HELP!!!! Found about 50 ticks on dogs! UPDATE #4

[Sue, Murphy and Bella ()*o*()]

Last week we had our daughters two goldendoodles for a week so I packed them all up and took them to our cabin in the woods. Great right? Run free, new surroundings.....DEER TICKS!!! My two are treated so we have never seen a tick or flea in the 7 months we've owned the cabin, but my daughters dogs are not treated. (Don't ask).  Her two are just littered with them and we've been pulling them out all morning. The groomer suggested Dawn bath and leave on for 20 min. so we did that.   I am doing bug bombs in both of our houses today as well. 

So my question is....how often do you see dogs get very sick from tick bites? I know what they can transmit and know what to look for, I hope, but is it common for them to get sick? Considering the amount of ticks and dogs out there, I don't hear of it often. Is my head in the sand? 

Any advice oh wise experienced Tick people. 

UPDATE:

After picking off all the ticks, having houses sprayed and watching children diligently, we have not seen any more ticks for a few weeks. Both dogs were tested (blood work) for Lymes and other diseases last week and all negative, with a follow up in 6 months. So now we just wait, and wait, and wait, as it can be months to years before problems can develop.  Being that Marley is 8, we may think it;s just old age if he develops Lymes like issues, but now that we know there is a possibility, we will stay on top of his blood work for years to come. 

Thank you all for your responses. 

UPDATE:

Daughter just informed me that their 3 year old doodle had a seizure last night. Ran around confused, peed all over, collapsed downstairs and confused.  He will be going to the Vet asap, not sure what our vet does for weekends but will find out.  Any advice from anyone? I'm feeling so bad for having exposed them to this danger. 

 UPDATE: 

Daughter took doodle to Vet today and the blood work for the major tick borne diseases were negative. Sign of relief for me, but no real answers as to the cause. So she advises wait and see, keep a journal, and if he has more then they will do more expensive blood work. The good news is he is otherwise very healthy.  So we just wait and see for now.  Thank you all for your comments. 

UPDATE March 15,2016

Daughter's doodle had 3rd seizure since first one on Oct. 17. One on Jan 22 and another last night. She stopped Heartguard and Frontline in January, so we've ruled out that. Still in documentation stage, however, he has gone from 3 months apart to 2 months apart. I advised her to read all she can (has twin 1 yr old boys!!) on our Seizure group here and see if time between the next one is even sooner. Anyone have any reason to advise getting him on meds ASAP? Or is waiting still an option?

[Moe]

No the vet said if the dog is asymptomatic then they don't treat it. She said to just watch her closely and look for symptoms. 

[Anne & Mr. Haley]

I use Frontline Plus year round here in Southeast Virginia. No problem with ticks or fleas on Haley. I do find several ticks on me during the warm weather months.

[Gail and Bailey]

Anne......same with us except we use Nexgard. No ticks on Bailey but I always get several in spring and summer. I have always thought there should be a medication for humans that kills ticks when they bite us!! I never see or feel one crawling.....only find them after they are attached! Of course then it has to be removed! It would just be easier if the tick would just die and fall off !!

[Anne & Mr. Haley]

If I am going into an area I know will have ticks I do use a repellant containing a high percentage of Deet. But I usually get them gardening and just can't spray every day .

[Gail and Bailey]

I get them gardening too and I hate having Deet on me!

[Sue, Murphy and Bella ()*o*()]

With the exception of a few months on Nexguard, mine are on Frontline, or Fibroguard year round. My daughters however were not at the time. They have been since the original infestation, in June, but she still sees one, alive, every now and then on one of the dogs.  THey are on Fiproguard now so not sure if that is strong enough for such an awful infestation already. My dogs do very well on any of the three mentioned. 

[M Kol]

There's always an emergency vet hospital somewhere, so she can take her doodle there if the regular vet is closed. I wish I could add more.  Hoping for the best.  You are in our thoughts.

[Sue, Murphy and Bella ()*o*()]

Thank you. Yes she will take him in if he has another tonight but otherwise has an appointment on Monday. 

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

I'm so sorry, Sue. You never know what caused a seizure.   Dont blame yourself. I once feed a dog a Girl Scout Cookie and it had a seizure right afterwards.  I still have not forgiven myself. It probably had nothing to do with it, but I still am haunted by the experience. 

As for flea and tick, we use it about 9-10 months out of the year here. I try to give him a break from December to February but we have wood ticks that stick it out year round here even in the deep freeze in our fireplace wood pile. 

We just switched to NexGuard and... well I was happy with Advantix II and wonder if the NexGuard is causing Spud's recent health issues. Probably not, but it is on my list of questions.

[Sue, Murphy and Bella ()*o*()]

I hope it was a one time thing and we will never really know what caused it. I'll feel better after the Tick disease tests come back though, however, the worse option would be epilepsy and it's not as treatable as Lyme or Rocky mountain, or a few other tick borne diseases.  Will know more next week and hopefully no more seizures for them this weekend.

[Jane, Guinness and Murphy]

I really hope this was a one time thing too.  Murph had one seizure with the tick-borne illness but the Vet believed it was related to the fever....and he never had another one.  I'm sure you're anxiously awaiting those test results...please continue to keep us updated.

[F, Calla & Luca]

I hope this all works out soon.