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!
Not as often as he used to, but he still does it once in a big while, and then he tries to dive under the couch like he used to, but instead he just slams into it because he is too big! haha
Delia Willans whose affix I inherited used to travel to dog shows on a scooter with her Basenjis in the sidecar. She once spent the night marooned ona motorway, sleeping in the side car with her Basenjis.