Since it is the season for bugs of all kinds, I thought I’d share a way to prevent fleas and mosquitoes from bothering your pets.

Some time ago, my husband and I had a couple of show dogs. They were Akitas, the largest of the Japanese breeds. Akitas are big dogs, German Shepherd size, with a thick double coat. We took two of our critters into a groomer to get prettied up just before a local show. They asked if we wanted to give the dogs a flea bath but we told them that it would not be necessary since they did not have fleas. The groomer politely said that they would check and if they found any they would do the flea bath. I politely said that they would not find any fleas and that I would not pay for a flea bath.

A few hours later when we returned to get our dogs, the manager wanted to speak with us. She was shocked and amazed that our dogs had not fleas and she wanted to know how we could be so sure that they were flea free.

We explained that it was a matter of changing the taste of the dog’s blood. If the blood is not tasty, the critters find another host. It works for fleas on dogs and I’ve noticed also for mosquitoes on me.

The secret ingredient? . . . . . . . . Garlic – plain and simple garlic.

For the dogs we would boil rice with garlic powder (not garlic salt) and a beef bouillon cube for flavor. We had heard that brewer’s yeast works well too so we’d throw in a tablet. If you toss it all in at the beginning of the boiling process, the rice absorbs the ingredients at it cooks. We would do this about twice a week. The dogs thought they were getting a special treat and we’d get rid of any fleas.

For us, we’d just add garlic salt or garlic powder to whatever we were cooking. It always improved the taste of the meal and we never had the issues with mosquito bites that many of our friends had.

I presume it would work for ticks as well, but we don’t have a tick problem here so I can’t be sure of that.


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