Sorry for the poor grammer in my last post…still having my coffee:)
Forgot to add…attack this logically. Lets see: 1. Dog ate a dead deer bone…
2. Deer are major carriers of Lyme disease.
3. If the carcass was fresh enough I am guessing it is probably possible to contract Lyme through eating infected meat/bone marrow. ( if not through digestion then through small cuts in the mouth or mucus areas etc.)
4. You state the lyme tests came back positive ( along with another very serious tick illness)
5. Rapid onset of lameness which shifts …a major symptom of LYME!!!
6. Other potential causes of lameness usually do not shift around…meaning if it is the hind legs it stays the hind legs..other causes may PROGRESS to other body parts BUT again they usually don’t shift around.
7. You point out suspected kidney damage…another huge lyme symptom.
If I were a betting man…I’d say the odds of your dogs problems are caused by LYME and or the other tick born illness present…better yet a combo of both.
It doesn’t sound like you placed the dog on months long antibotic treatment because you haven’t mentioned it if you did.
Per vet guidelines 1 month treatment is bare minium…as stated in my last post 2 months is better and my vet said personally if it was his dog he would shoot for 3 months. The point is the longer on antibotics the better the result.
Good luck!!
P.S. The good news is if you get cracking and start treatment the odds of a successfully beating this are pretty good as long as the kidneys aren’t destroyed by the time you start. But as someone mentioned earlier…Lyme can be a killer…even in humans. My old neighbor in PA had lyme and almost died..the infection went into the spinal cord and then the brain. She was in the hospital on IV drip antibotics for weeks.( she is ok now and that was 5-7 years ago…whew!)
Cameron
