What type of tick?
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polarisrider1
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Those thar are crabs!
That is a common wood tick. The fancy name is the American Dog Tick (Dermacentor variabilis). I never remember having any in the Keweenaw when I was a kid but the last couple of yrs have been horrible. I literally took 10-20 off the dog and we each had one or two on us in the family. gross..... They swell up and look like ugly grapes when full of blood.
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m8(less)man
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cardinal43
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Argh, nasty. Thanks M8man for the ID.
I am a new dog owner, so the gross thing is, I felt that thing for a day or so and thought it was a mole on the dog. It wasn't until my fiance and I looked at it together that we confirmed it was a tick. Live and learn.
Now I just need to watch the dog for a few months to make sure he isn't sick. Never a dull moment with a puppy around I guess.
I am a new dog owner, so the gross thing is, I felt that thing for a day or so and thought it was a mole on the dog. It wasn't until my fiance and I looked at it together that we confirmed it was a tick. Live and learn.
Now I just need to watch the dog for a few months to make sure he isn't sick. Never a dull moment with a puppy around I guess.
KnappAttackAC
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I'm not sure but it looks like it hasn't even really drawn blood. They get really big when they have. As for the dog, I would go to vet and ask for a shot of something for Ticks. They should know what to do. I've had quite a few ticks on my dog as well and he's doing good.
LoveMyDobe
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Start your dog on Frontline NOW!!!! You don't need a prescription, but I'd advice you buy it from your vet. Don't be cheap and buy from ebay, Walmart or Farm Store. Frontline wouldn't back you up if it's not from a vet. It works wonders. You will find dead ticks on the floor, that's a good thing! We have had ticks here for a couple weeks now. I swear they fall out of the sky!
anonomoose
New member
Save the tick and send it to your local health department for analysis. Though few do this for dogs bitten by them, you should definitely do that with humans bit by ticks.
There is a pile of diseases that you can contract from tick bites.
And yes ticks are spreading fast...areas that didn't have them before have them now. The Kew...and Wisc...has lots of them, and is a central source, particularly for deer ticks which carry lymes disease.
Buy and use the tick preventative front line II...and it is all the same stuff so wherever you get it the cheapest will work just fine.
Make sure you spray pantlegs with deet spray when walking in the woods, and remember that ticks can stay on clothing for days and finally find pay dirt so take clothing off in an area of the house where these blood suckers aren't likely to find the kids cloths and or your pets.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tick-borne_disease
Learn how to properly take a tick off too....
http://www.cdc.gov/ticks/diseases/
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/ticks/article_em.htm
Indentify what type it is.....
http://www.lymenet.org/pictures.shtml
About Lymes disease....
http://www.aldf.com/lyme.shtml
Map showing wide spread tick outbreaks....
http://www.aldf.com/usmap.shtml
There is a pile of diseases that you can contract from tick bites.
And yes ticks are spreading fast...areas that didn't have them before have them now. The Kew...and Wisc...has lots of them, and is a central source, particularly for deer ticks which carry lymes disease.
Buy and use the tick preventative front line II...and it is all the same stuff so wherever you get it the cheapest will work just fine.
Make sure you spray pantlegs with deet spray when walking in the woods, and remember that ticks can stay on clothing for days and finally find pay dirt so take clothing off in an area of the house where these blood suckers aren't likely to find the kids cloths and or your pets.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tick-borne_disease
Learn how to properly take a tick off too....
http://www.cdc.gov/ticks/diseases/
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/ticks/article_em.htm
Indentify what type it is.....
http://www.lymenet.org/pictures.shtml
About Lymes disease....
http://www.aldf.com/lyme.shtml
Map showing wide spread tick outbreaks....
http://www.aldf.com/usmap.shtml
bearrassler
Well-known member
I agree you should start the dog on frontline, also if you have any deer ticks in the area you should get the dog vacinated for lyme disease and other tick born diseases. Two of our dogs have had lyme disease and two have had anaplasmosis (I am not sure on the spelling). They can be fatal in dogs if not treated.
A tick tale
OK, so about 30 years ago (wow, long time) I had a birthday party for my wife, would've been her 28th. We were living in Vadnais Heights at the time. My wife always wanted a dog, and I had given her a puppy from the Mpls Humane Society about 9 months earlier. Odd dog, half Springer, half Whippet. Fastest animal I have ever seen.
