A tick remover or tick removal tool will help remove a tick. These tools can either be tweezers or a specially shaped ‘hook’ which you buy from your vet or pet supplies store.
To remove the tick, grab the tick adjacent to your pet’s skin (at the tick mouthparts), twist the tick gently, then pull the tick away from the skin.
Take care not to squeeze the tick’s body as you pull it off your dog. Removed ticks may still be alive, so be sure they don’t escape to find another host to feed on.