Summer means time to break out flea and tick control for your dog. The chance to spend quality time with your dog outdoors is a great experience. But you have to beware of blood sucking fleas and ticks.
Everyone is well aware of the irritation that fleas can cause our dogs, as well as pesky mosquitoes spreading heartworm disease. But another problem parasite that can cause lots of problems for your dog is the tick.
In the United States, there are less than a dozen species of ticks to deal with, but all of these ticks can harbor a variety of serious diseases, such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever and Lyme disease and anaplasmosis.
Adult ticks will climb to the top of a blade of grass or the edge of a leaf lying on the ground and wait for their potential host. When they sense movement, ticks can climb on to your dog.
Once on your dog, the tick will begin feeding. The tick’s mouthparts are designed to make removal difficult. Ticks can feed on 200 to 600 times their body weight in blood and may take several days to finish eating. It is during this blood meal that ticks can spread a number of diseases to their host.
The best way to prevent fleas and ticks from bugging you dog is to start a flea and tick control regimen early (year-round in the south). Fleas and ticks are much easier to prevent than to get rid of once they’ve gotten on your dog.
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