Dog Tic's

yes its a real problem at certain times of year. The removal tools are excellent never try to remove one without a tool because if you leave the head in which is likely then infection is a big risk. Regular grooming yo keep an eye on all aspects of the dogs health and to get it used to being handled by handler or vet. My cocker has n issues with me doing anything to her because she has been grooned daily from a pup.

good luck

yes its a real problem at certain times of year. The removal tools are excellent never try to remove one without a tool because if you leave the head in which is likely then infection is a big risk. Regular grooming yo keep an eye on all aspects of the dogs health and to get it used to being handled by handler or vet. My cocker has n issues with me doing anything to her because she has been grooned daily from a pup.

good luck

   Funny you should mention Cocker, its all change next week I have my son's for a week whilst they are on holiday.

I pity you......

is it from working pedigree, how old ?

I pity you......

is it from working pedigree, how old ?

  Yes it's a working pedigree but just a pet now he's about  5/6 yrs . He's got a dog passport my son lived in Dubai for 18 months so he ent with them . My son is now going back to live in Dubai again ,so he will be going back there.

We seem to have been lucky ...only one tick in the last 5 years.  Many years ago, my FIL's dogs seemed to pick up a lot of ticks.  I'm not sure if there were removal tools in those days, but what he did was to numb the tick with alcohol, then he would just pull it off intact.  

When ours got a tick last year, we didn't have a removal tool, so tried his method.  The problem was, the only alcohol we had was some really good brandy.  It did work, but what a waste of good brandy  

I pity you......

is it from working pedigree, how old ?

  Yes it's a working pedigree but just a pet now he's about  5/6 yrs . He's got a dog passport my son lived in Dubai for 18 months so he ent with them . My son is now going back to live in Dubai again ,so he will be going back there.

Bet its still a mad begger though :)

I keep mine treated with spot on and also as spk Groom regularily as she gets everywhere when out walking and you cant be to careful  ( evem more time consuming as she is seriously long haired)

I am very lucky Jeff as my cocker is short haired and golden so the littel beggers are easy to spot which means you can remove before they really get buried in. My mates GS had to go to vets last week to have one removed from the side of her eye it was deeply buried in orrible little sods they are, as you know. I also use a liquid you put on back of neck but how effective they are I really dont know.

Some areas of the country, moors especially are hot spots for ticks, as we found out last year! We always keep our dog's flea treatment up to date, but unknown at the time to us, what we were using didn't kill ticks as well! After chat with vets, first we used to use frontline, then another, alternate. But the frontline wasn't as effective with fleas, been on the market a long time and evidence suggests that it isn't as effective any more on fleas. We now use Advantix, which prevents/ gets rid of both. Some ticks are a serious hazard, so if it is possible to prevent them, this is better. Good grooming, frequently, as spk recommends is best as well. North York Moors are very bad for ticks, hardly surprising given all the sheep and deer about!

We are in Germany at the moment but previous to that we were in Italy and Slovenia, those two countries were terrible for tics. Each and every night we inspected Cassie and always found at least one on her, despite the treatment given before we left home and during.

Found the 'fork' tool best and providing they weren't to small, a few turns and out they came followed by a dab of antiseptic cream. Took great delight in wrapping it in a tissue and whacking it with the peg hammer.

Austria and Germany, she has been clear.