Ticks, Lyme disease and pets: Prevention, removal and symptoms

Just like you, your pet can make a tempting target for a hungry tick — potentially one of the black-legged variety, which can carry and transmit the bacteria that causes Lyme disease when it bites.
Armed with advice from its chief veterinarian, the Ottawa Humane Society reminded pet owners that Lyme disease can cause potentially life-threatening illness in dogs.
About one in 10 canines infected with Lyme will demonstrate “this kind of shifting, limping, lameness that usually will res