Even after you take you dog to the vet to have blood work done now keep track of this tick bite, your dog may never have an affect but my boxer boy Duke got a tick on him when he was about 2-1/2, roughly a year later he started having problems with his hips and of course naturally they though hip dysplasia. They did x-rays and there was no sign of that. Then he began to get the shakes and not acting right, pacing around, sitting-standing, sitting-standing. I took him back to the vet and said something is not right with him and that something needed to be done. He checked him over again and was baffeled because he always acts normal at the vet. I was in tears. I looked at the vet and said I know something is wrong with him, I know my dog. The vet asked if he had had any tick bites. I told him about a year ago. He said that was it and decided to do blood work. Well it came back he was positive for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. It took a year for him to show any signs of an infection from that tick. Just keep this in mind if your dog shows arthitics changes in the joints or in walking or sitting stiffness, not that this is it but just in case. He is now 6.5 and gets flare ups a couple times a year where he needs antiobiotics, the arthritis in his hips has not gotten any worse, actually his execise has been increased and seems to have improved the arthritis as he does not get as stiff any more. Good luck.
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