07/19/2026
Ticks are brutal in Western North Carolina this year , worst I've ever seen . . Just because you give your dog or cat really good to complete medicine, even they really expensive stuff, don't get it twisted.. these ticks are relentless. I've already picked off six of them this season off my dog. Sometimes they're already dead from the medicine I give, other times they're trying to burrow their way in. A little soapy water will suffocate them, and a paper towel and you can get them to come right off without hurting your dog. Lyme disease is bad in Western North Carolina.