Flea and tick protection is essential in the warmer months, but with the strange weather we have been having in the past few years, I have been giving it every month as well. Poor Buddy’s plush blond ears were infested with baby ticks in December and I spent a day with tweezers getting them all out. ick.

If I know I am going to the country, I also put a tick collar on him:http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00II6ZRAG/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00II6ZRAG&linkCode=as2&tag=cockers-20&linkId=4RHSZT4QSPSBU2BY They work well if they do not get wet and I put it in a plastic bag in the fridge until the next trip to the country. For hairy breeds of dog like the cocker, you can never too careful, even if you are using Frontline Plus.