My Gavin (Cavalier) used to get a lot of ticks. His brother (Callum) never got one, even 'tho the went everywhere together. They were easy to spot on the Cavs because, although it is long, their fur is not dense. Tatze's fur is so dense when I scratch her my fingers never really touch skin, just more fur! How do you find ticks in such fur?
Re: How do you find ticks on a lab? You'll find them - just work your way from back to front, kind of 'rustling' your fingers through the fur.
Re: How do you find ticks on a lab? Sophie is our tick spotter. I think its just about being tactile and noticing little bumps under the fur.
Re: How do you find ticks on a lab? I usually notice because his fur isn't lying right. They create little bumps even when they're quite small. You get the hang of it
Re: How do you find ticks on a lab? They are surprisingly easy to find, puzzle had her first one today, under her chin. They are very well camouflaged on fox red labs
Re: How do you find ticks on a lab? They are very easy to spot on Black dogs. Ticks are horrible and make my skin crawl
Re: How do you find ticks on a lab? I spotted Buddy's first tick today- on his ear and was pleased that I'd read advice on the forum about the Tom O Twister tool (and ordered one from Amazon!) as it was really easy to remove. I've searched for more but not found any, so hopefully the Frontline I've just applied will help. I hate them too!
Re: How do you find ticks on a lab? my youngest daughter finds them. she's an 11 year old tick spotter! we got one out tonight with a tick twister thing. fantastic invention.
Re: How do you find ticks on a lab? We don't have a massive problem here but they are here September time.....yuck,yuck,yuck!i only ever found ones on Dexter crawling about ,nothing hooked in.....I'm too scared to not get it all,if it had latched onto him I'd be straight to the vet :-[
