Bodie, the Tick Hound

[tinknal]

My Jack Russel Terrier Bodie does something that I've never seen a dog do. He hunts and eats ticks. The only ones we ever find on him are in areas he can't reach with his teeth. He searches out and removes ticks from our other dog, and he alerts us to ticks on ourselves. If we pick a tick off and give it to him he eats it.

Anyone else have a tick hound?

[Annie in MN]

Yep. My Basset/Dachshund/Bluetick Coonhound? mix (she looks just like a bluetick but with 8 inch legs) does the same thing. She tries to chew them off the other dogs, but they won't let her. When I see her rooting around in their fur, I call her off and pick the tick off them myself. The other day, she was trying to chew off a little mole on my arm!

My sister's dog also does it.

[tinknal]

Originally Posted by Annie in MN

Yep. My Basset/Dachshund/Bluetick Coonhound? mix (she looks just like a bluetick but with 8 inch legs) does the same thing. She tries to chew them off the other dogs, but they won't let her. When I see her rooting around in their fur, I call her off and pick the tick off them myself. The other day, she was trying to chew off a little mole on my arm!

My sister's dog also does it.

Must be a Minnesota thing................

[nehimama]

Might be a Missouri thing, too. My little JackRat does the same. Huh! Never heard of a "tickhound" before, but I guess I got one of those!

[EDDIE BUCK]

Same for NC,Lizzie Girl loved to eat ticks.

[tinknal]

Originally Posted by EDDIE BUCK

Same for NC,Lizzie Girl loved to eat ticks.

Maybe it's a "Terrier" thing....

[mekasmom]

Ticks should never be on dogs. Have you tried Frontline plus or advantix? They both prevent ticks from ever attaching on dogs at all. If your dog has any ticks that attach, then you have a risk of lyme disease. I use either Advantix or Frontline Plus at least once a month. In heavy flea/tick weather I put one on at the beginning of the month and the other one on in the middle of the month. I have numerous dogs, and they never have ticks. I haven't seen a tick on any of the dogs in years and years, even in heavy tick seasons. It's not that expensive to protect them.
If anyone is having tick issues, you should ask your vet about products to stop them. You can get the name of the product from your vet, but just buy a larger tube to treat multiple dogs or to use for more than one month to save money. I order mine online from Jeffers because it is cheaper.

[tinknal]

Originally Posted by mekasmom

Ticks should never be on dogs. Have you tried Frontline plus or advantix? They both prevent ticks from ever attaching on dogs at all. If your dog has any ticks that attach, then you have a risk of lyme disease. I use either Advantix or Frontline Plus at least once a month. In heavy flea/tick weather I put one on at the beginning of the month and the other one on in the middle of the month. I have numerous dogs, and they never have ticks. I haven't seen a tick on any of the dogs in years and years, even in heavy tick seasons. It's not that expensive to protect them.
If anyone is having tick issues, you should ask your vet about products to stop them. You can get the name of the product from your vet, but just buy a larger tube to treat multiple dogs or to use for more than one month to save money. I order mine online from Jeffers because it is cheaper.

Not a big fan of slathering poison on my dogs, and by contact with the dogs on myself.

[Patt]

I love terriers! Crazy little dogs and you never know what they will do but bright too.

[Mama~Bear]

I had to buy special collars from the vet to repel ticks when when take the dogs into the deer woods.

Sally, our blue heeler, will hunt down a tick if it is on her or one of the other "girls". Ticks have been bad this year.