My old guy never had a flea or tick issue. I don't think ticks are all the common where I lived unless the dog was living in the bush & would pick up deer ticks. I always used advantage on him & that kept fleas away for when we went camping.

I found a tick on Rob's mothers cat & brought her to the father & he picked the blood sicker off. We put it in a water bottle & it creeped us all out as it would squirm about.. so we shook the bottle like mad trying to kill it.. it didn't die!! So we set it on fire.