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It's been a very rough last few days. My beautiful Australian Shepherd dog Diva was bitten by a tick and became infected with Lyme disease. She had to be euthanized yesterday because the paralysis was rampant throughout her body and moving into her throat. This horrendous disease afflicts many canines and is deadly to approxinsyely 3-5% of their population.

Thanks to the environmental activists, the city no longer sprays pesticides in the area so the tick numbers are increasing and are becoming an epidemic. I guess they don't realize how severe the problem actually is in regards to animals and humans..

I'm going to miss our little girl. She was my adorable fur baby and it seems strange not to have her sweet gentle and exuberant presence here today.

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SW-User

Really sorry to hear that darling that’s so sad 😞🤗🤗🤗😘😘😘

sensualbeauty1 · F

@SW-User Thank you, she's going to be greatly missed.

SW-User

@sensualbeauty1 indeed 😳 shame a tick bite could cause so much pain and problems for her in uk used to have to remove them from my cat occasionally

sensualbeauty1 · F

@SW-User Unfortunately it's really gotten out of hand here and infects that 3-5% of dogs that don't recover, it is fatal for them.

SW-User

@sensualbeauty1 aww wow sorry they are so deadly 😢

sensualbeauty1 · F

@SW-User Yes sadly for animals and humans they are.

SW-User

Yikes guess no sure way to prevent them biting?

sensualbeauty1 · F

@SW-User There's a vaccine now, repellents, a collar and topicals and pill form but that's just a preventative measure. No guarantee that they won't bite, mine still got infected.

SW-User

@sensualbeauty1 yeah vaccines and collars I know of but they tend to kill the tick after damage is done

sensualbeauty1 · F

@SW-User That's very true.

SW-User

@sensualbeauty1 thinking of you sweetheart was distraught when my much older cat had to be put to sleep in September last year