[PiePiper]

I live in Connecticut where ticks are the norm. We live a couple towns away from Lyme where The tick related Lyme Disease got its name. Even though my Piper is on a tick preventive she will still get ticks they just don't really attach and feed. The only tick I worry about is the teeny deer tick because it carries the Lyme Disease. Most of the ticks are just the dog ticks which can leave a nasty little sore if it was attached too long. I usually remove the tick with tweezers and then clean the area with hydrogen perioxide then dap on some neosporin. Sometimes the bite will leave a bump and it will take weeks for it to go away. If I remove a deer tick I really watch for symptoms, fever, pain, limping. Everybody in my family has had Lyme Disease at least once. My first yorkie had it twice even though he had the shot. Piper is 8 months old and she hasn't had it.