I got an interesting email recently from Ashley about protecting your pets from ticks. We live in the mountains, so it was good information for us, but ticks live in a lot of other places too!

As a fellow pet owner, I wanted to let you know about a growing issue that affects the health of your pets and your family. In these cold winter months, pet owners like us are taking comfort (and warmth) in snuggling up with our closest companions. But there’s something important to consider before we let our dogs too close, and it’s this: are our dogs tick free? Of course ticks are a nuisance — I mean, who of us would want them in our beds? But the problem is even greater now for two reasons: 1) there are a growing number of ticks in this country; which translates into 2) a growing threat of the diseases associated with them.

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