[Dailydrool] ticks and a fond memory

[Lisa Turnquist]

I was so bummed to read that liquid soap trick does not work. Thanks for
posting the snopes.com info.  

My favorite tick story has to do with a very sweet basset girl that I picked
up for rescue.  Basically her owner was just tired of her and had left her
and another dog outside for a long time.  He said when the other dog was
given away Jenny got really mopey and he decided to give her away too.  We
got her after trying for weeks to get through to the phone number on the
"free to a good home" ad.  Jenny was the saddest dog I had seen for a while.
She had not been abused, just ignored, yet for an affectionate basset, that
is abuse.  We got her home and started to check her out.  My husband and I
are squeamish city folk and we were dismayed to find Jenny covered in ticks.
So the assembly line began.  One by one I plucked the ticks off with a
tweezers, placed them in a glass jar and handed them to my husband who
carried them over to the sink and individually burned each one.  We lost
count at about 25 ticks.  Next little Jenny went off to the bathtub where
after several rounds of later with anti-flea shampoo she emerged several
shapes lighter.  Later at the vet, I remember anxiously waiting for her
blood work and we were so relieved to hear that she did not have heartworm
or any tick diseases.  She did have a mild heart murmur.

 

I have many fond memories of Jenny.  We tracked her original breeder with
the help of Leslie of Montana rescue but the decision was made to adopt her
through our rescue since the breeder was now many states away.  Miss Jenny
was quickly adopted and is now being properly pampered and loved as the
little princess she was meant to be. It is a very happy ending.

 

Lisa and the MN Woofers

Ella Marie, Sidney and Hank

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