Finding a tick on your dog is upsetting for a number of reasons. First, it can be upsetting, especially when the tick has been feeding for a while and is engorged like a bloodsucking raisin. More importantly,...
By Lynne Miller It’s easy to dismiss fleas. Unlike ticks, which are famous for causing Lyme disease in dogs and people, fleas don’t seem all that threatening. Mostly, we see the tiny bloodsuckers as a...
By Matt Soniak “For every one flea you see on a dog or cat, there’s nine more out in the environment that you’re not seeing,” says Dr. Craig Prior, medical director of the VCA Murphy Road Animal Hospital...
by David F. Kramer What Are Fleas? Fleas are a class of wingless insects from the order Siphonaptera; they are parasites that live exclusively by hematophagy, the consumption of blood from a host organism....
Wood Tick - Dermacentor variabilis The Wood tick, also known as the American dog tick or just plain dog tick, is a particularly worrisome species of tick that carries several diseases that are dangerous...
By David F. Kramer You don’t have to be a cat or dog aficionado to know just how different these two species are—the signs are all around us. While dogs are considered “man’s best friend” and have been...