If your Pug does get overheated, her body temperature will likely be well above what it should normally be. Setting your Pug in front of an air conditioner, or simply giving her some ice to lick isn t enough. Get your Pug to drink cold water and run a cold bath for her, watering her down from head to tail. Because ticks are a real danger to your Pugs, we recommend you check your Pug daily for the presence of ticks. The hard tick isn t that small, and can be spotted sometimes visually, and nearly always by feel.
Deer ticks are smaller, about the size of a pencil point, and are more difficult to find.
It s easier to do this when your Pug is asleep to avoid any potential battles. Put on a pair of latex gloves and start at the head, and work your way into their fur to the skin moving thoroughly from there to the area around the tail. If you find a tick, stay calm and remove it promptly using your gloves, and only a pair of tweezers. Grip the tick carefully at the point of the attachment, rocking it side to side gently while pulling outwards. Your goal here is to loosen the ticks grip and then to pull it out whole.