I am finding ticks everywhere in the yard. I pull off around 5-6 a day off of my dog. Frontline Plus helped with fleas, but it is horrible with Ticks. I am constantly checking myself from paranoia; I would freak out if there was a Tick on me. How do you get rid of these things without spraying the yard? What kind of medicine can I give the dog? Thanks. I am also going to get some Guinea Fowl here soon too. Yuk, I hate them!!
HmmâŚFrontline has always worked great for my dogs, both outside and in, for fleas and ticksâŚ
maybe overexposure in your area?
Bugs do develop immunity, so perhaps a topical with a different active ingredient?
I use to spray my yard and runs rotating yearly the active ingredient, rather than just the brand name.
Itâs a choice, chemical the yard or chemical the dog.
I never really think about it when it comes to removing. If I get one on me, or find one on the dogs, that thing is coming offa there, NOW! I hate 'em too, creepy, stick on you, spidery little creatures⌠After the feast ones are the worst. Yuck.
Nasty critters, yeah.
Have you tried a search on this site, TWC? We had a thread a while back where a couple of us were disabused of the old âhold a cigarette to themâ notion.
I believe THIS was it.
Tick bites to humans are a fact of life if you spend much time outdoors, and the bites can have serious consequences. Ticks can carry a number of diseases, including Lyme disease, so you want to take the necessary precautions to avoid getting bitten, if at all possible. Also, it is a good idea to know how to correctly remove a tick from the body if you do get bitten. After being bitten by a tick you need to watch for possible symptoms that would indicate that you need to seek medical help. While I cannot give anything that might be construed as medical advise in this forum, I think that it is prudent to seek out information regarding the issues that I just mentioned.
Thanks for the advice Doug, and link for the site IB.
It seems that ticks can be repelled by what a person eats, in particular, copious amounts of garlic.
Yup, garlic, the same stuff thatâs known to keep werewolves away.
Try a Google search on ticks and garlic.
I love garlic, but it doesnât love me. I used to eat it all the time, but one day I got a horrible virus, and things have never been the same. I canât eat garlic to this day 
; it will put me out, hard, for a long time.
long pants, tucked into socks, check regularly, number 3 hair cut (on the guys). Thatâs my tick âdefenseâ.
If you have wild critters going through your yard routinely, you might as well not waste your money on some type of spray for the yard - they ticks will just come back.
While Iâve gotten ticks occasionally - I have a LOT worse time with mosquitos and chiggers. I am âtheâ mosquito magnet. And Iâve literally stood next to a blackberry patch in the past and watched the chiggers come crawling out of it toward me.
Spooooooooooooooooooooooooooon!!!
Sorry. Couldnât resist.
If you use whatever active ingredient that works for your particular area,-it has to be one they are not resistant to, and use it regularly, you should keep them at bay.It worked for me for many many years in a rural area that was infested before I waged war on the things. By doing this we had none on us, and none on the dogs.
mmmmâŚyes you could 
First, ask your vet about yard sprays, if your vet doesnât know, change vets, and call your extension service. Second, Frontline Plus does kill ticks and usually before they embed. It needs to be applied every month, 30-31days, to be most effective for ticks.
I do apply the Frontline Plus once a month. The ticks are still on him, but thankfully the fleas arenât.
Also, my yard is too much wilderness to spray.
i feel that for some reason the ticks are more prevalent than they once were. you canât even go in the woods from march - november here in alabama without being invested, i use to camp in the spring and summer, never anymore. perhaps some tick predator has gone by the way, a certain bird?
i donât think i have gotten any tastier over the years 
now i just stay on the water, not too close to shore, to enjoy whatâs left of nature.
Much of it has to do with a decrease in mammalian predators/hunting pressures and an increase in wild animal host populations in urban areas. Deer, rabbit, etc.
I have heard that several mild winters
in a row means that tick dieoffs will be
down and therefore there will be more
and more ticks every summer (until we
get a good, cold, wet winter).
Whistle Collector, have you tried any
other pest-control products? Maybe
advantix would work better for the ticks
in your area⌠Also, you may want to
try putting on the first dose of what-
ever youâre using at the Vetâs so they
can make sure youâre applying it right.
good thinking dwesterly. there are deer and all other wild beasts where they never were before.
we even have gators in north alabama now, and the deer walk around in the mcmansion subdivisions in broad daylight.
plus ticks love the pine trees and they are planted everywhere for a quick harvest-buck.
So have I. Unfortunately this seems to be untrue from my own experience. The last two winters in my country were pretty cold. This winter weâve even had several weeks of -4°F (-20°C). Nonetheless the ticks are everywhere in the woods and meadows.
My parentâs golden retriever has usually 3-4 a day, some of them still crawling on her fur⌠
Frontline has never worked for our dog. There wasnât even a decrease in ticks found on her, plus they didnât even die ealier than without the treatment. Oh yeah and the dog developed an allergy in the end.
My momâs tried nearly everything from special collars to fluids (like Frontline) to homeopatic drugs. Nothing helped much so far and their dogâs already 11 years old.
Uhm, why not PM or ask Doc Jones if heâs got an idea? Iâm not sure if the no medical advise rules are also effective for vet medicine. 
Maybe try to find some information about the different vaccinations available for humans and animals. There are some against very few of the tick transmitted diseases. Ask your vet and/or GP about them.
Hm. Interesting.