Services at Toa Payoh Vets: De-ticking a dog
Channel: Dr David Sing
Date: 09/04/2014

Heavily infested dogs bring ticks to the home. Toa Payoh Vets provide a service to de-tick the dog systematically. The whole process for a heavily infested Rottweiler including tick removal manually can take as long as 4 hours

This video elaborates on the process of de-ticking. A Tibetan Terrier, Siberian Husky and Border Collie are ex-patients shown in this video.

Estimated fees for de-ticking a dog in 2015 are around $250 (small breed), $300 (medium breed) to $350 (large breed)
Additional fees for sedation is around $100 to sedate the dog for clipping of the coat.
Blood test, spot-on insecticides and oral tablets (lasting 3 months of protection), antibiotics and tests for tick fever are excluded. 

The owner has to de-contaminate his apartment or house and garden.  Many small ticks hide inside the wall cracks and wait for the dog to be present before attaching onto the dog, suck blood and fall off.