Has anyone made their own flee solution to put on dogs and puppies?

Question

I would like to make my own natual mixture. Also does anyone know what is a good product or mixture to use on lawns to get rid of flees. We seem to have a infestation outside and with the weather getting hotter there getting out of control.

Answer 1

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Not to sound like a Know-it-all but there is a very natural way of dealing with fleas. First your home and yard needs to be decontaminated. The best method for doing that is a little bug called a nematode. They are available in powered form in 16 oz plastic bottles. You know the old saying "Every dog has its fleas and each flea has his flea", well the nematodes are the fleas flea. They bore into the flea and lay their eggs literally destroying the ability of the flea to lay eggs killing the flea at the same time.

Take the powder and lightly sprinkle it on the your carpeting, it will not hurt the carpet, then lightly spray your carpet with a fine mist of water. Don't walk on the carpet yourself until it is dry. It is ok to let the dogs walk on it. Then do the same to your whole yard. It will be about a week but the fleas will be gone.

The nematodes will become dormat when there is no food but when there is food they multiply profusely, then will go dormat again.

The dog needs to be fully defleaed at the same time. The best method I have found to do that naturally, is to use a combination of Avon Skin-So-Soft (original formula not the scented stuff) and mild shampo (J&J Baby Shampoo works best). After having used regular mild shampoo to clean the dog, bathe your dog again using the SSS, putting a full 16 oz bottle in the bath tub full of warm water. Just soak your dog very throughly. Do Not dry your dog off. Take it straight outside and let him dry off naturally. Of course don't let him role in the dirt etc. This will take about an hour to do but is the best overall method.

The SSS will stay on his coat and act as a conditioner as well as be a deterant to the fleas. The SSS is a natural mineral oil and will help with your dogs skin irratation from the flea bits and will kill any left over fleas and eggs from the shampoo cleaning.

Best wishes in your project. Fleas are a big problem everywhere I have ever lived and this was the best way to get rid of them

Answer 2

I have made my own flea solutions occaisionally, but since I feed a largely raw, natural diet which includes garlic and things like coconut, carrot small quanties of onion, ginger etc. I never need to even worm my dogs and the rare flea might rear it's ugly head after a trip to a benched show.
There are several natural flea remedies that are quite effective, although may take quite a while longer on commercially fed animals.
Cut around 10 -15 lemons in half and allow to ferment in a sunny spot or scald with boiling water (about 4 litres) and leave them to ferment in the water for a few days. Hand squeeze all juice out and sieve to remove pulp. You can also add rosemary, alfalfa, garlic, wormwood/southernwood, tansy etc to the brew. Transfer the brew to a bottle with a sprayer. You can use something like a bottle of window cleaner, throughly washed out and thoroughly wet the dog, parting the fur so that you ensure the brew reaches the skin. Do not dry the dog. Once dry, brush very well as this is a sticky mixture but will brush out.
I find I need only one treatment, but don't expect the fleas to drop dead immediately, takes a few days. A flea infestation is often a sign of a not so crash hot immune system which a natural diet will help prevent.
Ciao,
Karen

Answer 3

I have to say, how is them buying the sick puppies in mass amount *any* different than a human purchasing a puppy from a pet shop, or directly from the mill? If they are that dedicated, why can't they track the pups somehow (may sound farfetched) so whenever a shelter gets ahold of a suspected puppy mill puppy, they can step in and rescue from there. It might not be much, but it would be a start. Puppy mill puppies need a *lot* of extra care, and I'm happy they provide it, but they could go about it in a MUCH better way.

Answer 4

I read where you can bathe them in Dawn dishwashing liquid. I tried this when my pug got fleaa from being at my sisters around her dog. Whe we got him home, he had fleas and we gave him a bath in Dawn and the fleas dropped off. The tub was full of dead fleas... It really worked. We made sure to put a gentle conditioner on him so his skin would not be irrtated though. Good luck

Answer 5

My step mother always used tea tree oil for fleas on her cats. You just dab a tiny amount on the back of the animals neck (somewhere they cant reach to lick) and that will take care of the fleas for a few weeks to a month. Try some pesticides for the yard. There are plenty anti-bug fertilizers on the market. Might be difficult to find this time of year though.

Answer 6

get a half cup of baking soda and put it in a 24oz (3 cups) of water. then mix it together until it makes a little bit of a paste and then rub it all over the dogs. then wait for a few seconds, and then rince the dogs fur out.
i have no idea about the lawn

Answer 7

best is to purchase pesticides from a vet and many stores carry a line of pest poisons to put on your lawn.

Answer 8

We put Garlic in our pets food and that seems to help with the control of fleas.

Answer 9

i would try going to the local store and seeing their products!!! i have try everything, but you must remember that fleas can survey the water, toiled and anything!

Answer 10

Try this site:
http://www.shirleys-wellness-cafe.com/petallergies.htm#external