There are several tick species throughout the U.S., but two of the most common are deer ticks (blacklegged ticks) and wood ticks (most commonly American dog ticks), and while they might cover similar territory, they have the potential to carry and transmit different diseases.
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Ticks are especially bad around here this year for some reason. I've picked at least a half dozen off of me and I don't know how many off Legal Lucy and that asshole dog Jack, even after using flea and tick medicine on them. For some reason, they like Lucy hell of a lot more than that asshole dog Jack - last week I found a cluster of 5 right in front of one of her ears.
I've sprayed for ticks around the house but the dogs tend to range all over the property so that protects us but not them.
