Even before all the snow is gone from the prairies, the tick season begins. Every year at the first spotting of a wood tick, I bath my dogs with a natural tick shampoo (see recipe) and then use a natural repellant made from natural oils. Here is the recipe.
Witches Brew
Ingredients are full strength oils: Tea Tree Oil, Rosemary Oil, Sage Oil, Cedar wood Oil, Peppermint Oil, Sweet Orange Oil, Eucalyptus Oil, Citronella Oil and Pine Needle Oil.
Directions: Mix 2 - 3 drops each with 16oz of water in a spray bottle, shake before each application and spray lightly over entire body.
Directions for shampoo: Mix 4-6 drops each with 32oz of any natural shampoo and you now have a natural flea shampoo. Repels fleas, ticks, mosquitoes, flies and also makes the truck smell great. Spray dogs and bedding. It smells great. People can use this as well, although it has to be re-applied more frequently then normal sprays.
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