Mosquitos

[caron]

Does anyone know of a good natural remedy for Mosquitos? My poor Greyhound puppy is being hammered by themThanks for any surrgestions.

[sheena]

I posted this in the General Section a while back, but didn't get much response Insect Repellent Clothing for Dogs by Wild Dogz. It's done with the same stuff (Permethrin) that you soak your clothes in if you are going into badly mozie infested areas & lasts for about 40 washes. It is also supposed to kill & repel ticks. I am not sure how effective it is, but I just did my OH's clothing with it as he is doing the Kokoda Treck. He will tell me if it kept the mozzies away when I see him next. I used Debugger which you get from the camping stores & I am thinking of doing the dogs vest/harness in it when the tick season gets bad.

ETA...its the same stuff the horse rugs are treated with.

Edited September 15, 2014 by sheena

[Steve]

I posted this in the General Section a while back, but didn't get much response Insect Repellent Clothing for Dogs by Wild Dogz. It's done with the same stuff (Permethrin) that you soak your clothes in if you are going into badly mozie infested areas & lasts for about 40 washes. It is also supposed to kill & repel ticks. I am not sure how effective it is, but I just did my OH's clothing with it as he is doing the Kokoda Treck. He will tell me if it kept the mozzies away when I see him next. I used Debugger which you get from the camping stores & I am thinking of doing the dogs vest/harness in it when the tick season gets bad.

ETA...its the same stuff the horse rugs are treated with.

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It also comes with a recipe for twodifferent sprays and directions on how to use it.

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[seregil]

Not exactly "natural" but Advantix spot-on is very good. Does fleas, ticks and other biting insects. Very good at keeping biting flies off dogs. Pretty sure the active ingredient is Permethrin???