FROM A VETS POINT OF VEIW

[tiffinis]

Your odds of you or your hounds getting Lyme depends on where you live and hunt. I recommend preventative measures, cause it can cause permanent life damaging effects. Wanna know your odds... check this out:
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/lyme/riskmap.htm

[DoubleEagle]

Your odds of you or your hounds getting Lyme depends on where you live and hunt. I recommend preventative measures, cause it can cause permanent life damaging effects. Wanna know your odds... check this out:
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/lyme/riskmap.htm

Now that is ultra-cool Tiff. Any idea how they go about gathering their statistics?

[tiffinis]

That is from the Gov run disease control center. If you know how the gov works, your guess is good as mine. I am sure the Drs and hospitals must have some sort of reporting thing they have to do, like with dogbites. But since alot of hospitals refuse to recognize, test or treat for it I am sure the numbers are lower then the facts.

[mybeagles]

I just recieved Dr. Busby's book in the mail last week. Its a very good read, and coming from a medical background it makes some real sense. I would encourage everyone to get a copy. I have a local country vet thats talking the same thing. Most of my vet visits are under $20. I had the cherry eyes removed from a B/T coonhound that was given to me. She kept the dog overnight, performed the surgery, gave me two ointments to put in the dogs eyes for 10 days and my total bill was $52. If I would have gone to one of the local vets it would have cost $500+++++.

The book addresses lyme disease, shots, etc

"How to afford vetinary care without mortgaging the kids" a must read!

Mybeagles

[TheLittleBlackBook]

This vet sounds like the real deal.

I am with jar242, if you are an active hunter, you can't be running to the vet everytime your doggie looks off. Truthfully, you need to get your own set of skills, and this vet (Dr. Busby) sounds like the kind of guy a sportsman needs if he's in over his head---a guy who just cuts to the chase, does only what is needed, doesn't waste your time or money, and does not run with the herd. Sometimes being "politically incorrect" can make a person enemies, but the ones who are willing to do this are usually honest men. And that is what it sounds like happened with this vet: he is exposing the lies of the veterinary community (and there are plenty of them).

Yes, the simple truth is, if you're running your dogs outside all the time hunting, they are going to be exposed to Lyme disease, babesia, ehrlichia, and any number of tick-borne / rickettsial diseases. Anyone who has sporting dogs should always have a generous supply of DOXYCYCLINE onhand, as it affects nearly every single kind of tick-borne disease known to man.

If you know what you're doing, you can get it over the counter pretty cheap. The dosages will vary, depending on the offending pathogen, but running a heavy course through any hunting dog you have, once a year (especially right when it turns cold after the summer ticks pass), is not a bad idea.