Dog care, symptoms, health issues, and dog health advocacy from an owner's perspective. In loving memory of Jasmine.
Ticks are external parasites that attach to the skin of a dog and then proceed to feed off of the dog’s blood. Not only are ticks uncomfortable for the dog, but they can also carry a number of diseases that can be passed on to the dog. Some of these diseases can be deadly if not caught and treated early…
Can a tag prevent ticks from feasting on your dog? Maybe. Last time I talked about the conundrum ticks might have become for us. For the longest time, we found hardly any … until the fall when they seemed to have come out of the woodwork. Was that a reflection of things to come? While we’re still hoping that somehow that…
In Cookie’s wellness exam results report, I mentioned that ticks, which weren’t really ever a big problem for us, suddenly became one. Even more interestingly, the whole year we were doing fine until last December. Last December, out of the entire year, we suddenly started finding ticks on Cookie daily. It wasn’t really as cold as you’d expect for a…
It is well-known that ticks can harm your dog by the disease they carry. But can a tick bite itself hurt your dog? It might depend on where the tick attaches. It seemed to be the case with Sam whose foot became severely painful when a tick attached. Listening to your dog The only way to ever learn anything is…
The common way ticks pose a health risk to dogs is the transmission of diseases. Without timely diagnosis and treatment, some of these diseases can be life-threatening. Some of the common tick-borne diseases include: Lyme disease ehrlichiosis anaplasmosis babesiosis Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever In the modern world, an undiagnosed or untreated infection is rare and pretty much the only way…