A Canadian told me that she learned from someone in Banff, that you should put Vaseline on each tick. She said that ticks breathe through their backsides and that smothering them with Vaseline will make them back out.
Weird, eh? Try that. Wish I’d known that back in the Ozarks so long ago.
>>>> "A Canadian told me that she learned from someone in Banff ....." <<<<
What a coincidence....I think I met the same Canadian last week. Good looking lady about this tall, riding a snowmobile? Yeah....looking good. BUT, she told me stabbing them with an ice pick also worked well. I wouldn't recommend it, though, as it's so hard to find a decent ice pick nowadays, you would waste a lot of time looking for one. Think I'd go with having your dog sit on your lap and let the ticks jump off you and onto him.
Witch Hazel works, too. Coat the tick and they’ll back out. Just don’t let them get loose...