by Anura Guruge
on April 3, 2022
Last week (left) & just yesterday, in the lake which still has some ice.
Yes, she was out for 2-hours this morning with me, off leash, way out in the woods on one of our ‘private’, secret trails.
It was cold both today & yesterday mornings, 32F yesterday & 36F today. So, it didn’t even occur to me that ticks would already be active.
So, a heads up. Be on the lookout for ticks.
My 15-year old daughter, whose dog Rowen is (though I do all the walking, feeding & 90% of the treats), spotted the tick, over her right eye, late in the afternoon.
She had also spent some time in her pen that runs the length of the house. The ground there would have been warmer given that 35% of the pen is under a covered deck.
Once I managed to hold her still getting the tick off was easy enough. It was NOT attached. It even looked pretty lifeless.
She does take ‘Simparica TRIO‘. We found it to be much more effective than ‘Frontline‘ etc.
I just checked where we stood last year. This post was from April 25, 2021. Last year was bad. April 25 would have been three weeks hence. So, I guess we still have plenty of time for the ticks to become active.
