What is a good herbal or all natural tick repellent for dogs?

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go to all natural food or herb product store and they can tell youWhat is a good herbal or all natural tick repellent for dogs?
a good friend of mine that is a very good pet owner swears by sprinkling a liberal amount of garlic powder on the petfood each time they eat...he says it works really well and does not harm the dogs, and the dogs do not seem to notice it.
It is not possible to buy a repellant for ticks.


The best thing to do is to get your vet to prescribe something like frontline. You put this liquid, a tiny amount on the dogs neck. Anything that feeds on the dogs blood is then killed. It is an excellent product with no side effects that I have seen.


DO NOT pull a tick off your animal as it will leave the mouth parts in the skin causing infection and a possible abscess.


If ticks are a very occasional problem, your vet can remove them by freezing them.
as stated above, don't try to pull the ticks off the dog, bring to the vet, in an emergency, ticks can be removed by a drop of ';Isopropyl Alcohol'; on the tick, apply vasaline ';Heavily'; to the affected area, remove with tweezers carefully, and slowly the next day, make sure that ALL of the Tick is removed. Spring is a ticks favorite time of year, I noticed that ticks love beachy, brushy area's, so keep the Dog away, if you can.