24

No, not the tv show.  Twenty four is the number of ticks I took off Watson today!  The ticks are out in force this year.  We have only seen a handful of ticks on Watson in the three years that we have lived here so as I kept taking them off him today I was shocked.  We had been seeing more on him this season and was surprised at how many but today just stunned me.  He will no longer be allowed in the apple orchard next to our house.  I have him scheduled for a haircut next week which will help us see the ticks on him.  I really hope this level of tick activity does down soon.  I keep feeling the heebie-jeebies ever since taking all the ticks off him today.  I don't want this feeling everyday!  I guess the daily tick checks will begin in our house.