Insect repellents serve a valuable purpose by discouraging biting insects , which can cause itching , pain , parasite and disease . Dogs , due to their active outdoor modus vivendi , care at risk of contracting often venomous insect - borne diseases or parasites , such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever , Lyme disease , West Nile disease , Ehrlichiosis , heartworms and Babesiosis . By applying insect repellents to the hide and pelt , dogs can well relish outside activeness without fear of vector - have disease or painful bites .

How It Works

An louse repellent can be made up of rude or chemic ingredients . Most biting insects are attract to the odor of the firedog ’s cutis . The insect are attracted to the carbon dioxide that animals exhale , according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . repellent help mask the odors and labour the insects away with a smell that insects come up repulsive . Topical and oral louse repellent sour for about 30 days on dogs . They puzzle out by causing the death of insects that add up into liaison with the dog , and they also kill any eggs position on the dog ’s pelt .

Effectiveness

The lotion and spray repellant work only on louse that are nearby . As dog run through thicket , scroll in dope or lick themselves , the spray and software insect repellents becomes less effective and may need to be reapplied . Monthly topical applications are effective for 30 days unless the frankfurter is bathed on a regular basis or swims often , which can wash aside the repellent . Oral repellant influence for 30 days no matter what the cad does , but they must be prescribed by a veterinarian .

Ingredients

Lotions and spray insect repellents offer short - full term command . They are applied over the hound pelt from head to bob . Avoid getting the chemicals into the dogs eyes , back talk , nozzle or auricle because initiation may occur . Many dogs are raw to the repellents and may suffer skin irritation , fit in to Vet Info . Topical repellent are applied monthly by pat a brace of dip of repellant between the hound berm blade . Oral repellents get in a pill course and are swallowed by the dog .

Natural lotions and sprays incorporate such detracting substance as eucalyptus oil , tea tree oil and petroleum of lemon eucalyptus , and they have no chemicals in their makeup .

Garden Repellents

Dogs that pass a capital deal of meter in the garden area will benefit from hold insect loathly plant life engraft around the landscape . Catnip grow easily and will tolerate a wide range of soils . It of course repels mosquitoes due to the smell of the oil it bring on . The oil from citronella grass has been wide used as an insect repellent in candles or lantern rock oil . The grass also by nature repels louse in the yard and offers an cosmetic smell to the flower garden .

Marigolds also repel many nipping insects and help protect garden plant from pest .

Insect-borne Diseases and Parasites

Insect repellent help foreclose dogs from squeeze many pernicious disease . Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever , a check mark - borne disease , induce a dog to run a high febricity and suffer joint painful sensation . If not promptly treat , it can result in demise . Both heartworms and West Nile disease are reassign to a blackguard by a mosquito bite . West Nile disease do mortal phrenitis . Heartworms , which can be contracted by a mosquito pungency , is a sponge that can seriously damage the core of the dog and cause death . Symptoms of Babesiosis and Ehrlichiosis , both tick - borne diseases , may not evidence themselves for years after plague , and can lead to destruction of not treat .

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