[header] How to identify canine tick problems [title] Identify lyme disease. [step] Lyme disease is spread by the deer tick. It may take a few months after being bitten by an infected tick for the dog to show signs.
[header] How to identify canine tick problems [title] Identify lyme disease. [step] Lyme disease is spread by the deer tick. It may take a few months after being bitten by an infected tick for the dog to show signs.
One unfortunate outcome, which seems to affect golden retrievers more commonly, is chronic kidney failure. There is a vaccine for lyme disease in dogs which helps protect against disease. Symptoms will include foul smells and urination. The dog will also probably show a lump of fur inside the eye. Most dogs tend to be able to show symptoms within a year after becoming infected. Look for spots where your dog has ticks as well as unexplained symptoms. There is usually a colony of lyme disease lurking somewhere in the fur surrounding the tick. This colony will be large, dark colored, and not white as like a tumor, only around whitish spots.