Tick Born Disease and Fading Face Color?

• Tick Born Disease and Fading Face Color? diane303 Posted : 6/24/2009 2:33:11 PM  Has any one ever heard of tick born diseases being connected with premature fading of face color? A friend of mine is convinced that early fading of face color can be connected with tick born diseases.  My Gracie is 5 and her face is graying.  She is a pale lemon color, so I just assumed that it was her genetics that is causing it.  She's only 5 and healthy...but...she is a bird dog and goes out in the field with me.  At the urging of this person, I had a complete tick panel done on her ($$$ ouch!) but I've never heard of premature graying being connected.  My vet thought that I was a little coocoo   LIKE 4 REPLIES 751 VIEWS LAST POST DIANE303 Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• willowchow Posted : 6/24/2009 3:08:31 PM My dog is a chow and when she was sick with an immune disease (which she also had Lyme at the same time), she lost pigment on her tongue.  But, not the fur.  0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• calliecritturs Posted : 6/24/2009 3:42:56 PM If you look at Dr. Dodds website http://www.hemopet.com she postulates that there is a connection between coat color and auto-immune stuff to a degree (but surely not definitive -- just a higher percentage of light color coated dogs .... ) but not fading of muzzle.  However -- YEAH, a complete tick panel first off takes THREE weeks or so to come back and it is a BIG "ouch" price wise.  Been there done that when Billy was battling IMHA. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• diane303 Posted : 6/24/2009 5:21:39 PM  I guess a complete tick panel is not a bad idea.  Especially if you have a dog that is in the field.  We will see what we will see.  Grace is by no means ill right now.  But it will be interesting to see if she has titers. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• diane303 Posted : 7/9/2009 9:03:31 AM Just an update.....Grace has tested negative for any tick born diseases. I think her fading face color is just genetic. Daddy must have been a white pointer. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login