Proper Way to Handle and Remove Ticks from Your Dog

     Spring is on its way. The love season, when nature begins its colorful routine of getting up to life, rising and shining, majestically glowing with flowers, marking the revival of a new year is favorite to many. It抯 also the time of laying eggs that hatch and refresh the nature抯 cycles. But let抯 keep in mind that not all things in nature are cute and furry. There are also ticks. Ticks on dogs disgust everybody, even though a small percentage jump onto humans and an even smaller can cause a disease. It is spring for ticks as well. Their eggs hatch around late March, and come April, six-legged larvae are climbing on top of the grass blades. These little troublemakers are waiting for your dog to show up, so they can hitch a ride, and a free meal. Plain and simple, ticks on dogs are really disturbing.

Of course, your dog has no clue. It is just happy you are taking it for a walk, the winter was so long and now everybody needs some stretching. So while your dog is stumbling in the grass, smelling everything, rolling over, the ticks are sensing it and climb aboard. As soon as the ticks on dogs have secured their place, they start feeding from its blood, causing a potential array of diseases, and releasing toxins in the bloodstream if you don抰 handle them the right way.

Although ticks need to be removed as quickly as possible, you can actually cause harm instead of amending the damage they have caused. There are of course a number of ways that you can achieve this, but you will find that some ways are more proficient and safe than others. For instance, one way you are not supposed to remove ticks on dogs is by yanking them out. This could lead to an infection, because it抯 likely that a part of the tick will be left in the wound. A better, but not the best, way to do this is by pulling it slowly, and let it release the grip all by itself. It will do this in 20 to 30 seconds. Have some alcohol or other disinfectants ready; also place the tick in a sealed container, to show to your veterinarian in case you think that it may have released toxins inside your animal. It抯 good to look it up on the internet and have it identified.

The best way to remove a tick is by gently rubbing against it, but in a circular motion. Very easy, barely touching it, just rub in a clockwise direction. This gets the tick irritated, perhaps even dizzy, and it will release its fangs from the dog抯 skin. Be ready to catch it when this happens. It should be easy because it is spaced out, not knowing what has happened to it.

So remember that your dog needs your proper caring. Get a tick repellant and be ready to check your dog抯 skin every day if you dread it so much. It抯 always better to prevent it, than to have to deal with the consequences.