Natural Flea And Tick Repellent

Thank you to happynaturaldog.com for this recipe and writeup.

Instructions for Safely Applying Essential Oil Sprays

Never spray a product, natural or otherwise, on your dog’s face. Instead, spray the oil mix on your hands and gently rub it around your dog’s head, carefully avoiding their eyes and mouth.

After you have sprayed your dogs body, rub the oil in with your hands for better coverage.

If you prefer not to get the oil smell on your hands you don’t have to rub it into your dog’s body. I usually don’t and just make sure to spray thoroughly.

Make sure you don’t get it in your dog’s eyes, and that you don’t touch your eyes if you have it on your hands – some essential oils will make eyes sting.

My Experience: Did Natural Flea and Tick Repellent for Dogs Really Work??

My summer experiment trying natural flea and tick repellent for my dogs was a resounding success! If I used the Paws and Claws cedarwood oil spray before my walks, my dogs were tick free.

Here are the key things I learned:

• The Earth Animal food powder (Diamtomaceous Earth Food Grade) did not seem to be enough by itself to keep the dogs tick free. If I forgot the cedarwood oil spray, I would sometimes find a tick on my dog later that day. I do think, however, that without the food powder I would have found more ticks on the days I forgot to spray.

• When I sprayed with the cedarwood oil spray before our walks (and before any prolonged time sitting in the yard), my dogs remained tick-free.

Next summer I will probably just use the cedarwood oil. I’ve gotten much better at remembering to put it on each day and that was the key to my success.

It’s Time to Give Natural Flea and Tick Prevention for Dogs a Try