Our dogs are always on flea/tick protection. We had a terrible time when we first moved here with ticks from the pine straw/mulch. Every day I found very small ticks on 1 of our dogs. Our other dog very seldom had any on her. Don't know why the difference. I'll bet at times I would pull 10-15 ticks off the 1 dog each week. We got rid of the pine straw, and like magic, the ticks went away. I have heard stories of dogs getting to close to coral snakes and pigmy rattlers in Florida, and getting very sick if bitten, but haven't personally seen any of that in the Villages
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