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Anonymous wrote:We try to tic check before the dog comes in but still find 1 or 2 tics climbing on us a week.

Tic check before bed.

You find one to two ticks on members of your family every week!!!! Where do you live?

They are everywhere in DC metro area wherever the deer can wonder at night. Ticks get a free ride on deer and so they are literarily everywhere. Wherever is grass, you can expect the ticks.

Home Made Tick Repellent- so cheap and SO EASY!

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When walking a dog you should stay far away from grass, stay on the sidewalk or the road. As to dog,
make a habit of inspecting dog after every walk. They ticks can be found even in November until the really heavy colds get them. They are not afraid of just any colder day.

Knowing how the ticks get on you can help you to prevent them from getting on you in the first place.

How Do Ticks Get on You?
https://www.thoughtco.com/how-ticks-get-on-you-4177207

Anonymous wrote:We try to tic check before the dog comes in but still find 1 or 2 tics climbing on us a week.

Tic check before bed.

You find one to two ticks on members of your family every week!!!! Where do you live?

Lyme is serious for both animals and humans. Pets generally recover with antibiotics. Many humans unfortunately continue to suffer after antibiotics.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you not using e.g. Nexgard or Frontline?

Will these prevent ticks from coming in on your dog? How can I be sure that a dog won’t bring ticks in? We live in a rural area in CT and are thinking about getting dogs but (obviously) there are a lot of ticks around here.

Yes. That is their purpose.

You live in rural Connecticut and don’t use tick prevention? Seriously?

As I said, we are thinking about getting dogs, and so are asking these questions.

If you live in a place with ticks and Lyme disease, you need to use flea and tick prevention monthly. Nexgard works.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you not using e.g. Nexgard or Frontline?

Will these prevent ticks from coming in on your dog? How can I be sure that a dog won’t bring ticks in? We live in a rural area in CT and are thinking about getting dogs but (obviously) there are a lot of ticks around here.

Yes. That is their purpose.

You live in rural Connecticut and don’t use tick prevention? Seriously?

As I said, we are thinking about getting dogs, and so are asking these questions.

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Of course we use Frontline but it’s not a magic bullet. To the PP who asked, no hikes in the woods, just regular walks in the neighborhood. We live in the suburbs.

Nexgard is better than Frontline.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you not using e.g. Nexgard or Frontline?

Will these prevent ticks from coming in on your dog? How can I be sure that a dog won’t bring ticks in? We live in a rural area in CT and are thinking about getting dogs but (obviously) there are a lot of ticks around here.

Yes. That is their purpose.

You live in rural Connecticut and don’t use tick prevention? Seriously?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You’re letting an animal walk in and out of your house. I’m not sure what you expected. If not ticks you can see, it’s plenty of things that you can’t see.

Children can bring in ticks too. Anyone can.

Dogs are running much deeper into woods and high grasses then children do, and rolling around, and on a daily basis. It’s not quite the same.

Not on a leash they’re not. And you must not have elementary aged kids yet if you think kids aren’t running and playing the same way puppies do outside.

We try to tic check before the dog comes in but still find 1 or 2 tics climbing on us a week.

Tic check before bed.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You’re letting an animal walk in and out of your house. I’m not sure what you expected. If not ticks you can see, it’s plenty of things that you can’t see.

Children can bring in ticks too. Anyone can.

Dogs are running much deeper into woods and high grasses then children do, and rolling around, and on a daily basis. It’s not quite the same.

Anonymous wrote:You’re letting an animal walk in and out of your house. I’m not sure what you expected. If not ticks you can see, it’s plenty of things that you can’t see.

Children can bring in ticks too. Anyone can.

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Anonymous wrote:Fortunately, ticks will not infest your home the way fleas will. You really should put a preventative on your dog, though. Lyme disease is no joke.

For a person, Lyme disease is no joke. For most dogs though, it's NBD.

This is just not true, as per my vet.

Replying to myself. I realize this is only personal experience but I know several dogs who have almost died from effects of Lyme. One had no reaction to the main antibiotic used to treat it. Lyme is no joke for people or dogs.