, did have a tick pulled off, and did get a "bulls-eye" rash immediately after having the tick pulled off, at the bite site. My neighbor knows what I've been thru w/ Lyme, and she said that her dog was put on doxy immediately after seeing this bulls eye rash.
Why wait and wonder? Dogs, usually being much smaller in weight than humans, sound like they do well after taking doxy for their tick bites. Doxy, in generic form (yes, I've checked) is CHEAP. Compared to other abx, the ones we human's take, and for how long we take them, doxy is one of the cheapest abx to take.
I'd probably give doxy after every tick bite, if I still had a dog. After all, aside from seeing the actual symptoms (lameness, loss of appetite, change in behavior) how can you tell if they are in pain? They can't TELL you how they feel. The humane thing to do is to treat with doxy, after every single bite.
And no, I'm not a vet, or vet tech, I"m a nurse.
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Knowing now from my personal experience with Lyme now. I would beg a vet to RX Doxy if it were my dog. I am going to discuss the Lyme protocols when I return to work. Someday.
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Knowing now from my personal experience with Lyme now. I would beg a vet to RX Doxy if it were my dog. I am going to discuss the Lyme protocols when I return to work. Someday.
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The Doxy we sell is cheap.
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Jodi,
The homeopathic remedies Ledum 30C and Hypericum 30C are your first and best over-the-counter defenses against the bites of insects such as ticks, IMO. That goes for people and animals. They are available at most health food stores.
I've posted some recommended after-tick-bite protocols from various homeopaths on another board (link below). The protocols near the bottom - from a vet - also include a protocol to use in place of Lyme vaccination for dogs.
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