Apple Cider Vinegar

Already mentioned this to Roo but will add here too. I was speaking to someone on our walk this morning, who has a lot of dogs including a pregnant Cocker Spaniel and she was saying that she's pulled loads of ticks off her lot recently and that she'd been walking in both woods and fields so couldn't pinpoint where they were being picked up from. I haven't found any ticks on any of our dogs, despite walking in the same places as she has. Now, as you all know, Pepper & Ellie are fed raw and have various supplements added to their food including Keepers Mix, Easy Greens, golden paste and seaweed & parsley. I have also recently started giving them Billy No Mates again, but not for long enough to be making a difference in regards to fleas/ticks. The only other thing they get is a 5ml dose of Apple Cider Vinegar added to their food on a daily basis. Perhaps this is enough to deter any ticks? I don't know. But I'll be continuing with our regime!

I've never used ACV externally, but will be starting to use the Skinny Spray from now on as added protection.

I will add though, his fur is lovely and clean and shiny!

OH NO! Roo. though the tick probably fell off as it was engorged Roo,it's what they do,they look like a large berry,yuk!This has happened at times with Skip,goodness knows where the beastie was hiding!Skip has had a few ticks this year,as I keep forgetting to spray him with his acv solution,but it does seem to work.Bextull and Smilesbetter had some great tips,maybe some could be traced back from their threads in their profile. I have always refused to use strong chemicals on Skip,I hate the idea of them too,infact I've never used flea treatments on any of mine as none ever got fleas.(Skip had a very short episode just before Christmas after a vet visit,but was dealt with very quickly as I brush through his fur very thoroughly and regularly).A tick treatment I used on Skip changed and I was advised against the new version.He just has his vaccs as we use boarding kennels.I think much depends on breed and coat length regarding ticks,all of my collies were tick magnets,my F.c.r.rarely got them,Skip gets them but Sam the Labrador rarely gets them though he of course shares our walks.I think the best tip from one man was brush dog immediately after a walk,he brushed his before it got back in the car.There dont seem to be tick free areas apart from the beach,and its not only the woods to blame,its said to be any area where deer roam.One programme stated even our gardens have them,as cats pick them up,then they fall off in the gardens so can be in the grass etc.Don't know if it's true,but dogs fur conditioner is supposed to help,as hair conditioner advised for children to deter head lice.They certainly seem more prolific,grrr!
orpheous87 what is golden paste and what does it do?

So many people on Facebook have said even chemicals are not working as efficiently this year ... They must be a new strain of ticks.

I'm so paranoid Einstein has Lymes disease :-( Oddly enough, they don't touch the other 2.

He's been given Bravecto. It's a tablet that lasts 3months. I haven't heard great reviews, and have be warned of some very adverse effects :-(

Sorry for the late reply, if you had only sprayed him in the morning before the walk and there was a large tick on him when you got home, wouldn't the tick have been from previously? I mean a tick wouldn't be big until a couple days blood sucking in my experience. 

Sorry if someone has said this before! I've obviously not read the rest of the thread yet sorry! 

I spray Rosa every day with ACV mixed with water and really move all the fur as I'm spraying so that the undercoat is covered too and she is sodden (Dries off super fact here). We have only had one tick this year and it was before I started spraying her again (Wasn't doing it over winter). Perhaps we are just lucky, but she was a tick magnet the year before we started doing this, and i have to say her coat seems to really benefit from the ACV too!