[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...

In what general area are you located? Have your vets investigated tick borne disease? Fever and an enlarged spleen point in that direction. Unless the vet can come up with something else quickly, I would have them put your dog on Doxycycline (antibiotic) at the dosage below. http://www.minden.com/nowhereelse...

I have an 8 year old femal chocolate lab. Yesterday morning she received vaccines for Lyme and Bordetallo (both of which she she has received before). Mid-day she received her monthly dose of frontline plus and interceptor. She also had har nails clipped (not sure that that really matters) By dinner...