WEBVTT THESE ARE NOT THE CUTE AND CUDDLY PHOTOS FACEBOOK FRIENDS OF TOWN AND COUNTRY ANIMAL HOSPITAL ARE USED TO SEEING... INSTEAD, FOLLOWERS FOUND AN UP-CLOSE PICTURE OF A TICK ATTACHED TO A DOG... ...DISCOVERED BY ACCIDENT INSIDE THE NEW BOSTON FACILITY XXXXX 219 1:50 IT WAS ACTUALLY AN EMERGENCY SITUATION - THE DOG HAD RUN INTO A PORCUPINE - WE HAD IT UNDER SEDATION AND WE FOUND THE TICK 1;58 XXXXX XXXXXX 228 - STANDUP 4:23 YOU MIGHT THINK TICKS TAKE A WINTER VACATION IN ALL THIS COLD BUT OH NO - THEY ARE RIGHT THERE - UNDER THE SNOW 4:31 XXXXX VETERINARIANS SAY THEY’RE OFTEN FOUND ALONG WALKING PATHS DOGS OR THEIR OWNERS CARVE IN THE SNOW XXXXX 219 1:33 MOST PEOPLE THINK THEY DIE DURING THE WINTER AND THEY DON’T - SOME OF THEM GO DORMANT BUT OTHERS ARE STILL ACTIVE THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE THING - THEY WINTER VERY WELL UNDER THE SNOW 1:41 XXXXX THIS ANIMAL HOSPITAL PROTECTS THEIR MASCOT - OLIVIA - WITH TICK PREVENTION YEAR ROUND - AND SUGGESTS ALL DOGS - BIG AND SMALL - BE PROTECTED XXXXX 219 2:35 LITTLE DOGGIES LIKE OLIVIA CAN GET A TICK BORNE DISEASE AND LYME DISEASE 2:42 XXXX AND IF YOU FIND A TICK - ANYTIME - EXPERTS SUGGEST YOU CHECK IN WITH YOUR OWN VET IN NEW BOSTON JEAN MACKIN WMUR NEWS9 STEADY SNOW IS GONE BUT