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Are you worried about the effects of chemicals on your
dog? Why not make your own safe, non toxic flea repellents?
Citrus Repellant: Cut a lemon into
quarters and place in a pint jug. Cover the lemon with boiling water and
let it steep overnight. Next day you have a flea repellent that you can
use in a spray bottle. Spray all over your dog remembering especially
behind the ears and around the head generally (careful of eyes), around
the base of the tail (once again keep away from delicate bits) and under
your dog's 'armpits'.
Aromatherapy Repellent. Using 10 ml.
of sweet almond oil as your base, add 10 drops of lavender and 5 drops
of cedarwood. Shake well and use 1 or 2 drops spread over the skin at
least twice a week to keep the fleas away.
A flea collar can be made by rubbing a few drops of one of the following
into an ordinary webbing or rope collar or even a doggy bandanna:
eucalyptus oil, Tea Tree Oil, citronella,lavender or geranium. Don't
forget to do this weekly.
Your Home: Fleas spend most of their
time in your furnishings and only hop onto your dog or you for their
next meal. Make sure you wash your dog's bedding regularly because no
flea ever survived a hot wash cycle. If you add eucalyptus oil to the
final rinse it will also kill 99% of house dust mites according to
research from the University of Sydney, Australia.
Vacuum your home very thoroughly and sprinkle a fine layer of ordinary
table salt over your upholstery and carpets and leave overnight before
vacuuming again to evict your unwelcome guests safely but don't forget
to empty your vacuum bag.
Bathing: A badly infested dog really
needs to be bathed so use your favorite dog shampoo. Rinse the dog off
very thoroughly and in the final rinse add a couple of drops of Tea Tree
Oil or Lavender oil. An alternative is to make your own herbal flea dip
which will also work on ticks. Steep two cups of fresh rosemary in two
pints of boiling water for 30 minutes. Strain the liquid,discard the
leaves and make it up to one gallon ( 8 pints) with warm water. Pour
this mixture over the dog until it's saturated. Do not rinse off and
allow the dog to dry naturally so this is a remedy to use on hot summer
days.
Internal Flea Repellent: Garlic may not be your favorite cologne and
it's not the flea's favorite smell either. When your dog eats garlic,
the smell is excreted through the dog's skin making your dog less likely
to be the flea's next meal. In case you think you might need to give
your dog a breath freshener
along with the garlic, my dogs, Mack and Josh, eat a garlic clove every
day and I don't find their breath smells from it at all.
Brewer's yeast tablets will also help to make your dog less attractive
to fleas because once again the smell is excreted through the skin.
Adding a dessertspoon of apple cider vinegar to the water bowl will make
the skin more acidic and unpleasant to fleas and ticks. If your dogs
don't fancy apple cider vinegar in the water bowl, dilute it 50/50 with
water and use in a spray bottle instead of the citrus repellent.
by Frances Gavin - Canine Natural Cures
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