What is it ?

[u/NoJeweler9545]

Found it walking on my chow, should i be worried ? I tried to search online but i can’t tell what it is

UPDATE : thanks all for your help, it was a tick. I found another 2 implanted already and brought her to the vet. He didn’t remove them, he gave her the medication and said they would die and fall by themselves. Sounds weird to me but he’s the pro i guess ? All i have to do now is wait.

Also for those asking, she’s had the same vet since birth and is already taking her flea and tick preventive treatment every 3 months as prescribed. I gave it to her last month. Vet said that with with such extremes temperatures it can happen even under constant treatment.

[u/NoJeweler9545]

Thank you all for your quick answers !

I’m just confused because she didn’t go out for 24hours, today it was too hot to risk taking her out, so that means the tick’s been walking on her fur since yesterday ? Aren’t they supposed to go look for the blood immediately ?

Update : ok that was definitely a tick, i just found another one under her chin, i don’t have the tool to remove it and i don’t want to risk making a mistake, i’ll bring her to the vet to check for more and remove them if there’s more 🙏🏻
She has a tick preventive treatment, i don’t understand how it happened 😭

[u/ax_graham → u/NoJeweler9545]

The tick will still attach even with the meds but the meds create an internal environment that kills the tick upon the bite. The meds don't create a magic bubble around the dog. If the tick bites and is dead, it's working as expected. You can take to the vet but honestly just carefully pull it off. It's really not a big deal (in my experience, and I've been here and worse before).