Holistic Pet Care

Here's the recipe. It makes quite a bit and will spoil even being kept in
fridge so last time I made a double recipe and froze in small containers.
Enough for 2 (for me and Mom) very small spray bottles. Bought them at
Wal-Mart.

Okay. Here goes...
This is an excerpt from an e-mail I sent to another list. The recipe was
from FL Dog Rescue:

"Take a BIG fat lemon (the more rind the better) and slice it paper thin.
Put in a bowl with a tablespoon of crushed rosemary leaves (or a 6 inch
sprig of fresh). Pour over with a quart of hot, near boiling water. Let
steep overnight. Strain and put into a large spray bottle. Keep in fridge.
Shake well before applying. The d-lemeone in this spray along with the
rosemary oil will give your dog a beautiful shiney coat and keep fleas and
other bugs away .. including mosquitoes, so you get extra heartworm
protection. If your dog has dry skin or allergies add a teaspoon of tea tree
oil and a tablespoon of Aloe pulp. Use the spray at least twice a week to
keep the scent on the coat to repell bugs, and spray it around your doors
and through the carpets. If it's a bad flea time, spray daily on the belly
and feet to repell them. This has worked wonders for us for many years. Not
only for the dogs, but for us when we go hiking or walking in the woods. No
bug will get near this stuff. And, of course, it's all natural."

I've also seen the recipe with 2 lemons and with Neem oil added.

My first batch I used 1 lemon and stripped the leaves from a couple of
sprigs of rosemary. Lemon was normal size and pale rather than deep yellow.
It was very hard and had a thick rind. I strained the mixture so it wouldn't
clog the sprayer but those were the only changes for the first batch.

Second batch I did basically the same thing but before straining, I
hand-squeezed all the lemon and rosemary before straining to get as much
d-lemeone into the mixture as possible. Fragrance is much stronger and seems
to work much better.

For this last batch (actually 2 batches combined into one), I didn't use
quite as much water and used the remainder of the rosemary (almost a whole
package from the store). I split it between 2 bowls and also broke the stems
and added them to the mix. I haven't gotten to this batch yet but I'm sure
it will work at least as well as the previous ones.

Altho it says to spray 2 x week, that did not work for me in the beginning
so I started at 4 x week. Now they get sprayed every 2-3 days and it seems
to be working. I used to get lots of bugs and spiders around the outside
door (we live in the basement) and they would scoot into the house when the
door was opened. Now when I spritz the dogs I also spritz around the outside
of the door. Seems to be keeping the bugs and spiders at bay.

I also sprinkle food-grade DE around the perimeter of my house and fenced
yard and spray the yard with Mosquito Barrier. Of all these, I think the
only one that kills the ticks is the DE; others just chase them away. But
maybe after a couple of years they will decide this is not the yard to go
searching for a blood meal. <g>

Leslee

-----Original Message-----
From: HolisticPet@yahoogroups.com [mailto:HolisticPet@yahoogroups.com]On
Behalf Of brookehaynes3479
Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 19:29
To: HolisticPet@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [HolisticPet] Re: Air freshener (Was: Allergies)

Hi Leslee!
Your flea spray sounds great. How often do you spray them and where did you
learn that remedy?

--- In HolisticPet@yahoogroups.com, "Dal Pal \(NSY\)" <nospam101y@...>
wrote:
>
> Just thought I'd pop in here with an idea that may help for air freshener.
I
> make my own flea spray from lemons, rosemary and water. Works great as a
> room / soft surface deodorizer. May have to use it more often than store
> bought but at least it's safe!
> Leslee

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