Ticks

I hate ticks. There is nothing like scratching your dog behind the ears and finding a bump. You hope beyond hope that she rolled in something that got stuck to her fur, but the fur is not matted. Then your next thought is maybe it is a sore, you really do not want to think tick. But, alas, it was a tick. I asked my husband for help, I do not know what I need to do to get a tick off a dog. My response, "yeah, right". But he looks it up, so maybe not. We clean off the island in our kitchen armed with tweezers, antiseptic spray, my husband places Kai on the countertop, grabs the tweezers and pulls straight back the first time, that little bugger is stuck fast. I pull back the fur a little more, in again, yank, tick comes out this time. We have also filled a small bottle with alcohol, so that we can place the tick inside, and recap. Then I spray the area with an antiseptic that the vet had given me for a rash the dog had about two weeks ago. Lucky us. So the rest of this week I will monitor the dog for ticks and any behaviors associated with lyme or leptospirosis. I was hoping that all the ticks would have died with the harsh weather, but no. She may have gotten it at her boarding place, since it is in the woods, but who knows. It was time for her flea and tick medicine, so I gave that to her last night and hopefully we will not have anymore ticks this season.