Maya,
Great pictures. I love the one of Maya standing up on the wall, great angle.
Tansy, is (s)he a newbie..? Did you have more puppies? Tell us, oh do tell us.
Lovely pictures - he's a handsome boy.
Debra - what a coincidence - I too had my first tick this year (or at least Bereke had the tick, not me) and that after more years than I care to remember.
My husband remembered seeing instructions on how to remove it luckily!