What is the best way to remove ticks from a dog

my puppy has about a hundred.

Follow these:

Don't remove the tick with your fingers.

In many areas of the country the tick is likely to be carrying lyme disease or other pathogens that can harm humans.

Don't squash the tick.

The spirochete that causes Lyme disease hibernates in the tick鈥檚 intestine, sometimes for years, waiting for a signal that a new host is available. This signal, an influx of fresh blood, triggers an enormous increase in the spirochete population. After filling the intestine, spirochetes move to the salivary glands and enter the their new host along with anticoagulants and anesthetics produced by the tick. Squashing the tick spreads spirochetes everywhere.

Don't try to burn the tick or smother it with Vaseline etc..

Once that tick is firmly fastened in place, it takes time for the tick to detach itself and depart. No matter how badly the tick may wish to leave quickly, it simply can鈥檛. A burning cigarette may kill the tick but won鈥檛 make it fall off. Ticks can live without air for a long time, so attempts to smother it allow disease transmission to continue for several hours. Anything that upsets or harms the tick without removing it can theoretically cause the tick to regurgitate its stomach contents back into the host, increasing the likelihood of disease transmission.

Don't twist the tick out.

Ticks aren鈥檛 threaded. Your best chance of removing the head is pulling straight out with steady traction. Twisting invariably leaves the head behind. Because tick-twisters don鈥檛 feel the head break off they think it has been removed.