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Old March 24th, 2015, 05:23 PM
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How did her blood work look? I know you said there were no abnormalities, but we've had dogs symptomatic for anaplasmosis with low (but normal) blood panel results. In particular, look at the platelets. If they're way on the low end of normal, we treat with doxycycline. Doxycycline will take care of both the anaplasmosis (which our dogs seem more prone to) and Lyme's disease. WBC counts can also sometimes be on the low end of normal when these diseases are active--something else to look for in the blood panel.

Tick-borne diseases are not always easy to detect, and the symptoms can be subtle. We had one girl, Belle, who had chronic Lyme's when we adopted her. She didn't always test positive for the disease, even though we knew it was present. So if there's any chance that your Berner has either Lyme's or anaplasmosis, I'd have a long talk with your vets and try to convince them to allow a course of doxycycline for at least 4 wks.
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