Can dogs die from lyme disease?

If you've ever known anyone who's contracted Lyme disease, then you probably know that treatment can be a long and complicated process in humans. Thankfully, in dogs, it's much simpler. "Generally, and this is I think a big difference between dogs and people, within a couple of days of starting treatment with Doxycycline, they usually go into remission," Bloom tells CBS News. read more

A few dogs have developed severe progressive renal disease as sequelae to Lyme disease. This severe kidney failure is non-responsive to treatment and death is often the outcome. Fortunately, this form appears to be rare and normally more common in untreated dogs. read more