So anyway, my neighbor is a Schmidt beer salesman, he brings a keg and a kegerator for the party. I invite a bunch of people, including a bunch of fraternity brothers she hasn't seen in years. Good party, no, great party. Of course, I have been drinking with my fraternity brothers whom I also haven't seen for a long time, and no one, including me, is feeling any pain.
Our house had a private bath off the master, it was one of those classic Minnesota suburban early 80's split entry houses, bedroom in the front, living room in the back. Anyway, I gotta pee, so I stumble into the bathroom, and when I come out my wife has her new dog (the fastest animal on earth) and says "Honey, there's something wrong with the dog." So I take a look, and there, on her neck, right below her ear, is a big tick, well into her skin by now.
So, somehow I remember that putting alcohol on a tick will get it to back out, so I poured rubbing alcohol on the dog, really soaking her fur. If you ever thought of doing this, it doesn't work, and now I have an alcohol soaked dog, with a tick.
Time for plan B. Did I mention that part about the excessive beer consumption? Well, plan B was not well thought out. Thirty years ago I was still smoking, and I remembered that a match will get the tick to back out. So, I take the BIC lighter out of my pocket, turn the flame up, and hold it down by the tick.
Remember the part about the alcohol soaked fur? FOOOOM! the dog goes up in a big blue flame ball, oddly enough doesn't yell. My wife, however, does, and now it's time to implement Plan C, also not well thought out. I decide to beat the flames out by beating on the poor dog, who has done nothing wrong. Now, the dog (fastest animal in the world) takes off on a tear yelping like crazy, running down the hall smoking, out the door, past the now surprised drunks, and across the street into the field.
My wife makes me go look for the now burnt and battered dog, so I am now stumbling in this wetlands, drunk, at night, looking for a dog who really has no desire to ever see me again. I finally found her and got her back home.
The dog lived another 17 years, but oddly enough, always kept about a half a step away from me.
Oh yeah, I got the tick!
OK, so about 30 years ago (wow, long time) I had a birthday party for my wife, would've been her 28th. We were living in Vadnais Heights at the time. My wife always wanted a dog, and I had given her a puppy from the Mpls Humane Society about 9 months earlier. Odd dog, half Springer, half Whippet. Fastest animal I have ever seen.
So anyway, my neighbor is a Schmidt beer salesman, he brings a keg and a kegerator for the party. I invite a bunch of people, including a bunch of fraternity brothers she hasn't seen in years. Good party, no, great party. Of course, I have been drinking with my fraternity brothers whom I also haven't seen for a long time, and no one, including me, is feeling any pain.
Our house had a private bath off the master, it was one of those classic Minnesota suburban early 80's split entry houses, bedroom in the front, living room in the back. Anyway, I gotta pee, so I stumble into the bathroom, and when I come out my wife has her new dog (the fastest animal on earth) and says "Honey, there's something wrong with the dog." So I take a look, and there, on her neck, right below her ear, is a big tick, well into her skin by now.
So, somehow I remember that putting alcohol on a tick will get it to back out, so I poured rubbing alcohol on the dog, really soaking her fur. If you ever thought of doing this, it doesn't work, and now I have an alcohol soaked dog, with a tick.
Time for plan B. Did I mention that part about the excessive beer consumption? Well, plan B was not well thought out. Thirty years ago I was still smoking, and I remembered that a match will get the tick to back out. So, I take the BIC lighter out of my pocket, turn the flame up, and hold it down by the tick.
Remember the part about the alcohol soaked fur? FOOOOM! the dog goes up in a big blue flame ball, oddly enough doesn't yell. My wife, however, does, and now it's time to implement Plan C, also not well thought out. I decide to beat the flames out by beating on the poor dog, who has done nothing wrong. Now, the dog (fastest animal in the world) takes off on a tear yelping like crazy, running down the hall smoking, out the door, past the now surprised drunks, and across the street into the field.
My wife makes me go look for the now burnt and battered dog, so I am now stumbling in this wetlands, drunk, at night, looking for a dog who really has no desire to ever see me again. I finally found her and got her back home.
