[quote user="erica1989"]thanks! I looked up his treatment sheet today and he is on the doxy for lymes, and other stuff for his bad skin (the poor boy...)  [/quote] What is his doxy dosage?   That is super important.  He needs to be on 5 mg per pound of body weight ...

http://www.minden.com/nowhereelse/canine_tick_disease.htm [quote]Doxycycline, a semi-synthetic tetracycline, is the drug of choice, the most effective against Ehrlichiosis and Lyme. It is given at 10 milligrams per kilogram (1 kg = 2.2 lbs.) of the dog's body weight every twelve hours for six to...

This was in my inbox this morning from another group! This is very important!!!! Important medical info, please read and pass it on. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We recently had a very strange event which I think we should share around the rescue-community: Young (~2 years) M Lab-mix, came into our program with a...

[quote user="shadowsgin"]BUT a thorough search of the Internet turned up a number of studies (plus) anecdotal-observations indicating that in some dogs (and some humans!!) the primary-symptom of their Lyme Disease can be sudden, irrational and serious aggression. [/quote] Info on this aggression...