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• Ticks are more common in wooded, grassy, or highly vegetated areas. However, they are increasingly common in urban or suburban yards.  What should you do if you find a tick attached to your pet? Remove the tick carefully.
  
  
• Part your dog's hair around the tick with your fingers.
  

• Place the tweezers around the tick, as close as you can, possibly get to the skin.
  
  
• Don't twist or jerk the tick.
  
  
• Just pull gently upwards with steady hands, adding pressure until the tick lets you pull it away from the skin.
  
  
  
• Prevent, prevent, prevent!
  For dogs, thankfully the same products that are used to kill fleas, Nexgard or Bravecto, will also kill ticks. These products are given monthly or every 3 months and are by prescription only.