Beggar's Lice

As a child I remember walking in the fields and woods and coming home with little brown things called "beggar's lice" clinging to my clothes. Many years later I learned that these little lice were actually herbaceous plants that have seeds that love to cling to clothing. Until a few weeks ago, I had not seen beggar's lice in sometime then I noticed that one of the dogs had a few on her feet. Then today Charkee took off to the side yard for a few ""private" minutes and came back covered in those little brown lice! I really didn't pay much attention to Chark's situation until I noticed that she had this awful look on her face and was frantically trying to de-lice herself.

I decided I needed to help her get the little buggers out of her fur but quickly realized picking them out by hand(or fingers) was not going to get the job done. As you can see by the picture, it took quite a few tools to de-lice a curly, furry, squirming, beggared-liced dog! (We'll let Charkee tell you how the wine was)!

Charkee is now "lice" free and happy!

OH NO!!! She just took off for the side yard again!