Ticks!

[a_real_hermit]

I took a walk with Sadie this morning in a conservation area I've visited a few times before. The trail was narrow but well maintained. The walk lasted an hour and a half, max. During the walk, I picked about two dozen ticks out of Sadie's hair. I picked off another half dozen in the car on the way home. Once home, I picked a dozen out with

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[dazed_girl]

Yikes. Ticks are really scary.

[hurricanecarol]

That's a lot of ticks! You might want to google "garlic" and "ticks". We don't have that much of a problem here...fleas are a bigger issue...but I've heard that garlic does ward off the little buggers.