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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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 Posted - Jul 23 2011 : 7:11:11 PM
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I was watching Animal Cops yesterday while Mrs. T. was at the beauty shop. They got this puppy in that was full of fleas and this is what they wash them with. She said you'd be surprised but it really kills the fleas. So I got hubby to get a bottle while he was out today. I gave all 3 dogs a Dawn bath this evening. Then dipped them all in an organic flea dip. Then every single one of them went right out to the driveway and rolled in the dirt. Now they are all filthy dirty. But I guess they feel better. And they smell like a dirty orange. I have had the worst time with fleas this year. I can't afford to get 3 dogs and 6 cats that flea oil and it really doesn't work all that good anyway for how expensive it is.
Has anyone else tried this? I will let y'all know how it works. I plan to bathe them once a week now.
(I sure wish I had spell check!)
Kris
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Edited by - kristin sherrill on Jul 23 2011 7:13:01 PM |
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rksmith
True Blue Farmgirl
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Rachel
Clayton
GA
USA
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Posted - Jul 23 2011 : 7:48:27 PM
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I've never used Dawn specifically for fleas, but have used it ALOT for different skin issues with all of our critters (mammals, feathered, reptile, etc) with good results.
Rachel
Farmgirl Sister #2753
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sherrye
True Blue Farmgirl
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sherry
bend in the high desert
oregon
USA
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Posted - Jul 23 2011 : 9:20:57 PM
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oh goodness kris, i am smiling from ear to ear. i can see bubba all soaped up. bubbles blowing. i bet that was a job just doing him. i have heard good things too. we use de on the dogs when we lived in flea country. none here in central oregon desert. so happy dog days to you sherrye
the learn as we go silk purse farm
farm girl #1014
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maggie14
True Blue Farmgirl
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Hannah
Washington
USA
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Posted - Jul 23 2011 : 11:11:52 PM
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I've never heard of that before. Thank you for sharing Kris! I use to wash my goats udders with it before I milked until I swiched to a more natural soap but it worked well.
Hugs,
Hannah
Farmgirl sister #1219!
"Lifes not about the breaths you take, but the moments that take your breath away."
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Jul 24 2011 : 08:17:59 AM
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Well, I saw some fleas this morning on Bubba's rear. But they did have alot on them. They are so bad this year with the heat. It might take awhile to really see a difference.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
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oldbittyhen
True Blue Farmgirl
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tina
quartz hill
ca
USA
1511 Posts |
Posted - Jul 24 2011 : 09:19:59 AM
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dawn dish soap is a GREAT flea killer, I've beeen useing it for 30 plus years, what the key is:put a couple of drops of mineral oil in their eyes, damp cotten balls in their ears, then slick the dawn all over their bodies, and I mean everywhere, let it sit for a few minuets, and you have suffocated all the fleas and their eggs, then wash it all off, then shampoo. In order to keep them flea free , you will have to rid your yard and home of all the parasites also, and remember if you have a flea problem, your animals will also have a tape worm problem...
"Knowlege is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad" |
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batznthebelfry
True Blue Farmgirl
1257 Posts
Michele
Athol
Ma
USA
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Posted - Jul 24 2011 : 6:50:22 PM
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We always used Lemon Joy for the fleas...its the lemon juice thats in it that kills the fleas....Up here I have a hard time finding it anymore so am using herbal flea stuff mixed with baby kitten shampoo for the new born kittens who are infested...vet says do it every couple of days so they don't get poisoned from the cedar oil in the herbal flea stuff....:( poor babies but they are getting less freaked out when I put them in the bathroom sink now...may end up with swimming cats before this is over...lol....Michele'
Chickens rule!
The Old Batz Farm
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Jul 24 2011 : 7:09:38 PM
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Yeah, I think next time I will leave it on a little longer. I was kind of doing it in a hurry.
Michele, my hubby always wants Lemon Joy for washing his motorcycle. Says it just makes it shinier. It's so horrible when little kittens and puppies are full of fleas. I hope you can get it under control. Poor little guys.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
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farmmilkmama
True Blue Farmgirl
2027 Posts
Amy
Central MN
USA
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Posted - Jul 24 2011 : 7:40:48 PM
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I had never heard about this before! Who knew?! Thanks for posting this tip, Kris. :) I'm sure it was lovely that they all went and rolled around in the dirt afterwards...
--* FarmMilkMama *--
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Everyone else is already taken.
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doglady
True Blue Farmgirl
435 Posts
Tina
Howard
Ohio
USA
435 Posts |
Posted - Jul 24 2011 : 7:56:27 PM
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Yes, this does work on fleas. I have used it on my own dogs as a dog groomer for 35 years. You do need to use the "original Dawn" and not the concentrated one. I suds my dog up and allow it to stay on my dog for 5 min. then rinse.
Dogs never judge people, they only forgive!
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britchickny
True Blue Farmgirl
1048 Posts
Angie
Port Orange
Florida
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Posted - Jul 25 2011 : 02:52:09 AM
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And I just learned that you can use Dawn/water in a squirt bottle to kill bees/wasps. Apparently it kills 'em dead.
ANGIE
"Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance" JUDE 1:2
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
11303 Posts |
Posted - Jul 25 2011 : 05:41:08 AM
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And a bowl of water with a little Dawn in it will kill flies too! And plain ole water. I had a little water in a small bucket in the milk room and overnight there were probably 100 dead flies in it! So I put a bowl by the kitchen door. I am always having to sweep flies out of the way to get inside. So apparently Dawn is good for alot of things. I know it's also used to get oil off poor sea birds in oil spills. So it has to be powerfull stuff.
