>> THANK YOU FOR COMING ON.
WE WILL SEND IT OVER T
BRITTANY.
>> THE FOLLOWING PORTION OF
DAYTIME BLUE RIDGE IS BROUGHT
TO YOU B
:
>>>
NOW THAT SPRING IS HERE AND THE
WEATHER IS WARMING UP IN THE
TEXT ARE COMING OUT FROM HIDING
FRED THIS MAY NOT BE THE BEST
NE FOR YOUR FAMILY PET.
NOW HERE TO TALK ABOUT LYME
DISEASE AND DOGS, THANK YOU FOR
COMING AND PRAYED YOU BROUGHT
TO GAVIN.
THIS IS GAVIN.
HE IS A VERY MUSCULADOG.
DOES HE COME AND VISIT YOU ALL?
>> HE IS AVAILABLE FOR
ADOPTION AT THE FRANKLIN COUNTY
HUMANE SOCIETY.
HE HAS BEEN WAITING FOR HIS
FOREVER HOME FOR THREE YEARS.
HE HAS BEEN IN A LOVING FOSTER
HOME FOR HE IS READY TO FIND
HIS HOME
I AM HERE PROMOTING HIM.
>> HE IS SUCH A GOOD DOG.
HE IS SITTING HERE SO NICE AND
HE KEEPS EATING TREATS AND HE
IS LISTENING TO YOU WELL.
HE IS A GREAT DOG.
>> CALLED THE FRANKLIN COUNTY
HUMANE SOCIETY.
HE WOULD BE GOOD TO OTHER DO
NOT THE BEST WITH CATS OR
RABBITS BUT GREAT WITH KIDS.
HE IS A COUCH POTATO.
HE LOVES TO EXERCISE BUT HE
DOESN'T NEED IT.
DEFINITELY, CHECK HIOUT.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT LYME
DISEASE SPREAD HOW COMMON IS
IT?
>> IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE
PREVALENT.
A LOT OF HEAVY TICS BURDEN IN
THE SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE AREA.
>> PEOPLE ARE PULLING TICS OFF
OF THEIR PETS AS EARLY AS
DECEMBER AND JANUARY BECAUSE WE
HAD A MILD WINTER.
THEY NEVER WENT AWAY VERY
>> WITH THE TICS CAN COME LYME
DISEAS
TO INVEST ONLY WAY TO CONTRACT
IS FROM A TICK.
THERE WERE OTHER THERE ARE
OTHER TAKE DISEASES BUT THE ONE
WE SEE MOST PREVALENTLY IS LYME
DISEASE.
>> WHAT ARE THE SIGNS OF THAT
THE PEOPLE CAN LOOK OUT FOR?
>> DOGS WILL COME IN WITH A
REALLY HIGH FEVER, 103 TO 105,
SWOLLEN LYMPH NODES, SWOLLEN
JOINTS, THEY ARE LETHARGIC.
NO APPETITE.
IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE WALKING
STIFF LIKE THEY ARE ON EGG
SHELLS.
WE CAN TELL THESE DOGS RIGHT
AWAY WHEN THEY WALK IN THE
DOOR.
>> YOU CAN TELL FROM LOOKING
AT THEM BROUGHT TO OUR THEIR
TEST THAT YOU DO?
>> WE HAVE AN IN-HOUSE TEST
THAT WE CAN RUN, WE NEED A
BLOOD SAMPLE A THIS IS OUR
HEARTWORM ANTIC EXPOSURE TEST
SO EVERY HOUSEHOLD SHOULD HAVE
THIS TEST.
WE RECOMMENDED ANNUALLY BECAUSE
WE SEE SO MANY POSITIVE DOGS
AND SO MANY SICK DOGS THAT WE
RECOMMEND THAT YEAR-ROUND,
REGARDLESS.
>> HOW CAN IT BE TREATED IF
YOU FIND OUT YOUR DOG HAS LYME
DISEASE?
>> IF THEY ARE CLINICALLY SICK
AND THEY COME IN WITH SYMPTOMS
OF THE FEVER AND THE SWOLLEN
LYMPH NODES, WE HOSPITALIZE
THEM COME UP WITH THEM ON IV
FLUIDS AND GET THEM ON
ANTIBIOTICS RIGHT AWAY
IF YOUR DOG IS IN FOR HIS
ANNUAL WELLNESS EXAM AND HE
COMES UP POSITIVE, WE HAVE A
CONVERSATION WITH THE CLIENT
THAT WE RECOMMENDED TREATMENT
EVEN IF THEY AREN'T SICK, JUST
IN CASE.
>> CAN IT BE PREVENTED?
>> YES, THAT'S THE FIRST LINE
OF DEFENSE.
FLEA AND TICK PREVENTION PRAYED
WE HAVE GREAT COLLARS NOW, WE
HAVE PILLS YOU CAN TAKE, ONCE A
MONTH, JUST LIKE HEARTWORM
PREVENTION.
OR A PILL THAT LAST FOR THREE
MONTHS.
FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE IS
PREVENTION.
WE CAN VACCINATE YOUR DOG FOR
LYME DISEASE.
NOT AVAILABLE ON THE HUMAN
SIDE.
WE ARE FORTUNATE IN OUR
PROFESSION THAT WE CAN
VACCINATE THEM.
IF IT IS NOT 100 PERCENT
EFFECTIVE IT WILL GREATLY
DIMINISH THE SIGNS IF YOUR DOG
ISINFECTED.
>> WE HAVE TO WRAP IT UP BUT
IF SOMEONE REMOVES A TICK FROM
