Atick attaches to the flesh of a dog and feeds on the dog's blood for energy. this negatively impacts the dog by causing it discomfort and removing nutrients that the dog's body could have used for life processes, but it does not kill the dog. the interaction described above is known as

The interaction above is described as a parasitic relationship, in which the tick benefits from the dog by using him as a source of food and transportation, whereas the dog is negatively effected and is the host in this relationship. The tick can endanger the dogs life by transferring a disease! This is the simplest example of a parasitic relationship. Hope I could help, I answered a question like this recently, so I tried my best!