Don't let your family or pets get flea bitten. Try these natural flea repellent recipes and ideas

Flea Terminator Dog Treats

3 cubes beef bouillon
1 1/2 cups boiling water
2 cups whole wheat flour
1 cup cornmeal
2/3 cup brewers' yeast
2 tablespoons garlic powder
2 egg yolks

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Dissolve beef bouillon cubes in boiling water, and set aside. Grease cookie sheets.

In a large bowl, stir together the whole wheat flour, corn meal, brewers yeast, and garlic powder. Add the yolks, then gradually pour in the bouillon water while stirring. Mix thoroughly to form a firm dough. On a floured surface, roll the dough out to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut into desired shapes using cookie cutters. Place cookies one inch apart onto cookie sheets.

Bake for 20 minutes in the preheated oven, then turn the oven off, and leave the cookies inside for at least 3 hours or overnight to harden. Store in an airtight container at room temperature.

Did you know?
Brewers yeast (available at health-food stores) is a natural anti-flea remedy. A half teaspoon of nutritional brewer's yeast daily can provide the B complex vitamins a dog needs. Dr. Michael Fox recommends brewer's yeast or nutritional yeast (but not baker's yeast), giving 1 teaspoon per 30 pounds of body weight mixed with the animal's food.

Flea Hater's Dog Biscuits

1 cup flour
1/4 cup wheat germ
1/4 cup brewer’s yeast
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon plus 1 1/2 teaspoons canola oil
optional 1 clove garlic chopped, or 1 teaspoon powdered garlic
1/2 cup chicken stock plus 3 tablespoons for basting

Heat oven to 400 degrees. Line a sheet pan with parchment paper. Mix flour, wheat germ, brewer’s yeast, and salt together in a medium bowl. In a mixing bowl, combine oil and garlic. Alternately add 1/2 cup chicken stock and flour mixture in 3 parts; mix until well combined. Knead about 2 minutes by hand on floured surface; dough will be sticky.
 

On a lightly floured surface, roll dough out about 3/8 inch thick. Cut out bone shapes; place on prepared baking sheet. Bake 10 minutes, rotate baking sheet, and baste with remaining 3 tablespoons chicken stock. Bake 10 minutes longer. Turn off oven, leaving oven door closed. Leave pan in oven for 1 1/2 hours longer

Easy Homemade Flea Repellent

• B complex vitamins: 50 mg once a day for cats and smaller dogs, and twice daily for larger dogs.
• Use Omega 3 and 6 fatty acid supplements. Coconut oil is the best source for this.
• Add a tablespoon of organic apple cider vinegar to your dog's water bowl to fight fleas and mange
• When bathing your pet, you can use apple cider vinegar to rinse his or her fur. This is a great flea repellent...Fleas don't like the smell or taste.
• Add a teaspoon each of safflower oil and powdered kelp or seaweed to the food bowl.
• Fresh garlic in small quantities can be an effective flea repellent by making the animal taste unpleasant to fleas. Grate a small amount of fresh, raw garlic into your pet's food at mealtime, about one-half to 3 cloves of the clove  depending on the animal's size. Some vets recommend one crushed clove of garlic (not a whole bulb; a clove is just one chamber) per every 30 pounds. Some holistic health practitioners recommend heating the garlic for easier digestion, and not to give them garlic every day.

Note: Garlic and Onions can be toxic to dogs. Typically the problem is with large quantities not "seasoning portions".  You should seek the advice of your veterinarian to find out if any garlic use is appropriate for your pet.  If in doubt, leave it out.

• Fleas HATE Stash Earl Grey. Tear open a few bags, scatter the tea about on your carpet and vacuum up in a few days. Fleas will flee. Other folks have noticed that their pets love to roll in Stash-perhaps that's why! What a tea-riffic flea repellent!
• If you have pets, salt your carpets. At the end of winter, salt your carpets liberally, let stand about 10 minutes and then vacuum up. You just might get the jump on fleas before they get the jump on you. Also, try crumbling dried peppermint over your carpets before vacuuming, smell great and most critters don't like it.
• For your own homemade flea repellent collar, take a bandana or rope collar and rub eucalyptus oil, Tea Tree Oil, citronella, lavender or geranium onto it. Reapply weekly.
• If you're feeling crafty, here's a recipe for a flea repellent herbal pillow that will naturally repel fleas: 2 parts pennyroyal, 1 part thyme, and 1 part wormwood.
• Lavender, peppermint and geranium essential oils repel mosquitoes. Lavender, lemongrass and geranium repel ticks. And lavender, lemongrass, peppermint and citronella are natural flea repellents. Dab oils between your dog's shoulder blades. Other effective natural repellents include lemon, cedar, eucalyptus, myrrh, neem and rosewood
• Put a drop of lemon oil or rosemary oil on your dog's collar.
• A safe, easy homemade flea repellent: cut 6 lemons in half, boil in a quart of water, steep a few hours, then strain the solution into a spray bottle. Sprits your pet's fur, taking care not to spray near the eyes. Don't spray anything in a dog's face; apply spray to the hand and then rub it on the fur.
• Flea repellant blend
  5 drops citronella
  3 drops lemon
  3 drops rosemary
  3 drops thyme

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Gift Idea for Dog Lovers:
Gift basket for the dog lover. Fill the a large dog bowl with: squeaky toy, rawhide bone, homemade bow wow biscuits, dog brush, dog collar, leash, a baggie of healthy pet powder and  homemade dog food or homemade dog treats,flea repellent

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