I can relate to this. My poor dog god bless her soul would collect ticks like a bandit in our backyard (not the Lyme ones). I enjoyed removing the little devils

I can relate to this. My poor dog god bless her soul would collect ticks like a bandit in our backyard (not the Lyme ones). I enjoyed removing the little devils off my beloved dog and clear her suffering (and, killing ticks, which is surprisingly hard). I also gave her regular antitick soap baths, but it was not super effective. Not one bit or attached to any member of our family. And, we had plenty of kids in the low teens around the house. In fact, it was so "OK" to see ticks, that none of the adults made a fuss about them - so we grew up never being paranoid about them - in contrast to most of my east coast friends with kids I have a hard time understanding how a tick bites a fully grown adult in summer weather. Of course if you are wrapped in massive layers of clothing and you can't see it coming at you, its something different. Protip: If you take your city dog abroad -particularly a tropical area outside of the country- make sure your dog is very well tick-protected. East/West coast dogs can't handle foreign tick diseases. They don't have built-in inmunities. It only takes 1 tick from a farm/field you visited to give a deadly disease to your best friend.