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I moved to CT a year ago now and this defintiely is tick country. One of my dogs has been infected with Ehrlichia. She did/does not have any clinical sign and had we not tested for it, we would not have known. We were going to wait and see if her system could fight this on her own as she is a very healthy dog, but the titers were really high so we decided to err on the side of caution and go with the Doxycyclin.mae have treated her with Doxycyclin for one month, then put her on a supplement called SPK. We re-tested her and her titers were still elevated so she was put on another course of doxy for a month. I took her in last week for follow up titer and should get the results today or tomorrow. In the meantime both my dogs are taking this supp (SPK). My holistic vet recommends giving this supplement for a month at the beginning of tick season in Spring, then again in the Summer and Falll for one month.

This year I have not seen a single tick on either dog for more than 2  months now (at least ticks that I can see - they both are black so it is hard to find the small ticks on them, but I used to find ticks on one of them almost every day). What changed from last year:

- we removed all the brush in the yard. The yard is totally fenced which prevents deer to come in - and decreases deer tick infestation as these llittle buggers don't travel far - but mice also carry ticks so it's not 100%.

- I spray them every morning and every night with a product called Quantum

- I add Dr. Bob's "Internal Powder" (Earth Animals) to one of my dog's meals (the other has allergies so I can't give her that as it has yeast and alfalfa in it, they have a yeast free equivalent but it still has the alfalfa).

- have them tested every 6 months

- And hope for the best LOL - nothing is 100% and one single tick can infect a dog with either Lyme or ehrlichia or one of the other tick-born diseases.

And of course they are fed a raw diet, no vaccines, get a few base supps in every meal like salmon oil, digestive enzymes, garlic, probiotics, vit B, C, zinc.

I don't like to use antibiotics, especially long-term, but in case of ehrlichia I don't hesitate. Once the clinical signs are there it is harder to treat.