Teddy had a set back.

[Margi]

As a long standing Arachnophobe, and a native Buckeye, brown recluses were my biggest fear. Glad he got all better!!

 

[Ron Atkinson]

Welcome to my state of Ohio. It was a large lump with a spot in the center. I didn't see it I felt it under his fur

 

[Ann]

Yikes, that's a nasty spider! And bites like that can be easy to miss in all that Sheltie fur, it's really good that you got him in for treatment. I'm so glad he's healing well and the nasty critter didn't get the humans!

 

[SheepOfBlue]

We also got black widows and wolf spiders. Brown recluses like wood piles (so do wolf spiders) and barns. Not sure on predators but I bet lizards and I am thinking one spiders eats the others....

 

[Piper's mom]

Ewww…I hate all spiders but especially the ones in the house! Fortunately we don’t have any bad ones here…ugly yes but not dangerous.
Glad to hear Teddy is at last cone free! He and Piper can have a cone burning party as Piper got the ok today to be cone free as well!

 

[Ron Atkinson]

Way to go Piper that is fantastic news.!! Teddys blue one is now taking up residence in his supply closet.

 

[Piper's mom]

Way to go Piper that is fantastic news.!! Teddys blue one is now taking up residence in his supply closet.

I’m sure both dogs will be happy tonight!
Piper’s cone I need to wash (by hand I think first) before I put it away. Piper is not scared off by seeing it at all haha…I could threaten him with it and he isn’t phased at all.

 

[woof]

Hey someone has to stand up for our arachnid friends here!! In our house we tolerate spiders, they actually do a lot of good- they look scary but unless you try to crush them they leave well enuf alone. Only two species in Am can not be tolerated, the black widow and brown recluse- those guys have to go even tho I had a friend who used to let BW crawl on him all the time, never got fanged- just don't try to pet them. I get fanged occasionally when I sleep and they crawl on me and I unconsciously wipe them off- have been hit twice on the nose, once on the hand and back of my neck no big deal and no pain. Our pups try sniff them and the pick them up to taste them when they see them crawling across the floor. We just pick them up gently with a paper towel and take them outside.. They do eat a variety of insects including fleas in the house. Really only two species cause any big problems the others are just natures clean up crew. Like bats and wolves spiders have a bad rep..

 

[Piper's mom]

Hey someone has to stand up for our arachnid friends here!! In our house we tolerate spiders, they actually do a lot of good- they look scary but unless you try to crush them they leave well enuf alone. Only two species in Am can not be tolerated, the black widow and brown recluse- those guys have to go even tho I had a friend who used to let BW crawl on him all the time, never got fanged- just don't try to pet them. I get fanged occasionally when I sleep and they crawl on me and I unconsciously wipe them off- have been hit twice on the nose, once on the hand and back of my neck no big deal and no pain. Our pups try sniff them and the pick them up to taste them when they see them crawling across the floor. We just pick them up gently with a paper towel and take them outside.. They do eat a variety of insects including fleas in the house. Really only two species cause any big problems the others are just natures clean up crew. Like bats and wolves spiders have a bad rep..

The only spider I’ll move outdoors is the daddy long legs …don’t know why, I’ve just always liked them. I’d never touch them though!

If I felt something crawl on me I’d be up out of bed stripping my sheets…I’d have to make sure there was nothing there! Yuck …but then that’s me, I have a thing about bugs!

 

[Margi]

We also got black widows and wolf spiders. Brown recluses like wood piles (so do wolf spiders) and barns. Not sure on predators but I bet lizards and I am thinking one spiders eats the others....

Are your wolf spiders huge and aggressive? Ours out here get real big and can jump two feet high to snag a bug off the wall...they also will chase you.
Our tarantulas are the only spiders I like, guess its cuz they are so big I really wouldnt want to go hand to hand with them...discretion is the better part of valor where they are concerned LOL