Your dog deserves a tick-free yard — without you choosing between effective pest control and their safety. Our formulas are selected specifically for homes with pets: EPA-approved, fully dry before your dogs and cats return, and tested against the same ticks that carry Lyme disease in New Hampshire. Free yard inspection for Dover, Portsmouth, Rochester & Somersworth homeowners.
Most pet owners know ticks are a nuisance. Fewer know that the same deer ticks in your NH backyard carry multiple diseases that can permanently damage or kill a dog. Tick-borne illness in dogs is underdiagnosed because the symptoms look like a dozen other conditions — and by the time you know, the damage is done.
Dogs contract Lyme disease from the same blacklegged (deer) ticks that infect people. Symptoms — lethargy, shifting leg lameness, loss of appetite, swollen joints — often appear 2 to 5 months after the bite. Left untreated, Lyme nephritis can destroy a dog's kidneys. New Hampshire is in the highest-risk region in the country for canine Lyme exposure.
Transmitted by the brown dog tick and lone star tick, ehrlichiosis attacks white blood cells and can cause fever, weight loss, bleeding disorders, and neurological symptoms in dogs. Chronic ehrlichiosis is difficult to diagnose and even harder to treat if caught late. NH tick populations increasingly carry this pathogen.
A single engorged female tick attached near the spine can release neurotoxins that cause ascending paralysis starting in the hind legs — progressing to respiratory failure in 24 to 72 hours if the tick isn't found and removed. It looks like a neurological emergency. It resolves completely within hours of tick removal — but only if you catch it.
Anaplasmosis causes high fever, joint pain, and clotting problems in dogs. Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever — increasingly found in NH deer ticks — is potentially fatal within days if untreated. Both are transmitted by ticks that live in the exact type of yard most Seacoast NH homes have: wooded edges, leaf litter, and tall grass near the fence line.
Pet-safe doesn't mean less effective. It means the right formulas, applied correctly — so your yard is genuinely protected and your pets can safely return once treatment dries.
Not all tick control products are equal for yards with pets. We use bifenthrin- and permethrin-based EPA-registered formulas at label rates that are proven safe for dogs and cats once dry. We do not use organophosphates or compounds that remain hazardous after application. Product selection is based on your yard's situation — including pets, children, and garden areas.
We concentrate treatment on the zones where ticks actually live — woodland edges, fence lines, stone walls, leaf litter beds, and shrub bases. Ticks do not live on open lawn. Targeting the right areas means lower total chemical load in your yard and faster safe-reentry for your pets, without sacrificing protection.
Once the treatment dries — typically 2 to 4 hours depending on temperature and humidity — the yard is fully safe for pets to re-enter. We'll tell you exactly when that window is on the day of treatment. No overnight restriction, no week-long wait. Your dog can be back in their yard the same afternoon.
A single treatment provides 4 to 6 weeks of tick reduction. Seasonal programs layer applications through NH's peak tick activity — early spring nymph season (highest Lyme transmission risk), peak summer, and fall adult tick season. Continuous programs mean your pets and kids are never unprotected during the months that matter most.
Four steps. No guesswork, no surprise charges, and your pets are safe from day one.
We walk your property and identify the tick risk zones specific to your yard — wooded edges, stone walls, moisture areas, leaf litter. We also note where your pets spend time so we can be precise about treatment placement and reentry windows.
Based on your pets (dogs, cats, size, health considerations) and yard layout, we confirm the right formula for your situation. We explain exactly what we're applying, why, and what the reentry timeline looks like for your animals.
We treat the perimeter, woodland edges, shrub bases, and identified hotspots. The full treatment takes 30 to 60 minutes. We tell you the exact time your yard is safe for pets to re-enter — and we don't leave until you know when that is.
We follow up 2 to 3 weeks after treatment to confirm tick activity has dropped. For ongoing protection, we schedule reapplications timed to NH's tick season — so your pets are never left unprotected between April and October.
Every pest control company says "pet-safe." Here's what that actually means in practice: the products we use are EPA-registered for residential tick control. At the label application rates, they break down on vegetation within hours. Once dry, the residue does not transfer to skin or paws at levels that cause harm.
What it doesn't mean: these are not inert substances. During application and while wet, pets and children should not be in the treatment area. The 2 to 4 hour reentry window is not a formality — it's the time needed for the formula to dry and stabilize. We take that seriously.
Dogs are the highest-risk animals for tick-borne disease in NH. Our treatment eliminates ticks in the zones dogs actually use — not just the open lawn. Reentry after drying: under 4 hours.
Cats are sensitive to certain pest control chemicals. We specifically avoid formulas hazardous to cats and verify reentry safety before every treatment in a cat-occupied yard.
The same formula safe for your pets is safe for your kids. Once dry, the treatment is stable. No keeping the family out of the yard for days — same-day reentry, typically within a few hours of application.
Lower total chemical load means faster safe-reentry. We treat where ticks actually are — not the entire yard surface. Your pet's play area gets the same protection with less product contact.
Most services spray the lawn and hand you a safety data sheet. We treat the actual tick habitat — and we're specific about what we're putting in your yard and when your pets can come back.
We don't apply a single product to every yard. We select based on your pets — dogs, cats, age, health factors — and your yard's layout. A cat household gets different product consideration than a dog household. This isn't standard practice. It should be.
Before treatment, we note where your dogs run, where they dig, where they nap in the yard. Treatment is concentrated at tick habitat — away from the open areas pets use most. Less contact with treated vegetation, same protection against ticks entering your yard.
We tell you the exact reentry time for your pets on the day of treatment, based on the temperature, humidity, and treatment area. Not "a few hours." A specific time. You know when your dog can go back outside.
We don't improvise concentration. Every application follows the EPA-registered label rate — effective enough to eliminate ticks, controlled enough that it's safe. We can show you the product label for anything we apply.
We serve Dover, Portsmouth, Rochester, and Somersworth. The tick pressure in a Rochester wooded subdivision with deer corridors is different from a Portsmouth harborside lot. Local knowledge matters — and generic national chains don't have it.
Two to three weeks after treatment, we check in to confirm tick activity dropped. If you're still finding ticks in treated zones, we come back. Not as a new service call — as part of the job. Your dog's protection doesn't end when we leave the driveway.
They run through the exact spots ticks are waiting — the brush at the yard edge, the base of the stone wall, the shaded corner near the fence. They can't check themselves. They can't tell you something is wrong until it's already progressing. You protect them from cars, from bad food, from other dogs at the park. Protecting them from a tick-infested yard is the same instinct — and it's a 30-minute service call.
We'll walk your property, assess the tick risk zones, and give you a clear quote for a pet-safe barrier treatment. Serving Dover, Portsmouth, Rochester & Somersworth NH.
A free inspection takes 20 minutes. You'll know exactly what tick risk your property has and what it costs to eliminate it — no obligation, no pressure to book.