Mosquitoes are really bad this year too. I was just up in Michigan and I was nearly eaten alive.
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West Michigan - the mosquitoes are still really bad. Found a tick for the first time on my 10 year old maltese mix about 3 weeks ago. We keep his hair super short plus it’s thin as he is 1/4 yorkie. It was up at the base of his neck an easily felt spot and when I discovered it, it had already swollen to the size of a raisin. Smashed the cr@p out of that little bugger and my dog had an open sore from the head of the tick about 1cm in diameter. Kept it doused with peroxide. We live on 10 acres of dense woods and in 10 years this is the first one he has had.