Lyme disease is nasty. We get our dogs tested every year now that it’s in Ontario. Stella, our now 12-year old golden tested positive for it a couple of years ago. Even though she wasn’t showing any symptoms, we got her on antibiotics right away.
I now put DEET on the dogs whenever we go out near bush or tall grass just to help ensure those nasty ticks don’t latch on on. Also helps keep the skeeters, deer flies and other nasty bugs off the pups.