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How do you protect your dog from ticks in Norway?

Daily checks, tick removal and tick products from the vet.

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Short answer

Check your dog daily in tick areas, remove ticks quickly with tweezers or a tick remover, and ask a vet about tick products for dogs. In Norway ticks are common along the coast from Østfold to Brønnøysund in Nordland. They are active when the air is above freezing, the ground has thawed and the snow has melted.

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Why

  1. The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (FHI) advises checking dogs and cats daily when they are in areas with ticks.
  2. According to FHI, a vet can prescribe tick products for dogs and cats.
  3. Adult ticks live on larger mammals such as hares, roe deer, moose, cattle and dogs, and tick numbers usually seem highest in spring.

Details

Grip the tick close to the skin with tweezers or a tick remover and pull it straight out; removing it quickly lowers the risk of disease. Tick numbers drop fast further inland and higher up, but single ticks are found far inland in Eastern Norway and north of the Arctic Circle. If the dog seems unwell after a tick bite, contact a vet.

Tip

If you take the dog to southern Europe, treat it with a suitable tick product before the trip and at least a couple of days before you return to Norway.

What may differ

The brown dog tick from southern Europe is rarely found in Norway, usually on dogs that have been abroad, but it can easily settle indoors.

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Sources

Information checked on 20 October 2026, and it does not replace advice from a vet.

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