Well, 2019 was quite the tick year! Although we have been pretty quiet on the blog, it's not because it was a slow tick year, it's because we've been buried ...

Although we’ve been a bit quiet on the blog front this year, it’s been anything but quiet for tick submissions! Our most recent set of tick maps show submiss...

With the warmer weather upon us (or at least less frigid!), ticks have started to wake up from their long winter slumber. We’ve been diligently working over ...

On this snowy cold day, most of us are probably not thinking about ticks. But we're gearing up for another tick season - and starting a new research initiati...

With the completion of 2018, we thought it would be a great time to reflect on the past year at Pets and Ticks! Here is our 2018 Year in Review, based on dat...

Looking out the window this morning from my southern Ontario home, I was greeted with a lovely blanket of white fluffy snow. Some grumble at the sight, while...

Today, we received our 400th tick submission (actually, 401 to be exact). Does that sound like a large or a small number? Although there's no real answer to ...

Summer is officially over, and fall is upon us. To some, fall means colourful leaves, crisp fresh air, apple picking and pumpkin pie. To others (like us!), f...

Over the last few weeks, we've had some interesting submissions. Specifically, two submissions from the Greater Toronto Area. They were labelled by the submi...

If you've been to our Pet Tick Tracker submission form lately, you would have noticed a new link at the top of the form. It directs US submitters to the Show...

If you’ve been following the news lately, there’s been a lot of discussion about a tick species recently introduced into the United States, the longhorned ti...

We've just added our first Pets and Ticks video on "How to Identify a Tick". This video is designed to assist those at home who are looking at a tick sample w...

It’s summertime and for most Canadians, that means we’re taking some time off work to enjoy a little rest and relaxation. Maybe that’s a week at the cottage,...

We've just updated our maps to include submissions up to the end of June. You might notice that there is not much different since our last update. That's bec...

You may have noticed that there are more lone star tick submissions displayed on the most recent set of maps. On the first set of maps, we only had 2 locally...

We've just added our first maps from 2018. These are based on submissions from April 17 to May 17, 2018, totalling 134 submissions. Lets look at these maps, ...

Since we've opened up the tick tracker to sample submissions, we've received a lot questions about tick testing. If you submit a sample, we will examine it u...

We've had a great response the last few weeks to Pets and Ticks, including many online submissions via the Pet Tick Tracker. Thank you! In an effort to colle...

Here in southern Ontario, the warmer weather has finally arrived. With the sun shining, I'm certainly eager to get out with my dogs for some good quality fre...

Resources about ticks and pets at your fingertips. We'd like to welcome everyone to Pets and Ticks! Last year, Dr. Scott Weese started the Pet Tick Tracker t...