Fellas, thanks for your swift reply, I have shot the dog as Gren suggested so problem solved!
Not really, I wiped off the copious amounts of Vaseline and twisted 'im off with some tweezers, horrible little bugger.
In the 9 years weve had him hes never had one, we moved down south a couple of months ago, is this something we should come to expect? Hes a Staffy so I was under the impression that Tics would leave him alone (because he has short hair, not because hes a staffy!)
Cheers Again Fellas
Commz