Cosmo Lead researcher summer tick project

What Ticks, Thin Lizzy, and Saliva have in Common

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.

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Cosmo Lead researcher summer tick project

The First Tick of Fall

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.

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White Dog Cosmo

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

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.

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Cosmo on the couch

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

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?

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