Tinker’s Vet Visit

This morning we took Tinker to the Rondout Valley Veterinary to have his pads examined. They were unable to determine what had injured his pads. They prescribed Rimadyl for inflammation & pain, Dermacool spray & Doxycycline antibiotic. We’re to soak his feet twice a day in warm water with Epsom Salts, then spray his feet with the Dermacool.

Since we’re in an area where Lyme disease occurs we had Tinker tested & he tested positive. We have him on flea & tick preventative – K9 Advantix – & we haven’t had any fleas or ticks on him. In 2007 we were using Advantage & we were finding ticks on him nearly every day when we were in Ohio & the ticks weren’t dying. That’s when we changed to K9 Advantix. So we’re thinking he picked up the Lyme disease before we changed to K9 Advantix.

Tinker has to stay on the Doxycycline for 30 days & then needs to be tested again for Lyme disease before he can start the Lyme vaccine. Since the Lyme vaccine is produced by different drug companies, we have to make sure that both shots are from the same manufacturer.

Since we didn’t have any Epsom Salts on hand, we stopped at the Catskill Pharmacy on the way home to buy some.

We still have the Elizabethan collar from when we had Tinker neutered & we've put it on him to keep him from licking his feet.

From Rondout Valley RV Resort, Accord, NY