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[quote=Anonymous]Calling out to the dog people!

We have three dogs and this year especially we're having a huge issue with ticks.

The two smaller (and older) dogs usually "only" bring home a tick or two every month, which isn't that weird. But the youngest who's also the largest is FULL of ticks. He carries at least three ticks home every day!

What makes us wonder most though is not how many there are - we're fully aware that the youngest likes to run in high grass and is very susceptible to the parasites - but how many of them go unnoticed!

We do a full tick check every morning, evening and after each walk and we also wash and disinfect their rugs and pillows frequently. The dogs are also trimmed, so despite the dark fur it shouldn't be that hard to detect smaller ticks. However it happens more often than not that the ticks are already completely bloated and falling off by the time we find them! No matter how thorough we check (which is very thorough, we check ALL the hiding spots), we're sure there are no ticks on their bodies and from one moment to the next completely full ones fall off them.

So our question is: shouldn't we be able to spot the ticks before they get that big? Is it really possible for them to grow in a matter of a few hours tops?!

Somebody please enlighten us on how the life cycle of these annoying little parasites works so that we can get an idea of how to notice them in advance and what we're doing wrong for them to actually have a chance to get that large!

Thanks!!! We really appreciate any and all insight![/quote]

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