Tee Bone, may 1995 to may 2008 Options

[michelles kitty]

my gosh where do i begin? i didnt ever think i would find myself back here again posting about losing another memebr of my furkids...ive posted to offer to support for others..but now i find myself here again for support...god help me i need it..

we lost our beloved tee bone on friday may 23,2008 due to kidney faliure as a direct result from lyme disease that settled in her kidneys unbeknownst to us. she was treated for it back in january and her titer came back negative after spending 6 weeks on an anitbiotic.

this was a positive titer for lyme in january even with frontline 12 months a year . we never stopped the frontline on either doggie. goes to prove that even forntline is not 100%.


i am so lonely without her..she was my world, my everything. i can hardly breathe..i loved her so much and now shes gone. she passed in our arms.
i was so blessed to have her in my life.
i was blessed to call her my pet soul mate.
she was tailor made to fit my soul.
she completed me.

now i am in pieces trying to pick them up. i cant. i cant comfort anyone in my home. we are all a mess..

gosh this is so hard.....i just want to go to a mountian and sceam my head off...i want my pup pup back...

[Duncan-MyBuddy]

Good morning michelles kitty,
First and foremost my condolences for losing another member of the family. Its tough, really tough as all of us here know. All we can do is grieve to relieve the pain and eventually get back to some kind of normalcy in our life once again.

Now for Frontline.
Plain and simple, in my experience, it doesn't work! I've used the stuff religiously on my dogs over the years and they still get loaded with ticks. Last year i had Dolly my long-haired groomed for hygiene concerns, easier to find ticks and also the Summer heat. When i went to pick her up the groomer presented my with a jar full of 13 ticks that she removed from Dolly. Just yesterday i took Jessie my black lab in for her shots and a checkup. While examining her ears, the vet found a tick feasting inside her ear and another on her chest. Over the last couple weeks i've found 3 or 4 bloated ticks that dropped off the dogs in the house and basement in addition to plucking a couple dozen more from both dogs.

I myself will no longer waste my money on that stuff. While at the vet yesterday i ran all this by him and he suggested i try Pemaris, another tick ointment.
Its pricey, but i bought some to try out. We'll see!

Take care,
-Ken