Category: Essential Oils for Dogs

Repel Fleas and Ticks with Essential Oils

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https://youtu.be/iDJOy8aZx4g If you’re looking for natural flea and tick repellent for your pets I’ve got good news for you. essential oils are very effective insect repellents. In fact some essential oils are proving to be as effective as DEET.    Many pet parents are, with good reason, concerned about using chemicals treatments on their pets for tick and flea prevention. Adverse reactions to both topically applied and oral doses of insecticidal chemicals can have devastating consequences.   Essential oils are a healthy alternative to putting chemicals in or on your pets. Essential oils easily protect dogs while walking through neighborhood parks […]

Essential Oils To Help Your Aging Dog

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Have you ever had a tsunami of emotions wash over you as you watch your aging pet struggle? I’ve been having it a lot lately. Cuz Jake. You might have heard me talk about Jake… he’s 13 years old, 80 pounds, and his rear legs are getting weaker. Lately, he’s been stumbling and slipping more. My heart aches each time I find him stuck lying on the floor, unable to get up on his own. Maybe you know the feeling? While we can’t stop them from aging, we can help them age gracefully. To show you how easy it is, Jake […]

Dogs, Cats, and Tea Tree Essential Oil

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Dogs, cats, and Tea Tree essential oil…OH MY!  I’ve seen this question posted on social media a lot… “Is there a list of what essential oils are toxic to dogs and cats?” (The short answer is YES, I created one. You can grab it here.)  But the first answer to the post is always “Tea Tree!” When it comes to using essential oils with our pets, no essential oil out there gets as much negative attention as Tea Tree. Where did all this Tea Tree hype come from? Is Tea Tree essential oil truly toxic to animals?  Well… it depends […]

4 Essential Oils Calm a Dog’s Panic Attack

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The volunteer yelled “Loose Dog!” as Lola trotted towards me with a big smile on her face. Her strong jaws had busted the metal door of her crate and she’d found her freedom. Lola, a well muscled, untrained Pitbull, was “getting growly around the toddlers” so her family decided she was more dog than they could handle. They surrendered her at an Animal Clinic event. Anxious and restless, Lola had spent the last 12+ hours surrounded by over 50 other stressed dogs and cats taking  taking her anxious energy out on the crate door. I couldn’t blame her. The Animal […]

Yarrow Essential Oil Sparks A Change In Enzo

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Essential oils are amazing! One really versatile essential oil can do so much! Like Yarrow. It relieves pain, reduces inflammation, heals skin wounds…it cools hot, inflamed areas, and helps ease physical and emotional hypersensitivity. Yarrow sparked changed for Enzo.   Enzo’s a very handsome, 5-year-old, Husky who’s hypersensitive to being touched. Touch is on his terms. If you touch him and he doesn’t want to be touched, he’ll grumble and can even get quite crabby about it. He doesn’t allow touch to his belly or chest and won’t wear a harness. He also has BIG energy.  I’m not just talking about […]

Getting to Know Your Essential Oils

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I got some new oils this week! I love getting new essential oils. It’s like being a kid again on Christmas morning and opening a new toy. I open the package and crack open the bottles until I’ve sniffed every single one. Lately I’ve been buying from different companies, so it’s been more fun than usual. I bought a Lavender and Rose Geranium from each company so I could compare quality.  (Lavender since it’s inexpensive and Rose Geranium because I love it, and it’s tick season.) And I got a couple oils that I never had before. Even more fun! Whenever I […]

Essential Oils: Calm in the Storm

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When I hear thunderstorms in the forecast,  I….exhale… then say a quick prayer for all the dogs that are going to have a stressful day or night. And… I think of Petey. I’ll never forget Petey.   When I met Petey he was such a nervous wreck he wouldn’t even go outside to pee.  And his mom, Nanette, was at her wit’s end. Petey was a 12 year old St. Bernard, already an old man.  He and his mom had lived with his general anxieties and noise phobias his entire life.  That summer major street repairs were underway in their […]