Can you spray the garden to kill ticks?

[traxx]

My poor golden retriever is getting 20+ ticks a day and really want to do something to help her

[bexVN]

Wow that's a lot!! No idea about the garden I'm afraid but what do you use on her?

Do you have long grass/ overgrown areas/ hedgehogs in your garden?

Edited by bexVN on Sunday 3rd July 22:37

[kit_kat]

My partner took his grandad's advice and fed his dog small amounts of garlic with her food, never had any problems with ticks or fleas after that, could have been an old tale and was lucky or it could have worked.

[Mrs Grumpy]

Stuff like Frontline will kill the ticks, but only after 24/48 hours. I doubt you would be able to use anything in the garden that would also be harmless to dogs.

One of mine kept getting ticks from long grass out on walks (picked 10 off her face after a walk once . I've fitted both of mine with a Scalibor collar now - no ticks since

[traxx]

Mrs Grumpy said:

Stuff like Frontline will kill the ticks, but only after 24/48 hours. I doubt you would be able to use anything in the garden that would also be harmless to dogs.

One of mine kept getting ticks from long grass out on walks (picked 10 off her face after a walk once . I've fitted both of mine with a Scalibor collar now - no ticks since

Never had much luck using collars but I'll try one of those

[traxx]

bexVN said:

Do you have long grass/ overgrown areas/ hedgehogs in your garden?

Edited by bexVN on Sunday 3rd July 22:37

Not really, at a guess the ticks are coming from foxes

[bexVN]

traxx said:

bexVN said:

Do you have long grass/ overgrown areas/ hedgehogs in your garden?

Edited by bexVN on Sunday 3rd July 22:37

Not really, at a guess the ticks are coming from foxes

Quite poss, though ticks usually jump onto animals from grass, so they are probably jumping off foxes onto grass then onto your dog, still a phenomenal number though. scalibor collar may well be worth it. Or Frontline, this won't stop the ticks jumping on but should kill them. garlic can't hurt to try, I know many people feel it works.

[Mrs Grumpy]

traxx said:

Never had much luck using collars but I'll try one of those

I agree that the usual flea/tick collars are rubbish, but Scalibor are not

[tenex]

bexVN said:

still a phenomenal number though.

Please excuse me but I have to ask. Are you sure they are ticks?

I have only ever encountered "hot spots" like that on bracken hill ground shared with 2500 sheep and 500 red deer and only since compulsory dipping was abandoned.
As far as I know there is nothing to treat the garden. Just keep the dog well protected.

[Doshy]

My puppy started getting loads of them. I raked up all the leaves etc under the hedges when he was sticking his nose and the vet sprayed him around the neck with something and that cured it. Just get the odd one now and I'm well practised in getting them out!
Phil.

[AndrewIC]

I can highly recommend the garlic treatment. We use it with our lab at home in Sussex and she hasn't had a tic that has ever been noticed in 8 years.
Basically go to any equine/large feed supplier and get a tub of powdered garlic. Thoroughly mix about a tea spoon into a meal a day (wet food, otherwise they won't eat it as it must taste horrible) and it should help. Sometimes takes a while for the dog to get used to the taste, but they soon get used to it.
Hope this helps and the woofer stops getting munched.