Tick questions

mel.b

Where i used to live in Australia, we didn't get ticks, but as a new dog owner in Ireland i've just had my first encounter with one Cooper is always walked with a lead on and normally in paths, however yesterday evening we ended up doing a bit of bush bashing through some longish grass. I didn't think anything of it, however i've just home for lunch and discovered a tick in his food bowl it wasn't there this morning and his bowl is inside. Cooper is an Alaskan Malamute so he has thick fur and he also grooms himself much like a cat. Is it possible then that he has removed it himself or that it didn't attach properly due to his thick fur? What sorts of precautions should i be taking and how would i know (other than seeing one) that he has one?

As an aside, don't look at google images of 'ticks and dogs'...some of the images are pretty horific with the nimber of ticks on the dogs

cocker5

mel.b wrote: »

Where i used to live in Australia, we didn't get ticks, but as a new dog owner in Ireland i've just had my first encounter with one Cooper is always walked with a lead on and normally in paths, however yesterday evening we ended up doing a bit of bush bashing through some longish grass. I didn't think anything of it, however i've just home for lunch and discovered a tick in his food bowl it wasn't there this morning and his bowl is inside. Cooper is an Alaskan Malamute so he has thick fur and he also grooms himself much like a cat. Is it possible then that he has removed it himself or that it didn't attach properly due to his thick fur? What sorts of precautions should i be taking and how would i know (other than seeing one) that he has one?

As an aside, don't look at google images of 'ticks and dogs'...some of the images are pretty horific with the nimber of ticks on the dogs

http://www.frontline.com/Pages/default.aspx

you get get frontline from your VET, its the best for trying to keep ticks at bay.

was the tick, big , fat and round? if so its beacuse it has taken as much bood as it can fit inside...

or if it was a dark grey, probably means it was dead and thus it will fall off...

if it was a small ish size and not rounded means it probably didnt latch

:P

BeerWolf

Have your sadistic fun popping them. Absolutely HATE them...

mel.b

It looked like the 'Engorged american dog tick nymph' on this page... I could see little legs sticking out wiggling

http://lancaster.unl.edu/enviro/pest/tickphoto.htm

Will follow up on the frontline

cocker5

mel.b wrote: »

It looked like the 'Engorged american dog tick nymph' on this page... I could see little legs sticking out wiggling

http://lancaster.unl.edu/enviro/pest/tickphoto.htm

Will follow up on the frontline

was it rounded and fat? if so it means it fed as much as it wants from your dog... and thats why it fell off.

Frontline works very well

angeline

Try getting the Frontline Combo instead of ordinary Frontline. This eliminates fleas, ticks and biting lice. Also you can buy a tick removal kit quite cheaply which removes the whole tick once it has attached to the dog's body.