Guest guest Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 Our dog was treated with 100 mg. of doxycycline for three weeks. He became much more energetic and, when retested, his lyme titers were much improved. He's now negative but is retested each year. Our vet (in Litchfield County, Ct) routinely tests all dogs for lyme, erlichia, and babeseosis and the majority are positive. He weighs about 35 pounds. PS Does anyone beside me wonder why such supposedly accurate tests exist for Lyme in dogs when there is no equivalent for human beings??? PPS It was only because of our dog that we learned that two of us also had lyme! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 A vet in WI treats doxy at 100mg twice a day for 30 days with a dog about 45 lbs - and yes, the more I learn about lyme and dogs the more I become angry about how humans are NOT treated correctly for lyme!! A few months ago I seen a news clip on the 10pm news in regards to dogs and lyme disease - so much great information they gave........and nothing for humans - I thought to myself what is wrong with this picture - if it's so bad for dogs and you need to ck your dog everything you take them out and it's so important to be on top of getting the ticks off and preventative measures for dogs - BUT nothing for humans - and I say WHAT?? I was told by a friend that the deer they got hunting had over thirty ticks on it - they had to pull them all off..........why is no body being warned!!! Diane ________________________________ From: Caughman <susan@...> Sent: Wed, December 30, 2009 3:46:28 PM Subject: [ ] Doxy for dogs  Our dog was treated with 100 mg. of doxycycline for three weeks. He became much more energetic and, when retested, his lyme titers were much improved. He's now negative but is retested each year. Our vet (in Litchfield County, Ct) routinely tests all dogs for lyme, erlichia, and babeseosis and the majority are positive. He weighs about 35 pounds. PS Does anyone beside me wonder why such supposedly accurate tests exist for Lyme in dogs when there is no equivalent for human beings??? PPS It was only because of our dog that we learned that two of us also had lyme! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 Diane, its just that establishment mentality that is not open to new things. I am not surprised nor do I even let it bother me. I got the necessary doxy dose for my lyme with the help of a LLMD after my family doctor stopped at 6 weeks of doxy. All that doxy still did not do it for me, mine kept coming back until azith and doxy over a period of time. Do you know if the human doxy and dog doxy is exactly the same? Thanks Doug From: Diane Biel <dkbmama@...> Subject: Re: [ ] Doxy for dogs Date: Thursday, December 31, 2009, 9:15 AM A vet in WI treats doxy at 100mg twice a day for 30 days with a dog about 45 lbs - and yes, the more I learn about lyme and dogs the more I become angry about how humans are NOT treated correctly for lyme!! A few months ago I seen a news clip on the 10pm news in regards to dogs and lyme disease - so much great information they gave........ and nothing for humans - I thought to myself what is wrong with this picture - if it's so bad for dogs and you need to ck your dog everything you take them out and it's so important to be on top of getting the ticks off and preventative measures for dogs - BUT nothing for humans - and I say WHAT?? I was told by a friend that the deer they got hunting had over thirty ticks on it - they had to pull them all off......... .why is no body being warned!!! Diane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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