Another Round of Ticks for Hunter

They're back.....they seem to have been hatched after our recent rain storm. This is the size of the ones we were removing last month. We removed a couple dozen from Hunter last night and found a couple dozen more on his bed. At least they are easy to pull off of Hunter.

Hunter has had quite the summer. We had to take him to the vet for his annual parvo/distemper/bortadella shots. The bortadella vaccine down here is drops that the vet inserts into the dog's nose. Of course Hunter was going to have nothing to do with this even after we put a muzzle on him and covered his eyes. It was then suggested that we try to insert the liquid into his mouth. After all the attempts at his nose.....nope, he wasn't going to have anything to do with this either. Kennel cough isn't real prevalent down here and there is treatment if a dog gets it so we'll hope for the best.

Hunter is also suffering from some type of heat rash; bumps under his legs near his armpits. These went away when we were in the cooler mountain terrain last week. They don't seem to bother him too much and we have cream to apply to the area if it does start to bother him.

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  1. UnknownAugust 3, 2009 at 1:08 PM

    you guys rock n rollin with all the quakes today? hope the new place is all gooood! have a drink and take care.

    bob

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