Heebee-Jeebees!!! (WARNING! This is disgusting!)

Ever since our first tick encounter a few weeks ago, we have been doing regular tick checks on both man and beast in our house. La-La found one on Cody earlier today so I almost skipped his nightly check but I decided I probably still should. Everything looked fine until I rubbed his floppy ears. I felt a weird bump. Too big to be a tick and a weird color. It looked like a giant skin tag. You know those odd little flaps of skin? Upon further investigation I found this weird bump had legs. At this point I started feeling ICKY. I had heard Ticks become swollen and engorged with blood but had never seen one. I knew I had to take it off but I was so grossed out! I found my tweezers and sat on my poor dog and did what I never thought I could do. I succeeded with the nasty task only to find ANOTHER huge engorged critter plus two that were only just beginning their vampire like feast. I had to take a picture mainly because everyone else was asleep and I wanted to make sure they were able to share in my creep out moment. So if you dare look, here is a picture of my creepy crawly nightmares! EEWW!!! I think it is time to invest in some Frontline Flea and Tick killer for dogs! I am starting to wonder if having a dog is really so great! I didn't sign up for tick removal!!!

Looks kind of like a potato!

I had to get this shot to show the size difference!