ORIGINAL: tsoc
Champlain,
They can take a while to engorge and burrow,you want to get assistance if they are already in you,fully or partially.I understand that you don't want to attempt to take them out if they are partially in because if you sever them they can excrete the lyme in to you.When I was hunting on the other side of the Hudson I would get tested every year just out of precaution.They don't always show a bullseye rash.They will gravitate toward warm moist area's on your body.I used to drive my wife crazy with my requests that she look me over thoroughly.Make sure you look behind your knee's your scalp etc.Dogs are easy to treat with tick treatments.A liquid down their spinal column every few weeks and they are protected.If you are interested I can find the name of the dog medication.
Please let us all know about any product that will help the dogs. I have a friend who lives in CT and he said he can walk in the woods all around his 3 acres and after coming home will usually find a few almost every time. I don't think I could deal with that hassel. I have lived here all my life and ticks were never even heard of until just the last few years. I could feel the bump with the dog and was shocked to see what it was. I worry more about her than me.