My dog has ticks after a hike. What shampoo kills missed ticks?

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We went for a hike yesterday and inspite of our ShihTzu having been Frontlined 6 weeks ago, we have found 5 ticks on him. We have removed the ones found with tweezers and disinfected, but we are wondering if there is a shampoo or something we can use to bathe him to try to kill any other ticks we may have missed. Pet's info: Dog | Shih Tzu | Male | neutered | 6 years and 11 months old | 18 lbs

Megan, DVM, CVA · Accepted Answer

Poor Floyd! Frontline usually needs to be reapplied every 4 weeks which may be why it wasn’t working well. I would just do a regular bath as a lot of the tick “dips” can cause dogs to have reactions. Or you can talk to your vet about a dip that may be safer than the OTC products. If you just choose to do a regular bath then I would just look him over really well while he is wet. I would then reapply frontline no earlier than 48 hours after the bath. Once frontline is applied, you are not suppose to bathe them again for another 48 hours after. I hope this helps!

My dog has ticks after a hike. What shampoo kills missed ticks?

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