How are you supposed to remove a tick from a dog?

Removing a tick from a dog is not something that is done easily always, yet it could be easier than you think. It's certainly a process, and it's not something you should just jump into doing without the proper tool. Mahalo has a great tutorial on removing a tick from your dog.

mahalo.com/How_to_Remove_a_Tick_from_a_Dog There is also an excellent video for you to watch. The ointment is what you need to put on the dog after you've removed the tick. Here are the steps you should take: 1.In order to remove a tick from your dog, you should be conscious about where your dog spends time, and if your dog spends a lot of time outside, you'll have to check for ticks more frequently.

2. It's also important that you protect yourself when removing the tick from behind the dog's ear by putting a latex or rubber glove on so that you avoid your skin from being contacted with the tick. The last thing you want is your skin to be contaminated, or to get a disease from the tick.

3. Rub your dog all over with your hand (covered with a glove), and feel behind the ears, the head, and don't forget around the neck. Once you've felt a small lump, look and see if it's a tick.

4. Make sure it's a tick. Ticks are tiny black, brown, reddish or tan and are about the size of a pin. If the tick has attached itself to your dog, then it can swell to the size of a grape, believe it or not.

You should have someone with you to assist you with distracting your pet, so that it remains calm.6. Use a tweezers and put it close to your dog's skin, but do not pinch the skin.

Pull the tick straight out, but be careful not too pull too hard so that the tick's head doesn't remain in your dog's skin, as this can possibly lead to an infection.8.It's important to dispose of the tick properly. Do not throw it in the trash or outside somewhere, and do not squish it or throw it down the toilet. Do not smash it, yet instead, throw it into a fire.9.

Apply an ointment to the bite.10. Remove your gloves and wash your hands with soap and water. 11. Make sure you clean the tweezer with hot water or rubbing alcohol, or hold them over a flame.

Extra tips: - Use a flea and tick shampoo. - Ask your veterinarian about a tick or flea collar or other products to prevent ticks, but be careful as some of these products may contain chemicals that are not good for your dog. - If you believe your dog has been infected with Lyme disease, be sure to contact your veterinarian.

You will know if your dog has been infected if it has a rash.

My mom and I rub vaseline on the tick. The vaseline kind of cuts off their oxygen supply and they start to back out of the skin a little bit and it also makes it easier to grab them. Make sure you get the WHOLE head!

Whatever you do, don't burn the tick. If it's a deer tick, it can release infectious fluids into your dog's body (like lyme's disease). My source has some different instructions that are really helpful.

Just pulling with tweezers is not a great idea. Good way to break off the body and leave the jaws embedded in the skin. Then, extraction gets painful.

Your dog will not be happy. Many people poo-poo the "old-wives' tale" of smothering a tick in oil...but did you ever think that old wives may get some things right? The oil won't kill the tick immediately.

They just don't use that much oxygen quickly. But, the oil has a second purpose of making it hard for the legs and mouth to hold on to the skin and hair. Also, if you're pulling off a lot of ticks, a glass full of oil keeps them from walking away.(Plus, you can play mad biologist and try to ID the species.) 1.

Get a shot glass & tweezers (& eyedropper optional) 2. Fill shot glass with vegetable oil 3. Using the tweezers or dropper, drop oil onto the tick 4.

After the tick is covered for a minute, it will suffocate and release 5. Gently place tweezers between tick and skin, 6. Start from the back and push forward until you are under the mouth.

7. Pry upwards to separat...do not squeeze or try to pull 8. If tick does not release, cover with more oil 9.

When tick releases, pick up with tweezer and drop into shot glass When they release, they are suffocating. Their legs will be flailing. Grab them quickly so they don't crawl away.

Dump into the glass. They'll settle at the bottom and eventually die. Repeat for other ticks.

The oil method works great for in between toes, where you cannot poke with tweezers. If you use petroleum jelly, you can't see the tiny ticks under all the goo, nor can you easily identify the kind of tick. Interesting to see the progressive size of ticks.

The newest ones to latch on are as small as baby spiders. When full of blood, they are the size of a grape. If you have no personal objections (neither I nor my dog did), let the dog sleep in a bed made with cedar chips in the stuffing.

I watched as a couple of tiny ticks that I missed crawl off the dog, off the dog bed, and onto the carpet...then stop. The cedar oils/fumes keep the ticks off.

When my dog had a tick the vet told us to not use tweezers because there is a better chance of the dog getting lyme disease if you squeeze the tick. This is the tool they used and we were able to pick the same tool up from a local pet store (luckily haven't needed to use them).

Don't worry its easier than you think. Get some gloves and tweezers.... My dog gets them frequently, he is a tick magnet.

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