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My dog is covered in ticks. What can I use to kill them quickly?

Updated on September 23, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | American Bulldog | Male | unneutered | 10 months and 8 days old | 110 lbs

Is there something i can use on my dog fir killing ticks..we went out in woods yesterday and hes completely covered and everything is closed for holiday, he gets agressive messin w/his feet and stuff so we werent able to fully remove them all and hes brindle so its impossible to see how many mor are on him..we pulled over 50 off ourselves (4 of us)

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Jennifer Summerfield, DVM CPDT-KA

Answered By Jennifer Summerfield, DVM CPDT-KA

Veterinarian, Certified Dog Trainer

Published on May 29, 2017

Poor Banner! Ticks have been awful this year, especially in some areas :( I would suggest getting some K9 Advantix or Frontline and applying a dose today - this should kill all of the ticks within the next 24 hours or so. You should be able to find these products at Walmart or someplace similar.
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  • Answered By David Elbeze, DVM, MRCVS

    Veterinarian

    Unfortunately nothing gets rid of ticks except anti tuck products such as advantix, bravecto, frontline or seresto. The other option is to remove them manually with a tick remover. You can find the tick remover and the frontline in petshops as well, maybe some of the big chains will be opened today for a few hours.

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