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Feeling kind of ticky...
Oct 19, 2009 09:55 AM
This is Hagrid's time of the year. In the coolness of fall, our tri-color English Setter is finally called upon by my husband to do what he was born to do.
It is, of course, upland bird season. It's the time when Hagrid's nose connects with the scent of a grouse or woodcock, and, if my husband is lucky, his skillful shot brings down a bird... and Hagrid retrieves it our dinner.
This year, though, he has also inadvertently retrieved a bunch of other critters -- ticks. The woods and grasses are still apparently full of them.
I don't usually need to use Frontline on the dogs during the fall months, as I don't remember ever seeing a tick on them this time of year... and so poor Hagrid was subjected to a Pyrethrin dip last night. I hated the idea of putting the poison on him, but if it saves him or us from Lyme Disease, I guess it will have served it's purpose.
The worst of it for Hagrid is the smell... if the smell is horrid for us, I can only imagine how it must irritate his fabulous nose.
Have any of you had tick issues this autumn?
It is, of course, upland bird season. It's the time when Hagrid's nose connects with the scent of a grouse or woodcock, and, if my husband is lucky, his skillful shot brings down a bird... and Hagrid retrieves it our dinner.
This year, though, he has also inadvertently retrieved a bunch of other critters -- ticks. The woods and grasses are still apparently full of them.
I don't usually need to use Frontline on the dogs during the fall months, as I don't remember ever seeing a tick on them this time of year... and so poor Hagrid was subjected to a Pyrethrin dip last night. I hated the idea of putting the poison on him, but if it saves him or us from Lyme Disease, I guess it will have served it's purpose.
The worst of it for Hagrid is the smell... if the smell is horrid for us, I can only imagine how it must irritate his fabulous nose.
Have any of you had tick issues this autumn?
MannerlyMutt says,
Not yet, but in general, Jack, can find a tick in the coldest thickest snow of winter at degrees where you would think ticks would be too frozen to latch on. He is very very talented.
Oct 19, 2009 10:50 AM
MannerlyMutt says,
I this shot, by any chance, after the dip??? LOL, he looks sort of morose.
Oct 19, 2009 10:51 AM
ChessieMom says,
:0) Actually, this was from another time, but English Setters have that sort of droopy look about them when they relax. He looked sooooo pathetic after his dip. We have dog beds on either side of Steve's and my bed, and typically Casco sleeps on my side (unless she's snuggled up with my younger son on his bed) and Hagrid ALWAYS sleeps on Steve's side. Last night he curled up on the dog bed next to me instead. I think he was mad at Steve after his dip :0)
Oct 19, 2009 06:14 PM
Burton dog says,
My pups have been getting them plenty this fall! Def more this fall than other falls. I get a lot in the spring then they die down in the summer and will see a few return for the fall, but this fall they have been getting them way more than normal. I guess we just need colder weather even though it has been cold.
Oct 19, 2009 05:15 PM
Gooddogz says,
I just broke down and put Front line. I had hoped to wait until spring.
Oct 21, 2009 03:31 PM
babette says,
i keep using it until December. nikita got lyme disease in november, so i am paranoid. Still haven't replaced my key board -- no caps on the left hand side, after dumping liquid on it.
Oct 21, 2009 06:55 PM
MannerlyMutt says,
Apparently ticks also find me sweet LOL. Going to pass on Frontlining myself though LOL.
Oct 22, 2009 09:20 AM
MannerlyMutt says,
Apparently ticks also find me sweet LOL. Going to pass on Frontlining myself though LOL.
Oct 22, 2009 09:20 AM
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