When you’ve got the tick, you can drop it into a jar of alcohol to make sure it’s good and dead. I usually put it in a baggie ...

Use fine-tipped tweezers to grasp the tick as close to your dog’s skin as possible. Pull upward with steady, even pressure.

Ixodes ricinus, the castor bean tick, is a chiefly European species of hard-bodied tick. You probably won’t see a tick as it clings to a blade of grass, but it can see you. The tiny parasites are ...