This weekend we took Drake and the kids to a farm our friends reciently bought and they all had a blast. Drake was able to wonder around off his leash and was able to play with his doggie friend Easy. They have several old barns and great places to explore and the kids had a blast. Everything was going great until I did a tick check on my son must have found at least 20 of them in his underwear and a few in his hair and on his body. I then checked my other son and found about the same. Then came drake and the same. Fortunatly my daughter had stayed with me and she did not have any. I think they may have gotten into a nest of them. The farm has been vacant for a few years and nature sure has taken over. To make matters worse Drake was due for his Frontline this week and had taken a small dose last time because he weighed only 35 lbs then and now weighs 45 lbs and needs the larger dose so I think he was not really protected. I did spray the kids a thousand times but that did not seem to work very well. What a mess, I had to put my garden powder that kills ticks on my sons cloths in a bag to kill the ticks that were left. I put a new dose of Frontline on Drake and my vet said that should take care of any ticks left on Drake that I could not find. I am still doing tick checks on the kids and Drake. I found one on Drake this moring but it looked like the Frontline had worked because it was already dead. What a mess! I grew up on a farm and have never seen ticks that bad. So everyone be carefiul because from what I can tell it is going to be a bad tick year. Also from what I gather our pups grow so fast that the Frontline might not be as affective at the end of the dose, I am not sure of it but it sure seemed that way on Drake. What a mess  |
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Well, that is completely gross! I am sure you'll be having nightmares about ticks for sometime!
Several years back - after taking my sister's basset hound, Amos, for a walk - we picked over 100 ticks off of him! It was horrific! He would sleep with me when I stayed there - and I kept waking up in the middle of the night to the feeling of a tick crawling on me! I was completely freaked out!
Keep an eye on the kids for any reactions to bites (red rings, rash, etc.). They were probably regular ticks - but just in case!
I've got the heebie-jeebies! LOL
Kristen |
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