does anyone know a home remedy for destroying ticks on dogs?

Answer 1

For the present, you will have to check your dog from the 'rooter' to the 'tooter' and remove them manually. When you encounter one carefully part the surrounding hair, hold a lit match as close to the tick as possible until it releases it's grip. Remove the tick with tweezers and destroy it. Some dog groomers I know have had success with garlic oil capsules, added to the dog's food, to ward off ticks. Apparently it takes a while for the garlic to build up in the dog's skin. The result is a tick-free but garlicky dog.

Answer 2

Ticked Off?
There’s a strong arsenal of products available to control fleas and ticks, but if a tick should become attached to you or your dog, remove it as soon as possible. The quicker you get the tick off, the greater your chances of preventing the tick from transmitting a disease to your dog.


Always wear rubber gloves when removing ticks from your dog and avoid touching ticks or tick secretions with bare hands. You don’t want the little beast touching your pooch and you don’t want it touching you either.


Move carefully and use the tweezers to grab the tick close to the surface, where the tick’s mouth attaches to your dog’s skin.


Use steady pressure to pull the tick out straight. Do not twist or rip the tick out. Your goal is to remove the entire tick; yanking it out without paying attention could leave part still attached.


After removing a tick, thoroughly disinfect the bite site and wash your hands with soap and water.


Once the tick is out, you can safely dispose of it by placing the tick in a small container of flea and tick spray.

Hard as we try to keep ticks from finding our animals, it isn’t an uncommon occurrence when they do. With the proper steps and careful attention, though, they’ll be just fine.
http://www.hartz.com/Dogs/ArticlePreview.asp?Animal=1&Article=124
http://kidshealth.org/parent/firstaid_safe/emergencies/tick_removal.html

Answer 3

Be very careful what you do use as quite a lot of people tend to advise certain things that are toxic to dogs in certain quantities and that changes with every dog breed/size. For example some people recommend using a clove of garlic but that could be fatal to sucha a small dog. A Chihuahua will need much smaller doses... Also consider treating him for worms as Fleas can carry the tapeworm egg and if ingested he will be infested... Good Luck and be safe!

Answer 4

It is better to just use Frontline once a month and the ticks will just drop off dead and no new ones will get on the dog. I had a new dog that I adopted and he had about 30 ticks on his ears, after I put Frontline on him, the next day all the ticks were off of him.

Answer 5

I have short hair for the first time since I actually was 10 years old and We really like it but I overlook my long curly locks so Now i'm growing it back out!

Answer 6

Try covering the ticks with Vaseline.

They will need to pull out in order to breathe.

Answer 7

It's all merely a matter of personal preference. I have short hair and guys such as it. And i prefer a man with short hair over a person with long hair because long curly hair tends to make guys look also girly.

Answer 8

You would have to remove them individually with tweezers. Be wary of leaving the legs behind. You may have to light a match, blow it out and immediately place the match on the tick to kill it/make it release its grip, then pull it out.

Answer 9

pull it off with tweezers then put hydrogen peroxide on it in case the head is still in, if not that will kill it


another way to get it out is put clear nail polish over the area, after it dries, it will cut off the air and kill the tick, then just pull it out

Answer 10

My dad uses "7 Dust" Id be careful with small dogs though