Fighting Ticks<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\nWhile dealing with fleas can be frustrating enough, yet another external parasite that is ever hungry for your dog’s blood is the tick, a small round pest that has ample access to a dog as outdoorsy as the Samoyed. The two typically meet in wooded areas where the dog is hiking, backpacking, sledding, or partaking in any such fun activity it enjoys with its owner.<\/p>\n
It then returns home with an uninvited guest: a tick that has latched on and grows gradually more obese as it feasts on the dog’s blood.<\/p>\n
It is thus to your dog’s benefit to do a thorough examination of the animal as soon as you arrive home, your mission being to seek and destroy any unwanted souvenirs that may have hitched a ride.<\/p>\n
This is not an easy job, especially if the dog is in full coat, but ticks can carry such potentially serious illnesses as canine ehrlichiosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and Lyme disease, the latter of which is considered the most common tick-borne illness, resulting in arthritis-like joint pain, lameness, weakness, and fever. Ticks should not, therefore, be allowed to feast at will.<\/p>\n
If you do find a tick latched onto your Samoyed’s skin, grasp securely as much of its engorged body as you can with a pair of tweezers or between your thumb and forefinger, then slowly and smoothly pull the tick out. Apply antibiotic ointment to the site and watch for the next few weeks for signs of joint stiffness, apathy, weight loss, lethargy, or respiratory congestion that could indicate the onset of a tick borne illness.<\/p>\n
While the image of a round tick embedding its head into your Samoyed’s skin is hardly pleasant, the good news is that a sound flea-control program often targets the tick as well.<\/p>\n
Choose flea-control products with this dual-purpose action, remain true to that primary battle against the flea, and you may never even have to ponder the idea of waging war against the equally blood thirsty tick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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