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Yesterday, during a routine vet visit, I was told my beagle, Brody, tested positive for Lymes. I'm not really surprised even though we use flea & tick meds since we live in a very bad tick area and we are always hiking through the woods.
My concern is, the vet prescribed antibiotics even though my dog has shown zero symptoms of the disease. I love my dog and don't want him to get sick so I paid for them and everything, but since then I've been looking on the internet about this and it says most dogs never show signs of the disease and it usually works its way out of the dog's system on it's own.
My vet is also talking about having a titer test done every 6 months to track the disease. They also want us to vaccinate for lyme's even though they are saying our dog will always test positive for it from now on. So what is the point of the vaccination / titer tests if my dog again, has shown no symptoms?
I can keep scouring the internet but I see varied answers and would love some input maybe from someone that has gone through this with their dog before.
Is it safe to say this isn't a death sentence for my dog? Is it silly for me to be expecting him to be sick any day now? I love my dog and he is only 4, I don't want anything to happen to him - but I also don't want to go broke paying for unnecessary tests. Again, he has never shown any disease symptoms. He has a great appetite (in fact he could lose some lbs, typical beagle!) and he is always, always ready to play and go for walks.
My concern is, the vet prescribed antibiotics even though my dog has shown zero symptoms of the disease. I love my dog and don't want him to get sick so I paid for them and everything, but since then I've been looking on the internet about this and it says most dogs never show signs of the disease and it usually works its way out of the dog's system on it's own.
My vet is also talking about having a titer test done every 6 months to track the disease. They also want us to vaccinate for lyme's even though they are saying our dog will always test positive for it from now on. So what is the point of the vaccination / titer tests if my dog again, has shown no symptoms?
I can keep scouring the internet but I see varied answers and would love some input maybe from someone that has gone through this with their dog before.
Is it safe to say this isn't a death sentence for my dog? Is it silly for me to be expecting him to be sick any day now? I love my dog and he is only 4, I don't want anything to happen to him - but I also don't want to go broke paying for unnecessary tests. Again, he has never shown any disease symptoms. He has a great appetite (in fact he could lose some lbs, typical beagle!) and he is always, always ready to play and go for walks.