Don’t worry we’re already lobbing @taaltree.bsky.social on this!

Volunteer at a shelter? I used to get a good husky pluck every so often!

I haven’t! On a grad student budget so the robots feel expensive!

So gross! Poor dude is SO itchy.

Barley is itchy but doing just fine. He’s already ready to head back out! The humans? We’ve got the heebie-jeebies. The whole Texas team deserves a medal for this challenging project.

We do our best to not take chances with parasites given the possibility of disease. Heather called a local vet who suggested monitoring - the seed ticks should fall off on their own. Attempting to wash/comb/tweeze out ticks this small near the eye is likely to cause issues.

Yes! Check out Lindsay Ware, Science Dogs of New England. She’s in Maine.