GRAND RAPIDS, Mich — With the weather getting a lot nicer, we’re all spending a lot more time outside with our pets, and if you don’t want to end up spending time at the veterinarian's office, you’re ...

The best flea treatments for dogs include collars, spot-ons, pills, and shampoos.Chewy; Petco/Business Insider The best flea and tick treatments for dogs safely prevent and kill these parasites. Many ...

A long-acting flea and tick treatment from Merck Animal Health has earned approval for dogs at least six months old from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The approval of the new injectable ...

Summer is the time of year best known for beaches, vacationing and hanging out with loved ones. And if your version of summer includes ample time outdoors, summer is best known for one more thing: ...

If there’s one thing that’s true about dogs, it’s that they’ll harbor some questionable things in their fur—including ticks. And although ticks aren’t the only parasites that may be hitching a ride, ...

Thousands of dogs are infected annually with dangerous tick-transmitted diseases - with the risk rising: Between 2006 and 2010, Veterinary Week reported a 30 percent increase in the rate of dogs ...

Need to know how remove a tick right now? No problem. I’ve got you. Having spent a lifetime outdoors and the last 25 years at an Upstate New York home whose yard is absolutely crawling with the ...

For those looking to go outside and enjoy a beautiful spring day, keep in mind that our area and neighboring parts of the country are attracting more and more ticks, and those ticks are carrying more ...

The other day, a young mother from the Midwest called the Tick-Borne Infections Council of North Carolina. She had just visited North Carolina, had gone hiking, and upon her return home had found a ...