Can a dog get lyme disease from a kennel?

Question

I boarded my dog at a new place. A few days after she got home she started limping and was lethargic. I took her to the vet and she tested positive for lyme disease.

She is on antibiotics and is fine now, but I can't help blaming the new kennel. Could she have been bitten by a tick from another dog at the kennel and developed symptoms within a week?

Answer 1

The average incubation time for lyme disease is 7-14 days BUT it can be as little as 3 days or as long as a month before symptoms occur. So while it is possible she got it at the kennel, it is also just as possible that it happened afterwards. Try this link.
http://arthritis.webmd.com/tc/Lyme-Disease-Topic-Overview

Answer 2

it is cause by a tick and it could either have been on her before she was taken and you may of not seen it at the time..and it also depend if the other kennels were open wire where the other dog see the other one and it can jump from one dog to another. When a tick bites it doen't show right away as it takes days for any sign of the dog to get sick,also if you dog got it from another while it was there it would not be the kennels fault as they would of not seen the tick. A friend cat had a tick right on top of her eye brow and she didn't see it until i pointed it out to her and she said she tought it was a skin mole..I told her when a tick is fat with blood there body turn grey and at the butt end it has a bit of a dent in it..here are a few links you can see..you may not like the looks but this will help you
(http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/cdc/1669.html)
(http://www.canlyme.com/ticks.html)
(http://www.acponline.org/lyme/patient/diagnosis.htm)

Answer 3

I would say it is possible, kennels cant inspect every inch of every animal that comes in, but I wouldnt say it is the kennels fault. A tick can be picked up anywhere, a walk in the neighborhood, or park your back yard......I hope your dog feels better soon! Ask the kennel you took her to if they have had any other complaints, or have noticed those symptoms in dogs they are currently boarding or have boarded recently.That may helpyou find out if it was contracted at the kennel, just remember that you cant inspect every inch of an animal ,and that is up to the pet owners to keep there pets clean and disease free before bringing them i n to a populated area.

Answer 4

A tick would jump from dog to dog. Ticks embed themselves in the host dog and won't move until they've had their fill. Most likely it happened while you were out for a walk and she brushed up against a bush that had a tick clinging to it.

Some tick remedies don't kill the ticks until they draw blood. At which point the lethargic dying bug will drop off. Some tick preventatives start killing the bug as soon as it's in the fur.

Answer 5

Its particularly for secure practices reasons to ascertain the meds wont react with one yet another, that could the two negate the consequence of the meds or reason nasty area outcomes from the mixtures. And having 2 issues leaves extra rigidity on the canines immune gadget, so the meds could no longer artwork in any respect in favour of the two. yet I could desire to confess, lyme ailment is a reasonably nasty ailment that could reason the canine loads of soreness, so i'm uncertain why he isnt treating that first, yet i assume the indications are such as kennel cough, so by utilising treating the indications of the cough, he could be allieviating the indications of the lymes.Me individually, i could be calling yet another vet and in simple terms ask them how they could pass approximately treating the two a sort of issues collectively, yet thats what i do each time i question a vets approaches, i'm getting a 2nd opinion, comparable as i could if it became into me being taken care of.

Answer 6

My vet buddy says yes, all the other dog needs is a tick that is infected.

Answer 7

Um maybe but i would go into it farther by looking it up on the internet or asking your doctor!

Answer 8

NO!