[MomwithHope]

West Michigan - the mosquitoes are still really bad. Found a tick for the first time on my 10 year old maltese mix about 3 weeks ago. We keep his hair super short plus it’s thin as he is 1/4 yorkie. It was up at the base of his neck an easily felt spot and when I discovered it, it had already swollen to the size of a raisin. Smashed the cr@p out of that little bugger and my dog had an open sore from the head of the tick about 1cm in diameter. Kept it doused with peroxide. We live on 10 acres of dense woods and in 10 years this is the first one he has had.

[Ditter]

We live in a wooded neighborhood in Houston and I found a tick on one of my dogs over a month ago. We had a serious tick outbreak on the dogs about 3 or 4 years ago but none on the humans. I don't know if Lyme has been found in our area yet. I hope not. I use Frontline on the dogs.