My daughter noticed this bump on our beagle's ear. Based on internet pictures, is this a tick after feeding?

If so, it appears best means of removal is to grasp the base with tweezers and then pull straight out without twisting or rocking? Appreciate any advice.

http://imgur.com/gallery/s46WNkc

Thanks for the image help. Guess I need to remind myself how to add images....

And yes it's a tick. Pull it off.

Hard to tell from the pic. Can you visualize legs? Is it still there? Change is size?

That is a tick.

That is indeed a tick. To get them off our dogs when we were kids, we would light a match and then blow it out. We would then stick the end against the tick's back side. This usually caused the tick to pull its head out, at which point we would flick it off and burn it (more fun) or squish it.

We would put alcohol on a q-tip and dab around the head area to make the tick back out, that way you dont pull it and leave the head inside.

Thanks for the replies. Got it removed and will keep an eye on it for the next several days for infection. Tweezers got all of it and then treated with hydrogen peroxide.

One video I watched said both burning and chemicals will make the tick regurgitate when it let's go, which can introduce more toxins into the wound. I stuck with the tweezer approach.