get a seresto collar for you dog, too bad they don't work for humans, LOL, I got lyme once now and Im always super aware, I don't walk in the woods without spraying myself with deet anytime of year, even in dead winter when its 10 degrees..
Notice even in a soso winter most of Vermont is snow covered, its why I go up there every winter. It was definitely winter a couple weekends ago up there with about an 18+ inch base and zero when I got up at 7.
I was working in Springfield at the time and commuting, I remember telling the people I worked with about the snow and my ride on Route 20 to Auburn and they didn't believe it, the days before internet were different than today. I had some good pics of Dresser Hill in Charlton to show them, drifts were 5 foot, speed limit sign was almost buried.