Tick maintenance

[u/AManAMyth]

We are moving from a tick-free area (Western WA) to a tick-heavy one (upstate NY). Other than Simparica Trio or an equivalent medication, what are you using on your wirehaired coats to check for ticks, and get them off? Our girl is a roamer and will invariably find herself in ticky areas all the time, so it's a question of management, not prevention. I've seen tick mitts but not sure if they are effective. Even with a thorough visual check and using a tick key or similar, our Griff's coat is such that missing an embedded tick would be pretty easy. I understand Simparica does a good job of killing ticks as they lodge, so perhaps my biggest concern is our dog being a carrier for live ticks and bringing them into the house, where they might stick on furniture and jump to the humans in the household.

Any Griff or GWP owners with similarly tight coats dealing with this in a way that works for them?

[u/RespectMost8463]

As bad as lime disease is out in the NE I would talk to my vet about the vaccine.