I think all groomers around here do require vaccines....
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Is it painful in the sense like you stubbed your toe?...
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Yes, heartworm prevention is necessary. They've detected heartworm in every state in the U.S....
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If your dog spends a lot of time outdoors by water sources, such as rivers, ponds, lakes, things like that versus desert areas, that could increase...
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The best thing to do is keep them on a year-round oral or topical prevention from your veterinarian.
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There are a lot. I'll just go through some of the most common ones....
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We find ticks on dogs just the same way you guys do. Many times, we're looking for the tick themselves....
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Definitely—mostly the ticks; depending on which tick it is and where you live, you will see Lyme ticks even in January, even in the snow....
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No, they're not painful for your pet, but what might be more painful are some of the secondary things we see from fleas and ticks like skin infecti...
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There's a difference between pink eye and cherry eye....
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It depends on the product you are using....
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That's a tricky one to answer because there are so many medical conditions that can happen to a dog....
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Not at all. I have a chocolate lab myself, and whenever I give him his flea and tick preventative, he thinks it's the best treat ever.
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Just like in humans, you need to have them be up and active to keep everything going....
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They can, especially here in Kentucky—it's not like Alaska, where it gets super cold, so we see fleas and ticks all year round.
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Yes, there is such a thing as a dog that’s bathing too often. It's dependent on what kind of shampoo you're using....
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It's possible. Ticks don't discriminate....
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The big difference between them is their physical appearance. And the other big difference is going to be the diseases that fleas and ticks carry....
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It depends on what you call a test....
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We see a lot of tick-borne diseases in this area....