Alan
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.(Benjamin Franklin)
I use rigger boots, there not too heavy for me, but not really light, steel toecaps and tough as er, old boots!
A dog is not just for Christmas... There should be plenty left for boxing day!
I should probably think you know this already, but if you do get a tick, a spot of Vaseline on it's bum(fanny for our US cousins) and it will let go and drop off, as they breathe through there arse (ass) when feeding on a host.
Sorry for being patronising, it was a poor attempt at humer lol
A dog is not just for Christmas... There should be plenty left for boxing day!
Ticks should be removed using a suitable 'tick removal tool' or fine tweezers. Applying products to the body parts of ticks, squeezing them or trying to tear them apart may result in the tick regurgitating fluids into your bloodstream with the result of you contracting Lyme Disease.