Hey there.
I need some serious help in terms of getting rid of these tick problems, let me just clarify a few things before I explain the problem at hand.
I've had my Dog, Buddy, for about 3 years now and about 1 or 2 years ago, I had noticed a large lump on his elbow, so I did some research and found out it was an engorged deer tick. I removed the little sucker right away and I generally stopped seeing any ticks on him at all, with this exception of a the occasional tick after later months. Upon noticing each tick, I would take him to the vet to check how he's feeling and he's never shown any signs of disease or such.
Now recently, I've been experiencing a very big problem with ticks. About 3 weeks max. I noticed about 8 ticks on his body, this seemed very worrying for me and I frankly felt mortified at the fact that I had noticed all of these ticks whilst indoors.
My dog is indoors practically the entire day and he sleeps outside in a small doghouse we built for him. Now I had started to notice many loose ticks in his coat. They would become especially visible once he would lie down and start sleeping for a long time, I'd see something very dark moving through his coat and pick it off.
I had also started to notice a few ticks on the floor close to where he sleeps in the house. Weeks had passed and I have noticed ticks in our rooms. Today for example, my sister complained of a tick crawling on her arm whilst she was lying down on her bed. I grabbed my flashlight and found a tiny tick in the corner behind the closet.
So I've continued to do research and have been removing the ticks on my dog without breaking off their heads, they are perfectly alive once I do this. I took him to the vet recently and he had applied some Frontline on the back of my dogs neck. The vet claimed this would prevent any ticks on the dog for a period of one month. If this is so, then how come I can still notice the occasional tick on his body?
I'm really scared at the moment, for my family, myself and my dog of course. I'd like to get some advice on how to handle this problem and prevent it.
For the record, I do not grow grass in my garden at all. The only area which I would consider being the cause of ticks on my dog is the park, where I walk him daily.
Much help would be appreciated.
I need some serious help in terms of getting rid of these tick problems, let me just clarify a few things before I explain the problem at hand.
I've had my Dog, Buddy, for about 3 years now and about 1 or 2 years ago, I had noticed a large lump on his elbow, so I did some research and found out it was an engorged deer tick. I removed the little sucker right away and I generally stopped seeing any ticks on him at all, with this exception of a the occasional tick after later months. Upon noticing each tick, I would take him to the vet to check how he's feeling and he's never shown any signs of disease or such.
Now recently, I've been experiencing a very big problem with ticks. About 3 weeks max. I noticed about 8 ticks on his body, this seemed very worrying for me and I frankly felt mortified at the fact that I had noticed all of these ticks whilst indoors.
My dog is indoors practically the entire day and he sleeps outside in a small doghouse we built for him. Now I had started to notice many loose ticks in his coat. They would become especially visible once he would lie down and start sleeping for a long time, I'd see something very dark moving through his coat and pick it off.
I had also started to notice a few ticks on the floor close to where he sleeps in the house. Weeks had passed and I have noticed ticks in our rooms. Today for example, my sister complained of a tick crawling on her arm whilst she was lying down on her bed. I grabbed my flashlight and found a tiny tick in the corner behind the closet.
So I've continued to do research and have been removing the ticks on my dog without breaking off their heads, they are perfectly alive once I do this. I took him to the vet recently and he had applied some Frontline on the back of my dogs neck. The vet claimed this would prevent any ticks on the dog for a period of one month. If this is so, then how come I can still notice the occasional tick on his body?
I'm really scared at the moment, for my family, myself and my dog of course. I'd like to get some advice on how to handle this problem and prevent it.
For the record, I do not grow grass in my garden at all. The only area which I would consider being the cause of ticks on my dog is the park, where I walk him daily.
Much help would be appreciated.
