Can ticks on a dog crawl onto people?

Ticks on a dog can crawl onto a person, and a tick bite on human skin causes redness and itching. So while keeping a dog, deworm it regularly and avoid taking it to lush grass where ticks and other parasites are common and can attach to the dog.

After each trip to the grass, check the dog’s body for ticks. If you find ticks on the dog, use a dog-specific external parasite treatment to remove them — and never try to pull a tick off the dog by force.