Ticks, yuck! How to get rid of them?

[mahina]

We lost our Molly dog after 13 great years. It's three years later and we've adopted our Maka dog, pure pound hound and a lot of laughs.

Not so funny are these g. d. bugs that have started appearing. We find one or two on her a day.

Already doing the frontline but it doesn't seem to be working.

Any smart DU dog people or cat people out there who know of a solution? Healthy if possible?

I recall that washing a dog in Dawn soap kills fleas. Wish this was a flea problem!

Mahalo...

[cheri010353]

1. Vinegar or Garlic

When we lived in Arizona, ticks were a huge problem. Someone told me that if you put vinegar or garlic in your dog's food it would get rid of them and, sure enough, it worked. They just fell off and didn't come. I think we put about 1 or 2 tablespoon of vinegar in two cups of food with gravy on it. The dogs didn't seem to mind. Of course, they were lab mixes and not fussy eaters. It is supposed to work for fleas, too.

[mahina]

2. Wonderful, I'll try it, thank you.

Will start in the morning. Thank you for the suggestion. I'll let you know how it goes. Wish me luck!

Found two in my bed when I changed the sheets...I hate them so much but love this pup. I'd much rather use vinegar than more poison and was reaching for the poison, checked here first. So glad I did, and I sure hope it works.

Thank you!

[murielm99]

3. Let me know if this works for you.

I have never heard of this solution.

[mahina]

6. It worked!

It really did. The vinegar, not the garlic...we didn't do that one.

Good luck.

[TorchTheWitch]

4. garlic is toxic to dogs

Apparently, vinegar isn't, but onions and garlic are... http://www.vetinfo.com/dtoxin.html

If you already treated with Frontline, no other poisons! They have the same toxins and combining both the Frontline with any other toxin remedy can be a dangerous overload. If you still have the Frontline package, make sure it isn't a rip off imitation. I just saw this on the news last night. The package looks almost identical to the real Frontline, but if you look at where it gives the address of the company it should say that it's made in France. The rip off ones discovered so far have an address listed on the package as being from Australia. The rip off ones are NOT Frontline products, they don't work or don't work very well at all, and there's no telling what kind of crap is in it. Apparently, someone has cleverly been copying the Frontline packaging and selling crap medication. Don't buy the products sold on discount websites especially wedsites based outside the US as these are the ones that are buying up the fake Frontline and selling it at or near market price. If you bought it at a reputable pet store or drugstore, I wouldn't worry about it if you don't have the packaging anymore to be able to check.

Keep the dog away from wooded areas, tall grass/weedy places and dead leaves on the ground until it gets cold enough outside to finally kill the buggers. Supposedly, it takes a couple of weeks of solid cold weather of below 40 degrees to kill them off and their eggs.

Treat your house. If there's so many that you find them on furniture they may have infested the house and laid eggs. Get some of those foggers to blow out the whole house and get rid of all the creepy crawlies. A bit of a pain in the ass, but if you're finding this many ticks and even on furniture, there's a really bad ass monster tick infestation somewhere that the dog is getting into.

Ticks seem to be a good deal more hardy than fleas and may still latch onto the treated dog and take a little longer to croke.

Always check with a vet or research reputable pet medical websites before dispensing home remedies so you don't inadvertently poison your pet.

[mahina]

5. Hey, that worked!

Thank you!

Since I started giving her 1 T of vinegar in her food, the ticks slowly vanished. I haven't seen one in weeks, and we were finding several a day on her.

She doesn't like the vinegar but she's a bit of a fatty fat fat fat dog anyway so it won't kill her to miss a bowl of kibble every now and again. We love her so much so really appreciate your post!

Mahalo!