Maddux bit by a tick

[irishred]

We found it, and got it off of him. He's on frontline. He should be fine right?

[frankie]

Sorry . cannot help.. In Spain if caught by a tick they still say take to the vet whether on frontline or not.
Is Maddux showing any unusual symptoms?
Frankie and Fireking

[Faith]

what exactly are you worried about? keep in mind, not all ticks carry lyme disease.

[whimzikal]

I agree with Faith. Wood ticks are far more common and the do not carry Lyme. Was the tick embeded? If it was and it is a lyme carrying variety, I STRONGLY BEG you to take Maddux in for a Lyme titer. If infected it is imparative to have antibiotic treatment ASAP. The sooner the better. Left untreated and/or un-noticed, Lyme can ravage a body--canine or human!
I had a very terrible bout with Lyme in 97. I still have residual effects.
Find out what kind of tick and if it potentially carries the disease. Go from there. I'm suprised, my doggies have never had a tick on frontline.
I'd ask the vet when it is best to titer test as well, with humans sometimes it lies dormant for a good month or so. Here they do a titer if you have symptoms right away and automatically prescribe antibiotics, Doxicycline is the only one said to be truly effective. I was given a different one, for 3 months, and my titer just kept rising. I HATE ticks! I wish I could wear Frontline and douse my kiddo with it too!

[shanniesue2]

Jay,
It appears we've still got th same dog...lol
Georgie got a tick while we were camping this weekend. I got it out pretty quickly though. It was probably a deer tick as there were deer all over the place at the state park we were at (but I really have no idea how to identify ticks, so I don't know).