"We live in a residential neighborhood, and you can walk up the side of the street and our dogs come home with ticks on them ...

Hard ticks, such as the American dog tick, have hard shells and are often ... reddish-brown or yellow. Here are some images of different tick species found in the U.S. Is Lyme disease curable?

To mark the end of National Walk Your Pet Month, Susan E. Little, DVM, PhD, DACVM share the importance of tick control in dogs as temperatures continue to rise during the winter season ...