Well I finally made some "flea free" cookies for the doggies (kitties are out of luck as garlic is toxic to felines). They have brewer's yeast and garlic as the active ingredients. A cookie a day will help to ward off fleas, but there is alot more you will need to do to keep those pesky parasites away.
Here's some tips on natural flea control that I have used and have only once had a flea problem - during a particularly bad year - but managed to control the fleas and was FLEA FREE again within 2 weeks.
1. Wash your pet's bedding often - at least once a week - this will drown and kill any flea larvae, eggs and adult fleas
2. Sprinkle diatomaceous earth in corners and under pets beds, crates etc. On hardwood floors I sprinkle the DE on the floor and use a broom to make sure it gets in the cracks. Whenever I vacuum the area I re-apply.
3. Add apple cider vinegar to your dog's diet - you can put it in their water - make sure it's the natural stuff that says it contains "mother"
4. Vacuum, vacuum, vacuum - and put some DE in the vacuum bag to kill any larvae that may hatch.
5. Check for fleas regularly - especially behind ears, under collar, near tail. If you see black specks that look like dirt, put some on a wet paper towel - if it turns red, you have fleas - this is flea poo and what do fleas eat? BLOOD!
6. Use an all natural topical repellent such as Flea Drops from Nature's Power - I wouldn't go near those chemical ones - made that mistake once and the Shawds broke out in pimples all over.
If you have any flea questions, just ask!
