Ticks On Dogs

Fortunately, it's not difficult to remove ticks on dogs. Removal is a simple 3 stage process.

1. Wear a pair of rubber gloves to avoid contaminating yourself with any bacteria resulting from the extraction.

2. Get a fine pair of tweezers or acquire a tick removal tool

3. Place the tweezers horizontally around the tick and press them as far into the dog's skin as you can in order to grip the tick's head at the furtherrmost contact with the dog's skin. Grip the tick's head and pull the tweezers up to extract it. Be careful not to jerk or twist the tweezers to avoid breaking the tick's body, releasing bacteria and leaving the tick's head stuck in the dog's skin.

It's important to remove a tick as quickly as possible to minimise chance of bacteria leading to an infection in your dog, some types of infection caused by ticks can be fatal. If you don't feel able to remove the tick yourself then take your dog to a vet as soon as possible.

There are many products that you can buy to help prevent the recurrence of ticks. These can be dog tick collars, oral supplements or topical applications.

The first you may like to do in case your dog should get another tick is to make the tick removal process easier by buying an inexpensive dog tick removal tool.

Dog Tick Removal Tool

You may like to try the Dog Tick Collar option as your first means of preventing tick recurrence. If collars seem ineffective, then you may wish to look at the oral or topical treatment options.

Dog Tick Collars

One of the most popular topical applications on the market for treating fleas and ticks on dogs is Frontline for Dogs. It comes in 3, 6, or 12 month supplies. Note that there are several different versions. You'll need to buy the one labelled with the weight range group that your dog fits into.

Frontline for Dogs

Don't forget to buy some flea and tick killer shampoo too.

Flea and Tick Killer Shampoo