I found two teeny weeny ticks on Lola this weekend. I thought we were through tick season - needless to say, I’m upset. I hate the thought of ticks being on my dogs. Thankfully, these were small ticks, and not yet “engorged” on blood (eww!) but that makes the hunt that much tougher. At least Lola has short hair and I can usually pet her and find the ticks. Our lab has a THICK coat of hair and it’s darn near impossible to find ticks on her.
I’m not going to use the tick collar our vet recommended last time. I didn’t like the thought of something that is a skin and eye irritant being on my dog. My kids and I pet the dogs all the time - I didn’t want something to hurt our skin either! And it rubbed a raw spot on my poor Lab’s neck. Not to mention, the tick collars from the vet cost $17 or so EACH! I have a feeling that my vet is charging me too much for our pet medications too - I know I could get them online for less and save myself a trip to the vet’s office. I was pretty happy with the Frontline for fleas and ticks that we tried…yup, just confirmed it - VetDepot.com has it for half of what we paid. Now I need to go about getting Bailey’s prescription meds there too!
