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What a useful dog! Can you hire him out? Maybe at the gate at the dog park, as people are leaving, charge them a few bucks to sniff out their ticks.
I did see a tv show about a beagle who sniffed out termites. Every time he put his paw on the wall, he got a cookie. That dog really knew how to work the system.
Hey I never thought of that, he could earn his kibble. But sometimes he sniffs for quite a while before he finds one, so the other dogs would have to be as passive about the whole thing as Lilly is, she'll just roll over and let the snuffling begin.
I also saw a show on someone who trained a dog to find mold in people's houses.
Lyme Disease is a concern in WI, thanks to people who thoughtfully(?) exported surplus deer from Vermont (according to my bro in River Falls). The deer ticks that carry it are smaller than wood ticks. Hard to find until they're gorged with blood.
I put Advantix on Al a month ago, at the bottom end of the dosage range, the Friday night before we headed out to tick country (east side of Cascade Mts. in WA state). I think it's generally effective, but I was surprised to find a tick on him next Tuesday. Perhaps it's more effective after a couple days' time to spread around, but this was quite close to an application point.
The bite was surrounded by a swelling wide as a quarter and thick as two nickels. Al never flinched when I dug the head out -- ticks exude a neurotoxin to numb the area and avoid detection -- this may be the cause of tick paralysis, which is promptly relieved by tick removal.
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