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Agreed. I'm a hiker and spend a great deal of time in the woods. I do all of the above, plus check myself for ticks post-shower. I have only ever found one on me once and it was a bigger tick, not the tiny deer tick that causes Lyme disease. You're more likely to encounter bigger ticks vs. deer ticks.
Yeah, but what happens when your dog gets ticks? Ours comes in loaded with them sometimes. He tested positive for Lyme Disease a few years ago. There is a vaccine now for dogs but it's not that effective. I think that's what they gave our dog when we raced him in there with about 30 ticks on him.
He's been fine. Only thing, last year when they gave him the vaccine, he nearly died. He's so healthy now I'm afraid to let them give him another dose of that vaccine. BTW, they will always test positive once they've had the disease because the antibodies are still there.
To answer the initial question, it's relatively easy to protect a human. Most of us know enough to not crawl on the ground in deep grass and weeds or to be careful if wading in a marsh. We can check ourselves on the spot for ticks. Dogs though...
There are woods on my property, as well as adjacent properties. My big dark colored dogs spend a lot of time in the woods (plus they hike with me) and I would never be able to find a tick on them due to their dark thick fur. *knock on wood* The dogs have never had Lyme or ticks (that I've seen). I religiously apply K9 Advantix (topical) monthly/year round, so either that stuff works miracles or we have been ridiculously lucky.
There are woods on my property, as well as adjacent properties. My big dark colored dogs spend a lot of time in the woods (plus they hike with me) and I would never be able to find a tick on them due to their dark thick fur. *knock on wood* The dogs have never had Lyme or ticks (that I've seen). I religiously apply K9 Advantix (topical) monthly/year round, so either that stuff works miracles or we have been ridiculously lucky.
Thanks. We do use Advantix. I wonder if maybe we skipped it a few times when he came in covered with ticks.
Will have to check with dh because now I remember that someone gave us a hint--whether it was to use Advantix or use something else instead. We live near a salt marsh, good and bad.
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