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Sky
Lv 7
Sky asked in PetsDogs · 7 years ago

What is a safe product to keep mosquitoes and biting flies off a dog?

Where I live I have terrible amounts of mosquitoes, and also tiny biting flies/gnats that burrow down into my dogs' fur to bite for blood. I know any product containing DEET is dangerous to [non-human] animals. And I've tried Advantix to keep mosquitoes off them since it claims to kill and repel mosquitoes, but to quote my coworkers, it didn't work worth a broke dïck. I also tried some brand of dog-safe bug repellent from the pet store and that didn't work at all either.

So, is there any product, whether from the pet store or otherwise, that is safe to use on dogs and is effective at repelling mosquitoes and biting flies?

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  • Chelsea Lately
    Lv 7
    7 years ago
    Favourite answer

    This site has a good list of things: http://www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com/natural-mosqu...

    I don't know how effective any of this is. I've been considering making my own using lemons and some of the other things they list on the site.

  • WyrDachsie
    Lv 7
    7 years ago

    I use K9Advantix and haven't had a problem. There are other products out there.

  • Keep It Real
    Lv 4
    7 years ago

    I buy "swat", it's for horses to keep flies off. You get it at the feed store. It works good

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