The dog lived another 17 years, but oddly enough, always kept about a half a step away from me.
Oh yeah, I got the tick!
anonomoose
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DC...I used to hold you in somewhat high regard.....sadly, your rating has diminished to zero.
cardinal43
Member
Craziness DCSnomo!!!!
OK, so I'm going to my vet on Monday to get Frontline II for Larry. It sounds like there are many responsible people using it and that it is safe. Funny thing is, I was speaking to a local dog owner in the neighborhood about a week ago and he had me scared to death about flea and tick treatments. This guy told me "Revolution would kill your 10 lb dog" (which my vet gave me a sample of, along with a glowing recommendation).
This had me scared about any sort of treatment like that, but now that I have already had a tick I don't feel it is worth the risk to have him untreated. It sounds like Frontline II is safe? My dog is a 10 lb terrier, about 7 months old.
OK, so I'm going to my vet on Monday to get Frontline II for Larry. It sounds like there are many responsible people using it and that it is safe. Funny thing is, I was speaking to a local dog owner in the neighborhood about a week ago and he had me scared to death about flea and tick treatments. This guy told me "Revolution would kill your 10 lb dog" (which my vet gave me a sample of, along with a glowing recommendation).
This had me scared about any sort of treatment like that, but now that I have already had a tick I don't feel it is worth the risk to have him untreated. It sounds like Frontline II is safe? My dog is a 10 lb terrier, about 7 months old.
cardinal43
Member
Anonomoose - great links... I've been reading through them and they are very informative. THANKS!
LoveMyDobe
Active member
Hey trust your vet! Don't listen to all the others.
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First time we found one on the dog, he was a pup. We found a vet, she grabbed a plastic fork, pulled the tick off with her fingers between the tine's of the fork. Used the fork so she wouldn't pull he skin to hard. Said he'll be fine and didn't charge us anything. Felt kinda foolish.
Dog does get frontline and then he is fine, 20 lb dog.
Now that are regulars up in tick land - Between now and late june ticks are a daily ocurrance. Check often and get them off. For people - only time we worry is if we don't find it the same day. Then watch for a rash or ring around the spot, then it's time to see the Doc.
Dog does get frontline and then he is fine, 20 lb dog.
Now that are regulars up in tick land - Between now and late june ticks are a daily ocurrance. Check often and get them off. For people - only time we worry is if we don't find it the same day. Then watch for a rash or ring around the spot, then it's time to see the Doc.
The alcohol or Smoke (not flame) only work if you just found them and they haven't really wrabbed well yet.
Other facts I've been told by my Doc....
And when pulling them off - grab as close to skin as possible. Don't squeeze the body causing it to puke whatever it has back into you before you get it off of you. Then just check to see if it left it's head or other parts behind.
Other facts I've been told by my Doc....
And when pulling them off - grab as close to skin as possible. Don't squeeze the body causing it to puke whatever it has back into you before you get it off of you. Then just check to see if it left it's head or other parts behind.
Frontline has different dosage levels based on the weight of your dog. Our lab is 80#, our vet has him on a slightly higher dosage because we live on a lake and he is constantly in the water. Usual application is every 4 weeks. Per our Vet, we apply every 3 weeks because he is spends so much time in the water.
700classic
New member
OK, I blame everyone here because you all started talking about Ticks. I delivered a piece of equipment to the Higgins Lake area today and when I got to the sand pit to drop it off I just happen to scratch my head. What the h%$l, thought I had a chunk of dirt in my hair from when I loaded the equipment. NNNNOOOOOOOO, it was a tick! The only thing I can think of was the only place I stooped was the rest area south of Houghton Lake on 27. They were mowing lawn, dust,leaves and everything else was getting kicked up in to the air. The little bugger wasn't burrowed in yet, just in my hair (probably couldn't get thru the hard crust of product) Gives me the willys just thinking about it again.
X2. My Doberman and my shi-tzu get theirs every month from April till October. Heartworm every month all year.
LoveMyDobe
Active member
Oh ya, and also the Heartworm pill too. Not real sure on the lyme shot thing for older dogs. As my No 1 vet has told me, after a certain age, no need to. It builds up in their system.......but that's a whole new topic
Hug your Dobe for me, I lost mine in March...waiting to rescue another!!