Tracy R Touzjian wrote 07/20/2009 09:05 AM Re: Husband has Lyme [Re: Lynne Barrows ] #247414 - 07/20/2009 09:05 AM
Tracy R Touzjian Webboard User Reg: 07-01-2006 Posts: 252 Loc: Offline	Thanks all for your kind words. He is on a three week course. Just started them on Friday, the fever is gone and his rash is shrinking a bit. He's still pretty fatigued, and went to bed last night at 8:00pm. I'd love to get some guinea hens, but would be afraid the dogs would get them. We have chickens, but they are in a fenced area and the dogs leave them alone. My AB pup has a lot of prey drive and little self control right now. I think for now we frontline all the animals, and do nightly thorough body checks before bedtime. (hubby really likes that idea)
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Natalya Zahn wrote 07/20/2009 11:07 AM Re: Husband has Lyme [Re: Tracy R Touzjian ] #247426 - 07/20/2009 11:07 AM
Natalya Zahn Webboard User Reg: 12-22-2006 Posts: 1824 Loc: Cambridge, MA Offline	Hey Tracy, so sorry to hear about your husband . I'm in Cambridge, MA and have been avoiding those nasty topicals on Oscar all season so far... I really can't stand them, but this kind of news makes me doubt my choices. Oscar's coat is very short, and light colored, so thankfully that make daily inspection for bugs a bit easier. And as for the humans in the house, I guess we'll just be increasingly vigilant about checking ourselves over after woods walks... Best of luck for a most speedy recovery for you hubby. ~Natalya
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Connie Sutherland wrote 07/20/2009 11:49 AM Re: Husband has Lyme [Re: Natalya Zahn ] #247431 - 07/20/2009 11:49 AM
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005 Posts: 31571 Loc: North-Central coast of California Offline	Are you in the greenbelt or more like the middle of Inman, Central, Porter, etc.? If I were mainly on cement and could inspect a short-haired dog every day, I'd probably consider going without. JMO, though.
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Sheila Buckley wrote 07/20/2009 06:06 PM Re: Husband has Lyme [Re: Natalya Zahn ] #247499 - 07/20/2009 06:06 PM
Sheila Buckley Webboard User Reg: 07-14-2007 Posts: 1243 Loc: Offline	Quote: Natalya Zahn I'm in Cambridge, MA and have been avoiding those nasty topicals on Oscar all season so far... I really can't stand them, but this kind of news makes me doubt my choices. I never used them on my city slicker dogs and never had a tick problem; though fleas could occassionally be an issue. Not sure if they were fleas but those little nasty midge things in dried seaweed....we lived near the beach... you're probably safe from those in Cambridge too
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Angela Burrell wrote 07/20/2009 09:08 PM Re: Husband has Lyme [Re: Sheila Buckley ] #247507 - 07/20/2009 09:08 PM
Angela Burrell Webboard User Reg: 05-10-2006 Posts: 2273 Loc: Ontario, Canada Offline	I found a tick on myself one time after hiking with the dogs in a wooded area. It was april and the temperature that day was just below freezing (I had 3 pairs of pants on). Probably a tick hitched a ride on a dog then attached to me later. Still. Below freezing. ????
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Jenni Williams wrote 07/20/2009 09:29 PM Re: Husband has Lyme [Re: Angela Burrell ] #247511 - 07/20/2009 09:29 PM
Jenni Williams Webboard User Reg: 10-06-2005 Posts: 2686 Loc: llinois Offline	That happened to me once, too. I just pulled one out of my hair this week. They are nasty, for sure. Every time I actually have to detach one from myself, I make a mental note to remember it in case I start feeling sick. I get 10x more than my dogs...don't know why. They are not on any flea/tick preventative and only very occasionally do they get one, and I almost always catch them before they attach. I have read correllations before about diet and parasites...maybe I should feed myself as well as I do my dogs! Seriously though, I do think that was mentioned in Dr. Pitcairn's book somewhere.
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Natalya Zahn wrote 07/21/2009 08:59 AM Re: Husband has Lyme [Re: Connie Sutherland ] #247541 - 07/21/2009 08:59 AM
Natalya Zahn Webboard User Reg: 12-22-2006 Posts: 1824 Loc: Cambridge, MA Offline	Quote: connie sutherland Are you in the greenbelt or more like the middle of Inman, Central, Porter, etc.? If I were mainly on cement and could inspect a short-haired dog every day, I'd probably consider going without. JMO, though. Hi Connie, yeah, we're in Huron Village, 10 minute walk to Porter... I know it's "city", but there's a large park down the street, with lots of unmowed areas, swamp, brush, etc., and we occasionally drive out to Lincoln to run trails out there as well, so Oscar does have "wilderness" encounters here and there. So far we've been okay - we pulled 2 ticks off him all of last year - a far cry from the situation in other areas of the state, I know. I just like to worry... you know, in my free time. ~Natalya
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Lori Hall wrote 07/21/2009 04:20 PM Re: Husband has Lyme [Re: Tracy R Touzjian ] #247565 - 07/21/2009 04:20 PM
Lori Hall Webboard User Reg: 06-12-2007 Posts: 1039 Loc: So. California coast Offline	I'm sorry your family, especially your husband, is dealing with Lyme disease. We rarely hear about it here in So. California, but there are ticks and lots of fleas where we walk trails nearby, so I feel the same conflicting things about the flea preventatives. I was googling just before I logged onto this forum because I'm trying to decide between Frontline and Comfortis for fleas. The derma vet suggested both together (Kasey has flea allergy), but I just can't make myself use that much insecticide - one's bad enough. All the information I found, including Frontline's website claims that Frontline is not systemically active and stays in the oil glands and then is spread onto the hairs. Then the fleas come in contact with the frontline on the hairs and die. They said the fleas don't need to bite the dog in order to die. But Comfortis does go into the blood stream, so of the two flea products maybe Frontline is a little better? - not sure. I just wonder if it's true that Frontline doesn't get into the blood stream!
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Connie Sutherland wrote 07/21/2009 04:49 PM Re: Husband has Lyme [Re: Lori Hall ] #247569 - 07/21/2009 04:49 PM
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005 Posts: 31571 Loc: North-Central coast of California Offline	Quote: Lori Hall I just wonder if it's true that Frontline doesn't get into the blood stream! That's what they say, citing translocation via oil glands as the spreading method. I'm not really convinced that none gets into the bloodstream.
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Jenni Williams wrote 07/21/2009 05:26 PM Re: Husband has Lyme [Re: Connie Sutherland ] #247572 - 07/21/2009 05:26 PM
Jenni Williams Webboard User Reg: 10-06-2005 Posts: 2686 Loc: llinois Offline	Um, no. Considering they have warned against use in epileptics, severely debilitated, etc... Maybe 'not much' but 'none' is a bit hard for me to swallow.
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