Dear Stephen,
All 3 of my dogs have gotten the lyme vaccine. My older dog had anoplasmosis and was on antibiotics for over a month. He did get better but he does seem calm and has sore joints. With our new puppy I’m thinking of not getting any lyme vaccine even though we have a million ticks here. Is there a preventative course of herbal treatments to help prevent ticks from getting on the dogs? We do tick/flea baths, they wear a collar and they get the Frontline but they still get ticks. The middle dog has strange lumps and I’m convinced its from getting the lyme vaccine (they are not cancerous) but now the vet wants to remove one near her anus but warned she may become incontinent so we are not having it removed unless she can no longer have a bowel movement. I feel lied to by my vet.
All 3 of my dogs have gotten the lyme vaccine. My older dog had anoplasmosis and was on antibiotics for over a month. He did get better but he does seem calm and has sore joints. With our new puppy I’m thinking of not getting any lyme vaccine even though we have a million ticks here. Is there a preventative course of herbal treatments to help prevent ticks from getting on the dogs? We do tick/flea baths, they wear a collar and they get the Frontline but they still get ticks. The middle dog has strange lumps and I’m convinced its from getting the lyme vaccine (they are not cancerous) but now the vet wants to remove one near her anus but warned she may become incontinent so we are not having it removed unless she can no longer have a bowel movement. I feel lied to by my vet.
Stephen’s response:
The best thing I have found for dogs is the use of homeopathic ledum (as in the book), and knotweed and cat’s claw with the dose reduced for their size. A number of dog owners have used this with good success. Other than that flea and tick collars are a good way to go. Those lumps may be fatty deposits. No one seems to know why dogs get them. Our dog who is nearing 17 has lots but oddly once we began giving him whatever he wanted to eat, including the worst dog food on the market (giving up the healthy stuff) he began to improve, many of the lumps began to diminish in size and his energy improved. Go figure.
The best thing I have found for dogs is the use of homeopathic ledum (as in the book), and knotweed and cat’s claw with the dose reduced for their size. A number of dog owners have used this with good success. Other than that flea and tick collars are a good way to go. Those lumps may be fatty deposits. No one seems to know why dogs get them. Our dog who is nearing 17 has lots but oddly once we began giving him whatever he wanted to eat, including the worst dog food on the market (giving up the healthy stuff) he began to improve, many of the lumps began to diminish in size and his energy improved. Go figure.
Stephen
Thanks for sharing this information. Lyme prevention is important in dogs.
I’m sure it has it’s draw-backs as do all pharmaceuticals, but after I got Lyme disease in Texas, we had to ensure our dogs didn’t bring any more ticks home and put the kids at risk. We used to use Comfortis (once per month pill), we now use Bravecto (pill is effective for flea prevention for three months, tick prevention for two months). We haven’t seen a tick on any of the dogs for a couple of years now. So far, no lumps or health issues either. And I agree with Stephen, the less expensive stuff we do for our dogs, the healthier they are! We had a 110 lb pit/lab mix that lived to be 17! Blessings to all of you.
Hello, I’m trying to get a correct and safe dosage of Japanese knotweed root for my service dog who had a positive Lyme a few days ago. Dogs naturally magazine Dana gives dosages but very confusing on how long to give it. Also on the Ledum and Aurum how to dose is contrdictive. Can u please advise. Thank you so much!
Our dog is 9 was covered in those fatty lumps we were feeding her really good grain free food. We started cooking for her two months ago the lumps are almost all gone and the two main large ones are half the size.
I put garlic in her food and a tiny bit of ACV occasionally. I tried to change from Bravecto to the flea and tick collars Enviro but it didn’t work we were both scratching! So back to the Bravecto.