​How To Remove A Tick From Your Dog

Your dog just comes from playing in the backyard or from its daily walk to the park, it leaps on your lap and you rub its belly as you use too, when you notice a big red bump tick bite on your arm or hand. When inspecting your pet, pay special attention to the area around their tail , face and chin, as well as any creases and crevices such as the space between your dogвЂs toes, behind and inside the ears and their armpits, as ticks prefer to hide in warm, dark areas on an animalвЂs body.
Ticks are a fast growing arachnid that lives and are born on long grassy areas, and climb to the top of leaves and grass to wait for a host to feed off and survive off, theses arachnids can live off many different animals and not just dogs, theses commonly include humans, birds, and mice.



Some people with Lyme disease and some community doctors have argued that Borrelia burgdorferi can somehow evade courses of antibiotics and become a chronic infection that needs long-term antibiotic treatment—even though conventional antibody tests are negative.
However, if you notice that your dog is acting strangely after tick removal, or you see any signs of swelling or a rash near where the tick bite was, you’ll need to bring the dog (and the tick in the container) into your veterinarian’s office for testing.

Humans out and about enjoying countryside walks should always tuck trousers into socks to help prevent ticks directly latching onto skin, and on returning home, especially from areas such as parks and woodlands, check all over yours and your pet’s body for signs of any visitors.
Because ticks can be a problem all year-round, protecting your dog is the first thing you want to do. Although flea and ticks collars canine care tips may be convenient, Pet Finder says they are not as effective as topical options that you can apply on your dog once a month.

Note that this method can be controversial, as some experts claim that the vaseline may cause the tick to secret the infectious contents of its gut if it’s under distress, or that it can inhibit the removal of the entire tick body. The most common found in America on humans and pets are the brown dog tick, deer ticks, the American dog tick and the Lone Star tick.