Tick Prevention Tips for Pug Dogs
The beginning of spring marks the time when Pug owners everywhere must be ready to protect their dogs from ticks.
Scientifically known as “Rhipicephalus Sanquineus,” these blood-sucking bugs can transmit disease and cause discomfort in our Pug dogs. In fact, ticks can infect humans with Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, cause paralysis, and can even kill our precious Pugs.
Simply put, ticks are parasites that live off the blood of their victims. Ticks have been blamed for causing the spread of disease among both people and dogs. They were shown to be behind the famous mass deaths of military dogs during the Vietnam War.
Although it is actually true that a bug is a bug, it is also true that there is some variety in specific types of ticks, such as the brown tick, the wood tick, the black tick, and several others. One of the things in common is the fact that all ticks are very resistant to typical insect poisons, which makes them very difficult to control.
This can really gross people out, but it’s absolutely true that a female tick can produce several thousand eggs, yuck! They usually lay their eggs under the carpet, a little on the baseboard, or in some other dark and secluded place. Ticks lay their eggs in a safe place but never on the body of their victim. Once the eggs hatch after about a month, they hatch into larvae. Tick larvae search for their first host, where they suck some blood and then spread out to find a place to hide.
A few weeks later, the tick larvae transform into nymphs, which are something like teenagers. These nymphs look for another host to take in some more blood and then they drop off to rest again. Then after a few weeks, the nymph transforms into an adult tick. Of course, now the adult tick is ready to look for another host like a Pug, where it will fill with blood and mate.
Adult ticks can live for up to 2 years without eating … which is really bad news for Pug dog owners as this means you may have ticks lurking in ambush.
A tick outdoors will look for hunting ground, which means climbing on low branches or a pile of leaves. This becomes the launch pad for the tick when an unsuspecting Pug comes to go to the bathroom or just runs past the game. The tick will literally dart and jump several feet to land on its victim.
Once in your home, ticks will emerge from under rugs and rugs, crawl up walls, table and chairs, and even climb as high as pictures on the walls, to wait for a Pug to pass. They may even have to wait up to six months, but a tick can instantly sense a Pug’s approach and jump on it when it passes.
