My sister found a tick on her pup and he must've got it off the back garden because he hasn't been anywhere else. It probably fell of a hedgehog.
She removed it by heating some tweezers up on a lighter flame and then when she grabbed the tick with it, it let go because of the heat and so didn't take a chunk of skin out. They then put it into boiling water to finish it off.
If you find a tick again, maybe try that to prevent taking a chunk out.

Lyme disease is a lot less common here in the UK than in the US but my sister is still keeping a watch over him but he seems to be fine.

We've had ticks on previous dogs before and non of them every got lyme disease fortunately. Our Jess and Mist were lucky they never had a tick.