Tick Control Service for Kansas City Yards

The lone star tick is the one most people here find on themselves, followed by the American dog tick and the blacklegged (deer) tick. All three need humidity and cover. You find them where mowed lawn meets tall grass, brush, a wooded lot line, a fence row, or a creek bank — not in the middle of a sunny, short-mowed lawn.

Most ticks don't infest homes; they ride in on people and pets and try to attach. The exception is the brown dog tick, which can breed indoors where dogs sleep. If you are finding ticks on a dog that rarely goes outside, tell us — that is a different job.

We walk the property and find the edges where ticks concentrate, then treat that band — the lawn-to-woodline and fence-row edges, shaded ground cover, and the paths pets use. We don't blanket-spray the whole yard, and we keep applications off vegetable gardens and away from blooming plants.

Tick season here runs roughly March through November, with lone star ticks at their worst from May through August. Treatment is usually part of a recurring yard service through that season rather than a single visit, because new ticks move in from surrounding land.

Keep grass mowed short, especially along the edges. Clear brush and leaf litter back from the lawn, and consider a strip of mulch or gravel between lawn and woods — ticks avoid crossing dry, open ground.

Check people and pets after time in grass or brush, and talk to your vet about tick prevention for dogs and cats. Remove an attached tick with fine-tipped tweezers, pulling straight up close to the skin.