>> THANK YOU FOR COMING ON.
WE WILL SEND IT OVER T
BRITTANY.
>> THE FOLLOWING PORTION OF
DAYTIME BLUE RIDGE IS BROUGHT
TO YOU B
:
>>>
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
THIS IS GAVIN.
HE IS A VERY MUSCULADOG.
>> HE IS AVAILABLE FOR
ADOPTION AT THE FRANKLIN COUNTY
HE HAS BEEN WAITING FOR HIS
FOREVER HOME FOR THREE YEARS.
HOME FOR HE IS READY TO FIND
HIS HOME
I AM HERE PROMOTING HIM.
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.
NOT THE BEST WITH CATS OR
RABBITS BUT GREAT WITH KIDS.
HE LOVES TO EXERCISE BUT HE
DOESN'T NEED IT.
DEFINITELY, CHECK HIOUT.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT LYME
IT?
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.
>> WITH THE TICS CAN COME LYME
DISEAS
IS FROM A TICK.
THERE WERE OTHER THERE ARE
OTHER TAKE DISEASES BUT THE ONE
DISEASE.
THE PEOPLE CAN LOOK OUT FOR?
>> DOGS WILL COME IN WITH A
REALLY HIGH FEVER, 103 TO 105,
JOINTS, THEY ARE LETHARGIC.
NO APPETITE.
STIFF LIKE THEY ARE ON EGG
WE CAN TELL THESE DOGS RIGHT
DOOR.
>> YOU CAN TELL FROM LOOKING
TEST THAT YOU DO?
>> WE HAVE AN IN-HOUSE TEST
THAT WE CAN RUN, WE NEED A
HEARTWORM ANTIC EXPOSURE TEST
SO EVERY HOUSEHOLD SHOULD HAVE
WE RECOMMENDED ANNUALLY BECAUSE
WE SEE SO MANY POSITIVE DOGS
RECOMMEND THAT YEAR-ROUND,
REGARDLESS.
YOU FIND OUT YOUR DOG HAS LYME
DISEASE?
AND THEY COME IN WITH SYMPTOMS
OF THE FEVER AND THE SWOLLEN
THEM COME UP WITH THEM ON IV
FLUIDS AND GET THEM ON
IF YOUR DOG IS IN FOR HIS
ANNUAL WELLNESS EXAM AND HE
CONVERSATION WITH THE CLIENT
THAT WE RECOMMENDED TREATMENT
IN CASE.
>> CAN IT BE PREVENTED?
OF DEFENSE.
FLEA AND TICK PREVENTION PRAYED
WE HAVE GREAT COLLARS NOW, WE
MONTH, JUST LIKE HEARTWORM
OR A PILL THAT LAST FOR THREE
FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE IS
WE CAN VACCINATE YOUR DOG FOR
NOT AVAILABLE ON THE HUMAN
WE ARE FORTUNATE IN OUR
VACCINATE THEM.
IF IT IS NOT 100 PERCENT
DIMINISH THE SIGNS IF YOUR DOG
ISINFECTED.
IF SOMEONE REMOVES A TICK FROM