Lost my Lady Labrador to those b@stard deer ticks! I did EVERYTHING right! Weekly flea and tick baths, tick goop between her shoulder blades, a tick collar, etc.
But, when Labradors get Lyme’s Disease, it wrecks their kidneys before they show ANY symptoms. Lost my girl in only three months. A total waste of an amazing dog. Grrr!
Why? Seriously, God? What on Earth could be the possible reason for these mother f*ckers being allowed to exist?
Because I’m pretty SURE we ‘get it’ as far as the parasites FEEDING off of the hosts!
Ticks are the slimiest, most dishonest vermin around, somewhat like Democrats. Give me a good, honest spider, wasp or hornet to chomp my @ss right upfront.
I am very sorry for your loss, I know how such a loss feels.
Try to not get mad at what I’m gonna say. God didn’t make the tick the bad guy, Satan did that. And, probably to a degree humans. We’ve invented so many pesticides to kill bad things that we’ve made some things worse.
I never heard of lyme disease growing up, and I lived in the woods. You got a tick on ya, you pulled the sucker off and went about your business.
You are yours are in my prayers for your loss.
Same thing here. Lost my beautiful little beagle to tick fever. We did all we could to take care of her before and after. Just pitiful. She was so sick. Every body loved her. She never met a stranger. Never was there a soul that loved life more then she did. The vet stayed with her constantly trying to nurse he back to health. The look in her eyes as she passed tore our heats out. It was a longing to stay with her folks.
We still miss her and it has been years.
My late husband was clearing brush in Virginia. That night when I checked him over he had 22 ticks to remove. One produced a bulls eye rash so he had a month course of antibiotics. Seemed to do the job. He died of Alzheimers, but had been hit on the head by muggers so that is most likely a contributing cause.
Same here, just short of 8 yrs old, amazing dog super smart.