Sounds like you have an awesome vet schtuffy! Thanks for posting those recipes. I've tried a few essential oils last season with zero effectiveness. I'm hoping to find something this season. I've used pesticides in the past and they weren't working for me either. Yeah the tick dies after biting your dog, but it doesnt stop them from crawling on your dog in the first place. If the tick doesn't bite and just scores a free ride into your house, that's not good. They craw around and eventually find you;0( Besides that there not good for your dog. Pesticides are in there bloodstream. Also they secrete pesticides, than you get exposed as well. Not good! Garlic is contraversal for no good reason. It's in the onion family, but is no wear near as toxic. It's been unfairly grouped together. Give the proper dosage and you and your dog will be safe;0) Use fresh raw garlic. The rest are for flavoring your food ahahahaaha Last year was my first year pesticide free. I owe a big thanks to DE. It has many many uses. I've given it as a dewormer in my dogs food. I no longer use it, because garlic is an effective dewormer as well. If you have a flea infestation, rub DE into your dogs coat. Than put some into a sock and tie a not. Put on a dust mask and lightly dust carpets, floors, couches, dog beds, human beds....everywhere. It will 100% irradicate fleas in a couple of weeks. You'll start seeing results in days. After there gone, vacum up the mess. I would only use it for infestations. It gets messy and the dust drys out your dogs skin. I've used it to 100% iradicate bedbugs in my sisters apartment. It took 3 weeks. She does a very light maintanance dust now, because there still in her building. She's been bedbug free for over a year now. Bonus is no roaches and waterbugs;0) You can use it in your basement and attic to get rid of bugs. I use to have tarantulas running around. Yeah I know spiders are good, but not when they bite you when your sleeping. Boy do spider bites hurt! No more spiders in my house ahahahaha You can dust the outside foundaition of your house. Becareful because it can get messy. Try to keep it close to the foundation. Than put 1 cup, 1 gallon of water and 1 tablespoon of dish soap in a pump sprayer. Spray your lawn and everywhere else you want to rid insects. It will kill termites, ants, fleas, beetles......and the list goes on. It's a mechanical killer, so bugs never get immuned to it. As long as it's there, it kills. The rain will wash it away. I apply when I notice ticks around. Than I reapply. I think I applied it 3 or 4 times last year. It works, because without it ticks are all over my yard. Everyone here has had lyme disease already. Thankfully I haven't got it yet and I'm in the woods more than the average person. ALways use food grade! Never use pool grade! Now to complete the program, switch out that toxic lawn fertilizer with animal feed. Pick one! I use ground corn, because it's cheapest. I use corn gluten meal as the weed and feed. It wont let weeds grow and will feed the lawn. You can use ground corn, alfalfa, cottonseed, corn gluten meal, soy, other grains, as well as blood meal and feather meal. Also mulch your grass back into the lawn. These organic fertilizers take about 6 weeks for the microbes to turn it into plant food. Takes longer, but your lawn will be full;0) Now you have no more chemicals in the lawn and your family and dogs can have some fun;0) Isn't it kool that we can start talking about lawn fertilizers;0) I'll update this thread on the effectiveness, on the tick recipes already given. Here's a chart for garlic dosage.
10 to 15 pounds - half a clove
20 to 40 pounds - 1 clove
45 to 70 pounds - 2 cloves
75 to 90 pounds - 2 and a half cloves
100 pounds and over - 3 cloves
