Ticked off

I HATE ticks.  We have found four in the house.  And two inbedded.  One was in my leg this morning and the other was in my doberman's ear.  Neither had been there long but it's still gross.  I want to find an environmentally safe way to remove them from my yard but am having trouble finding anything.  I don't want to kill any birds because I wanted to rid myself of ticks.  My grandparents lived in this house for almost fifty years and she says they never had ticks this bad.  I just want them gone.

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