Northeast Gardening: Erlichiosis, did you know about this? I didn't., 1 by noknok

noknok wrote:
My dog was just diagnosed with it today.
I had him in for a lyme booster and the vet told me about Erlichiosis. I told him Pinoche has seemed kind of depressed and off-color for a while, so he was tested and showed positive.

It's pretty much the same treatment as Lyme, a month of antibiotics.
I switched to "Advantix" from "Frontline", don't know what else to do, I picked ticks off him last week (mid-January!). It's impossible to catch every one before it bites.

Apparently people can get it too.

Just thought I'd send out a warning for those of you with gardens and dogs, who don't know about it yet.
I could easily have missed it and, like Lyme, it gets harder to treat the longer it's present. It's as serious as Lyme in terms of adverse effects and sometimes fatal if untreated.

Here's my depressed pooch, who will be enjoying special treats twice daily with pills in them;o)