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Puppy tick bite bleeding: How to protect my dog from ticks and fleas?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | German Shepherd | Female | 3 months and 7 days old | 8 lbs

My puppy dog got infected by biting of tick and der is bleeding coming out he is infected near tail portion how to protect from ticks n fleas and can i bath me after getting infected i m the first doog owner pls let me knw all about ticks thank you

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Answered By Dr Stafford, BVetMed, MRCVS

Veterinarian

Published on July 22nd, 2017

Ticks can cause infection if their mouth is left behind when removed, this causes a local reaction. There are also some tick bourne diseases that ticks carry, but hese are quite rare. I recommend using a product such as frontline or nexgaurd or advocate to protect against ticks. And use a special tick remober to disattach any on the dog.

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