How to Use dog tick in a Sentence

dog tick

noun

• Some ticks, like the deer tick, are active year-round, and dog ticks come out during spring and summer.
  — Elle Meyers, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
• American dog tick Males are dark red with white interlaced patterns across the entire back.
  — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 8 June 2026
• Deer ticks and dog ticks, which are both native to Connecticut, are most frequent transmitters of Lyme disease.
  — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2026
• Other ticks commonly found in North Carolina include the black-legged tick and American dog tick.
  — Charlotte Observer, 30 Apr. 2026
• That includes the American dog tick, which lives east of the Rocky Mountains and on parts of the Pacific Coast.
  — Austin Hornbostel, Nashville Tennessean, 16 Sep. 2025
• In North America alone, there are around 10 species of native ticks including the American dog tick and the blacklegged or deer tick, which can all spread diseases through a simple bite.
  — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 June 2026