White Dog Research Archives

Cosmo Lead researcher summer tick project

MACDONALD: Holy Frikkin Ticks, Batman

October 21, 2025 Steve MacDonald

Ticks are one of the approved barometers of the Climate cult. A collection of markers by which people who hate property rights and comfort (Democrats) leverage fear and misinformation to separate you from both. For the record, so is everything else. A barometer, I mean. There is no “thing” that doesn’t buttress the dogma of … Read more

MacDonald: Americans Will Pick Berries

July 19, 2025 Steve MacDonald

It’s been a while since I last wrote about the goings-on in my backyard. It’s usually wildlife or ticks or something. Last year, we had a lot of birds; this year, not so many, but the Catbird is still here. We’ve got more bunnies, which is what happens when you find you’ve got at least … Read more

What Ticks, Thin Lizzy, and Saliva have in Common

October 17, 2023 Steve MacDonald

It’s been two weeks since our gripping first tick of ‘Autumn” report. And that was the only tick we’d picked off the dogo since spring and until…this weekend. The ticks are back, baby, and the season is on us. Full blown, practically overnight. And yes, this is weird, but it brought two songs to mind.

The First Tick of Fall

September 30, 2023 Steve MacDonald

After very little thought, I renamed this recurring topic. My dog is still white and with us, but he is a lab, and since this is a pseudo-sciency observational update (fisking) sort of thing, LAB works. White Dog Research is now White Lab Research, and we just saw the first tick of Autumn.

My ‘Tick Season’ Numbers are a Lot Lower Than Last Year – Do I Blame Climate Change?

May 29, 2023May 28, 2023 Steve MacDonald

I was chatting with Skip about ticks (arachnids and Democrats), and he mentioned having a severe problem (in his yard) with the former. It got me thinking. Last year we had it bad where I live (Southern NH). This year – few to none.

Summer is Over: So, How’d That ‘Ticks All Year’ Thing Hold Up?

October 1, 2022 Steve MacDonald

I am happy to say we have concluded our white dog summer research project. The object was to test a progressive premise established in May that “tick season” would be all year round ‘cuz, Climate change. The final results?