[tommy steam]

Originally Posted by CFrance

I second tommy steam. I know someone who had lyme disease. It was debilitating and took a long time to properly diagnose up here in MI, where it's not too common. Also, the author Amy Tan came down with it. You can read about it here Amy Tan on Lyme Disease. You don't want to get this, and neither does your pet.

We give our golden retriever K9 Avantix. Takes care of ticks, fleas, and repels biting flies and mosquitoes. Both our goldens had horrible problems with fleas when we used to winter in Key West. I can't imagine how any dog that goes outside to play in Florida would not pick up fleas. I envy the owners whose dogs don't.

Fleas are much more of a problem down south than up north. Even so, up north we've got to protect our dog from ticks because of the dune grass, and fleas because of... well, if it's summer up here, there are fleas.

I would like to add that dogs , not sure about cats,can get lymes also.