The weather is getting wormer and your dog spends lots of time in the woods. Your pet is susceptible to dangers. Being aware for ticks that spread diseases is vital. Tick bites are harmful to your dog and your well-being. Wooded areas might be unsafe to your pet.

Dogs from New York City were found with Lyme disease. Dogs have picked it up in Central Park on a walk. Your dog could bring infected ticks into your yard or house. Therefore, dog owners should safeguard the health of their families and their pets by being alert about tick control.

Birds are main carriers as they carry ticks and spirochetes to distant areas. Lyme disease isn't such a problem for cats as cats are most fastidious in their clean-up and grooming.

Some of the veterinarians and pet owners observed Lymes disease symptoms in cats, dogs, goats, cattle, sheep, and horses. Therefore, it is necessary to avoid tick bites and receiving treatment on time for Lyme disease.

In some cases, human contracted Lyme disease from a tick a dog carried into their home.

Actually, Lyme disease cannot pass immediately from dogs to a person. Nevertheless, any pet can serve as a reservoir for the infective organism, Borrelia burgdorferi. Dogs that are infected develop high numbers of the organism in their blood streams to infect ticks that bite them. In this way, if a household dog has Lyme disease, it would seem to increase the risk to the humans in the household, since the dog could infect a tick, then attach to a person, then attach to a person, and pass the infection on. Therefore, it's significant to try avoiding tick bites, and checking your dog.

Lyme disease does affect each dog different as it does with .

Some of the symptoms are similar as in humans; however, symptoms in dogs are much more difficult to preserve. Once infected, a rash often forms. However, usually we cannot see the rash as it is under the dog's fur. Dog owners must look for other symptoms.

Usual symptoms of Lyme disease are being delayed for several months after exposure and should show up by 5 to 6 months after a tick carrying the bacteria bites your pet.

Lyme disease symptoms in dogs:

1. Many dogs that are affected with Lyme disease seem to suffer. They are showing limping signs for several days. The infected limb is getting inflated and causing muscles pains. Due to pains, the dog might refuse to walk up. Your dog may be lethargic, showing tiredness signs. Lameness even if untreated it can disappear but can reappear later on.

2. High fever range - between 103'F - 105'F

3. Dogs who are infected suffer from vomiting, diarrhea and dehydration.

4. Dogs are showing poor appetite. Many dogs that affected with Lyme disease actually stop eating.

5. If not treated on time, Lyme disease tick bites may cause damage to the nervous system, heart, eyes, and kidneys.

Being alert for tick bites that spread diseases is vital. Tick bites are harmful to your dog and family's wellbeing. Wooded areas might be unsafe to your pet.

The best way to ensure that your dog does not contract with Lyme disease is in the prevention. Always groom your dog after they have been outdoors and around where ticks live: high grass, thick brush, or in the woods. You will find more information of preventive actions against tick bites .