Nico got attacked by deer flies while playing fetch on the lake. He swells up bad when they bite but it goes down within a few hours. Two weeks ago he got bit by another type of fly, we aren’t exactly sure what, and he had swollen bumps for a little over a week. It’s the price you sometimes have to pay to enjoy a good game of fetch on the water.

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