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Pet Care Advice<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Dirt Doctor Weekly Newsletter — PET CARE ADVICE <\/font><\/p>\n

A common question is how to handle hot spots and pests on pets. The best control comes from feeding animals a diet that does not contain synthetic toxic preservatives.<\/p>\n

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Add natural Diatomaceous Earth to the food daily. A little apple cider vinegar in the drinking water can also help.<\/p>\n

Comfrey tea can be used topically for dog skin allergies. Cook a mess of comfrey greens, dilute the cool pot liquid down to a light iced tea color and pour or dap onto the hot spots or into the dog’s fur. Comfrey is very powerful, so don’t use more than once a month and only when needed. Cornmeal juice is also good and can be used more often. Put a cup of whole ground cornmeal in a 5 gallon bucket of water, let it sit in the sun a couple of hours, strain out the solids and apply to the skin liberally.<\/p>\n

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Bathing the dogs in herbal shampoos that contain orange oil (d-limonene) and tea tree (Melaleuca<\/em>) will also help. Dry cornmeal, horticultural or whole ground cornmeal, dusted onto problem skin areas is also helpful, if the skin problems are fungal.<\/p>\n

For Fleas and Ticks use this program:<\/b><\/p>\n