I didn't do it either. IMO, you shouldn't. My vet was REALLY trying to convince me to do it, but I put my foot down. There's only like an 80% chance it will actually work. At least that's what I've heard.
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
Hmmm,
I have to disagree with your vet Kimberly.
A dog may not be showing any symptoms but still have high levels of the whatever their called swimming around in her and need to be treated as the threat to her that they are.
Thanks Randy, you just confirmed my feeling. I figure it's better getting treated earlier than later. Doxy is cheap as far as meds go and relatively safe. Do you recommend the Quantitative C6 test or another one? I've read a couple of other tests are out there to see if the dog has an active infection.
She has pet insurance so the cost of all this is not really a concern of mine, her long term health is
LOL Kimberly,
You made me go and look up what kind of blood test we go through.
The first one done was the C6 count....$93
Her next one was something call a Lymes profile....$80
I think they do pretty much the same thing though.......count the evil doers.
My vet needs to send it out to a separate lab. If I remember right it takes about three days for word to get back. ( please give me a break,it's been almost a year!)
Randy
Ps.
It's a lot cheaper then it use to be.
My last GSD I remember it being something more.
Yeah, I live where Lymes is rampant.
I was reading specifically the Borrelia burgdorferi section that mentioned false positives, I'm still trying to find real data on the false positive/negative rate for the Snap test.
Just because a dog is lyme positive, does not mean that it cannot control the disease itself and be fine without meds.
And...
Just because a lyme positive dog is not showing symptoms does not mean that its immune system is controlling the disease. Meds may be needed.
So...
The only way to be sure is a blood test regularly to see if there is an overload of the lyme whatevers.(I don't know the correct terminology here.:grin
LOL, sounds about right to me. Seems like the Snap test isn't such a good idea in endemic areas for lyme. It may be okay for the other things it tests, but I have not looked around for all the info. On Merck's website it says the membrane ELISA test's (which I think the Snap test is) has a 10% false positive.
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Re: What to do with Lyme Positive Result?
At least that's what I've heard.
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