Lyme Disease Lyme Disease Lyme disease is a tick-borne illness that is difficult to diagnose and even harder to cure.
Prevention is the only good management strategy.
Dogs that go outside for only short periods of time are probably not going to be exposed to ticks. We know of one case where a dog who only went out in its own yard for short periods of time did contract Lyme disease, but that situation is rare. On the other hand, dogs who are visitors to parks and wooded areas are prime candidates for tick exposure and, therefore, Lyme disease. If you have a dog who enjoys playing outside, you should plan to take definite preventive measures. Keep ticks that might attach themselves to your dog from injecting the Lyme disease bacterium.