On 06/07/2011 9:51 AM, Janet wrote:

> Wait till you get your first tick attached to yourself.... what an
> advert for pet tick prevention that is :-( and some of them carry some
> very nasty diseases. We check our dog every couple of days, but ticks also
> spend part of their life cycle on deer, mice, and long grasses so anyone
> gardening in rural areas can pick them up.
>
> Summer came late here, I got my first tick of the season last week
> (gardening in long grass, but it had crawled up my sleeve and reached my
> shoulder before embedding).
>

My wife takes the dog for a walk in the woods first thing every morning.
A few weeks ago she had one on her head. One day last week she got her
dog walking shirt from the coat rack and there was a tick crawling up
the sleeve.