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Posted by SMITTY on 02-01-2010 02:59 PM:

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever ?????

I took my dog to vet and he has it.I am giviing him 3 med's twice a day.He is still having trouble using his back legs.Is there anything else I can do to help him ? Thank's Smitty

Posted by SMITTY on 02-01-2010 04:57 PM:

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Posted by SCBluetickGal on 02-01-2010 06:20 PM:

Smitty I had a pup diagnosed with Rocky Mountain back in late September, early November. He was VERY sick for several days, wouldn't eat, drink, or move much. All I could do was give him his meds and keep him as comfortable as possible. Mine didn't have trouble moving his legs though...the pads of his paws were weepy and oozing, and he licked at them constantly. His legs and feet were swollen terribly, and his skin was VERY pink where you could see it under his belly and legs. By the end of week he had improved a great deal though, and I'm thankful he has recovered fully. My best advice would be to finish ALL his meds, even if he seems to be better, and to water him with a syringe if need be to keep him hyrdated. Out of curiosity, does your dog have similar symptoms to the ones I described above? I've never really bought into the fact that my dog had Rocky Mountain because number 1, he is mostly an inside dog and number 2, I had another male's paws and legs swell and weep around the same time and the common factor was a different type of food I'd only fed those two. Good luck....

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Posted by Randy Tallon on 02-01-2010 07:46 PM:

Blaise Bauer had Kansas Stender diagnosed with the same thing. She went through the treatment for it (doxycycline) and she showed some improvement. A couple of months later she relapsed. Another vet did some more intensive testing and Stender was diagnosed with (someone is going to have to help me out because I'm having a brain freeze right now...) the disease from being exposed to bad stagnant or swamp water. I believe it is the same thing that killed Clair Chenoweth's dog that was leading the Purina race. I'm sure someone can come on here and give you the correct name for it.

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Posted by Bill(Chew) on 02-02-2010 12:39 AM:

I had a dog nearly die from rocky mountain spotted fevermany years ago. The vet put him on tetracycline for ten days and he was fine. The inprovement was almost imediate.

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Posted by SMITTY on 02-02-2010 01:05 PM:

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Posted by bkfleming69 on 02-03-2010 02:21 AM:

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Originally posted by Randy Tallon
Blaise Bauer had Kansas Stender diagnosed with the same thing. She went through the treatment for it (doxycycline) and she showed some improvement. A couple of months later she relapsed. Another vet did some more intensive testing and Stender was diagnosed with (someone is going to have to help me out because I'm having a brain freeze right now...) the disease from being exposed to bad stagnant or swamp water. I believe it is the same thing that killed Clair Chenoweth's dog that was leading the Purina race. I'm sure someone can come on here and give you the correct name for it.

Blasto I beleive is what your thinking of? hope this helped.

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Posted by Randy Tallon on 02-03-2010 02:27 AM:

Exactly.

Posted by 1deadeye on 02-03-2010 02:34 AM:

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Originally posted by bkfleming69
Blasto I beleive is what your thinking of? hope this helped.

blastomycosis

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Posted by JustinM on 02-03-2010 03:28 AM:

good luck but he will never be the same... experiance taught that... once mine also a couple times friends same results. never the same.. sorry for the negitivity but would let you know.. also the heat is very hard on them afterwards. again sorry to hear it and hopefully it all works out good luck

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