Yes always remove ticks when ever you see them on your pet. I do complete body checks on my dogs everynight. They sleep in my bed go on my furniture. When we go to areas that are wooded like we are this weekend as soon as they come in the house straight to the bathroom for baths and then I take one while they are drying too. I keep my dogs shaved down low in the warm months they are cockers but impossible to search that hair during flea and tick season. I use frontline and havent had a prblem as of yet. I have heard major horror stories about Hartz and over the counter stuff too. Good luck with the flea and tick problem. I also spray my yard with Garlic fermented in bottles of wwater. Tend to keep the bugs away.
Rio&Nickysmommy