Lyme Disease in dogs

Here is something I wrote two years ago this coming November.  We didn't have Truman very long (we had just adopted him that summer), but the impact of such a young, healthy, vigerous dog dying way before his time was huge on us.  I still get tears thinking about that week two years ago:
Today, our dog Truman went for one last outing with the four wheeler. Only instead of running alongside of the wheeler with his happy Golden Retriever grin on his face, bursting with the energetic enthusiasm of a healthy 2 yr old dog, like he has every day of his short time of living with us since we adopted him - this time, his lifeless body was riding on the back of the wheeler, wrapped in his blanket which he was to be buried in.
Only a short week ago, he was full of life, energy and happiness. It’s still hard for us to think that this has really happened.
A tiny, tiny little deer tick that infected him with Lyme disease is probably what caused the kidney failure in this healthy young dog. He faded so quickly and on his last day, he lay quietly on the blanketed bed at the Vet clinic while we tried to be strong for him in his last moments. His tail wagged right up until the end.
Here is what I learned in the last couple of weeks and what I would like to pass on in hopes it will save a life:
My Vet Clinic is treating many dogs a week for Lyme Disease.
The tiny little deer tick is a threat even this late in the year - you need to use tick protection on your dog right up until there is a blanket of snow on the ground.
Frontline is the only repellent recommended by my Vet. They have not had a single case of Lyme in dogs protected by Frontline. There are tons of other brands out there. Some are quite inexpensive. How much are you really saving, though, when you have to treat a dog for Lyme or worse yet, bury your beloved pet because you didn’t buy Frontline??? Absolutely nothing !!!
Please learn from my mistake and use Frontline on your dog. There are still a few weeks of deer tick season left !!