About a month ago......I pulled off a tick about the size of a corn kernel from
my male Artie, he is 2 yrs. old. It was on the outside of his upper lip, in his whisker area. He probably got it from the "Dog Park" next door, during his morning walk, it was pretty gross! Considering I had to pull it off of him, he was seemed happy to get it out? He was throwing up and dragging for that morning, but he did feel better. He does get treated @ the Vets. for Ticks so I wasn't too worried, but I did feel weird about it all morning. I probably would have freaked out more if it were on ME? I hate creepy crawley things.
I understand how you feel
Good Luck, I heard during the Summer it's even worse!