How to Protect Your Dog from Ticks

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How to Protect Your Dog from Ticks: The BugMD Method

Ticks hide in grass, wooded areas, and shaded parts of your yard — exactly where dogs love to explore.
Because ticks latch on quickly and can transmit harmful diseases, the key to protecting your dog is safe removal, routine checks, and creating a scent barrier that repels ticks before they can attach.

Here’s the simple 3-step method thousands of BugMD customers use to keep their dogs safe:

Step 1: Safely Remove Ticks & Repel New Ones

Use Flea & Tick Control

Ticks attach to warm, hidden spots on your dog’s body.
Flea & Tick Control helps remove ticks safely by killing them on contact, without squeezing or irritating them so you can get them off your dog quickly.

Spray your dog’s coat, focusing on:

Ears & under the collar
Neck, chest & belly
Legs & armpits
Around the tail

Then spray:

Pet bedding
Blankets
Carriers & crates
Furniture your dog lounges on

This helps eliminate ticks already on your dog and the ones hiding in their favorite resting areas.

👉 Think of this as clearing ticks from your dog and their most-used spaces.

Step 2: Check High-Risk Areas After Every Outdoor Walk
(Supports treatment — not alternatives.)

Ticks don’t fly or jump. They “quest” by clinging to tall grass and grabbing onto your dog as they pass.
A quick daily check drastically reduces the chance of ticks feeding long enough to transmit disease.

Check:

Inside & around the ears
Between toes/paw pads
Under the collar
Armpits & groin
Around the tail

These are the warmest, safest areas where ticks love to hide.

Step 3: Protect Your Yard From Tick Hotspots

Use Pest Defense Pro Outdoors

Even if you treat your dog, ticks from your yard will continue attaching unless outdoor areas are protected.

Pest Defense Pro creates a customized, plant-powered outdoor barrier designed to repel fleas and ticks in your region.

Spray around:

Yard edges & fences
Shaded areas and under decks
Bushes, tree lines & brush
Foundation cracks & entry points
Paths and resting spots your dog visits

This helps stop ticks before they ever reach your dog — protecting them during walks, backyard play, and bathroom breaks.

👉 Flea & Tick Control protects your dog. Pest Defense Pro protects the environment around them.

Quick Tip!

Ticks can't jump or fly - they use a behavior called "questing" where they climb to the top of grass or plants and grab onto your dog as they brush past.

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Common Types of Ticks

Different ticks carry different diseases. Knowing which ticks affect dogs helps you understand the risks:

American Dog Ticks

Most common tick on dogs. Brown with white markings. Can transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever and cause tick paralysis.

Brown Dog Ticks

Can complete entire life cycle indoors. Prefer dogs over other hosts. Transmit ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis.

Deer Ticks (Black-legged)

Very small ticks that carry Lyme disease. Most common in Northeast and upper Midwest regions. Hard to spot on dogs.

5 Places Ticks
Attach to Your Dog

Ticks crawl onto dogs from the environment and search for warm, hidden spots to attach and feed. Here's where you need to check your dog carefully:

Around and inside the ears

Ticks love the warm, hidden areas around ear flaps and inside ear canals

Between toes and paw pads

Easy for ticks to climb up from grass and hide in fur between toes

Under the collar

The neck area under collars provides perfect cover for ticks

Armpits and groin area

Warm, moist areas with thinner skin are prime tick attachment spots

Around the tail and rear end

Hidden areas where ticks can feed undisturbed

A More Effective
Approach

While checking your dog and maintaining your yard helps, ticks can attach quickly during walks and hikes. You need solutions that provide continuous protection when your dog is trying to enjoy the outdoors.

Here's the bottom line: the best way to protect your dog from ticks is using safe removal methods and prevention that travels with them during outside time. That's where BugMD comes in - plant-powered solutions that repel ticks without harsh chemicals, keeping your dog safe on every adventure.

Eliminate Your Tick
Problem with BugMD

If you're worried about ticks on your dog, the most effective approach is using proven solutions designed specifically for tick protection. BugMD gives you professional-grade protection that's safe for your pets. Thousands of families have successfully kept ticks off their dogs using these same solutions.

Each solution tackles ticks differently, giving you options based on your specific situation:

Flea & Tick Control

Safely remove ticks from your dog and treat the areas where they hide
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‍This plant-powered spray helps remove ticks from your dog’s coat and protects bedding, crates, and pet areas from lingering pests.

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👉 Protect your dog and their favorite spaces with one easy solution.

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Pest Defense Pro

Your outdoor barrier against ticks where they live and breed

‍Ticks thrive in yards, shaded areas, under decks, and along fences.
Pest Defense Pro’s customized formula + reusable sprayer system creates long-lasting protection in the outdoor areas your dog explores daily.

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👉 Help stop ticks before they reach your dog.

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Pro Tip!

Many customers get the best results by combining solutions - using Flea and Tick Control to safely remove ticks and treat your dog's living areas while Paw Guardian provides continuous protection during walks, hikes, and outdoor play.

Still Seeing Ticks? We Can Help.

Many customers get the best results by combining solutions - using Essential Pest Control for immediate barrier protection while Pest Defense Pro provides long-term control.

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