Tina, thatnks for that info about the original. I just looked and mine is.
Angie, I will try that for the wasps for sure. Thanks.
Hey Amy. I have missed you around here. I know you are a busy farm girl lately. How's the house coming along?
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
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Caron
True Blue Farmgirl
535 Posts
Caron
Orange
Texas
USA
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Posted - Jul 25 2011 : 06:12:01 AM
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We had some young kittens, too young to put any flea treatments on, and our vet told us to wash them in Dawn detergent.He said just a few drops to a small pan of water since they were so little. It didn't kill all of the fleas, but sure helped to get rid of a lot of them.
Caron
Happy Farmgirl Sister #254
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texdane
Farmgirl Legend Chapter Leader Chapter Guru
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Nicole
Sandy Hook
CT
USA
4658 Posts |
Posted - Jul 27 2011 : 06:07:38 AM
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Does it help with ticks? Thanks for sharing this. Nice tip. I had a dog once who was deathly allergic to flea collars.
Nicole
Farmgirl Sister #1155
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
11303 Posts |
Posted - Jul 27 2011 : 2:14:42 PM
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I hope someone knows this question for you, Nicole. I have not seen any more ticks on my dogs since I bathed them Sat.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - Jul 28 2011 : 05:22:07 AM
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A good all natural way to help control bugs /pests in the yard is guena hens.
Chickens will do a fine job, but the guneas do it better....if you can stand the noise
We were working a side job in a horse pasture that required us to work in a field all day and partly into the night. I think I swatted one mosquito that night and wasn't bothered at all by much of anything during the day. So the guinea hens on this farm were certainly doing their share! |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
11303 Posts |
Posted - Jul 28 2011 : 07:09:17 AM
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I have had those before. I like them but they were getting so mean to my chickens I had to give them away. I have been thinking about getting a few more. Maybe about 6. I kinf of miss them. And we didn't have as many pest when they were here either.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
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henlady35904
True Blue Farmgirl
295 Posts
Kim
Gadsden
Alabama
USA
295 Posts |
Posted - Aug 20 2011 : 8:24:53 PM
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Chris, I also mix two tsp of lavender eo in rinse water, it helps keep the fleas off. I don't use around eyes .
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
11303 Posts |
Posted - Aug 21 2011 : 6:04:30 PM
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Kim, that's a good idea. And they would smell nice then too. I will try that next time I bathe them. They do need it again. Thanks.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
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luckilady
True Blue Farmgirl
113 Posts
Jennifer
Loxahatchee
Fl
USA
113 Posts |
Posted - Aug 21 2011 : 6:29:30 PM
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Thanks for the info, our shepherd has been miserable this summer. I am going to give him a bath with it tomorrow :)
~Jennifer
Life is 10% of what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. ~ John Maxwell
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batznthebelfry
True Blue Farmgirl
1257 Posts
Michele
Athol
Ma
USA
1257 Posts |
Posted - Aug 23 2011 : 12:08:59 PM
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another dish washing soap that works well is "Joy"...the original lemon smelling one...we used that before Dawn came around...beware though that you must rinse it off well as the amount of lemon they put in it will burn the skin if not rinsed well....Michele'
Chickens rule!
The Old Batz Farm
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Room To Grow
True Blue Farmgirl
974 Posts
Deborah
Kingston
Georgia
USA
974 Posts |
Posted - Aug 23 2011 : 7:34:04 PM
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I havent heard of that before but I have been spraying Skin so Soft on the dogs twice a week and rubbing it in real good...They havent had any fleas since I have been doing this...I think I will be using this for awhile until that doesnt work anymore...And it makes them smell good too....
Deborah
we have moved to our farm...and love it |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Aug 25 2011 : 08:28:20 AM
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I just washed Bubba and Stella and put the lavender eo in the rinse. They both smell so good. But they both still had lots of fleas. Not as many each time but still have them. Maybe the eo will help. I might have to try the SSS next. I love that stuff. I have a friend who sells Avon.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
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Rosemary
True Blue Farmgirl
1825 Posts
Virginia
USA
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Posted - Aug 25 2011 : 8:38:20 PM
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| Dawn is a powerful grease cutter. One tiny drop in a cup of water, plus a drop or two of ammonia, is what we fountain pen collectors use to properly flush out and clean old gunked-up pens. Because it's so strong, I wonder about the wisdom of using it on little animals. Seems it would be awfully rough on their skin. Thoughts? |
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rubyleesmom
Zapped Profile
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Posted - Aug 26 2011 : 08:44:59 AM
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| We have used Dawn on our 2 dogs for years now and we rarely ever have any issues with fleas. The one thing I have learned though is that it is only the original blue one that works. Any of the other scented variations etc. dont seem to do the trick. Another cool thing we learned is that April Fresh Downy works great to keep the fleas out of the carpet. Just mix it up in a spray bottle with some warm water (1:1) and spray it on the carpet. Once it dries, vacuum. Not to mention, it helps make the house smell really great! Hope you all have a great day! |
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homsteddinmom
True Blue Farmgirl
441 Posts
Brandee
bullard
tx
USA
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Posted - Aug 26 2011 : 09:43:55 AM
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we also use dawn as our small dogs cant handle the chemicals in the down the back drops.
Homesteading Mom in East Texas. Raising chickens, Rabbits and goats here on my farm! |
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Barnyard Buddies: Dawn Dish Detergent |
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Dawn Dish Detergent
