Using Cedar Oil to Protect Your Dog

Fanna Easter

11 years ago

Cedar Oil Spray

Natural Pest Control

Spring is right around the corner so it’s time to pull off our snow shoes and implement a pest control plan before fleas and ticks spring from their hidden worlds. You’ll need to protect your dog, home and yard for maximum protection. Let’s discuss ways to protect your dogs.

Thankfully, we have natural pest control options to choose from and I find natural products, such as cedar oil, work best if you begin early.

How Cedar Oil Works

When devising a pest control plan, a combination approach works best. To understand its value, it’s important to understand how cedar oil works.

Cedar oil “kills, neutralizes or repels the existing adult insect population. It eliminates the next generation of insects the eggs and larvae by dehydrating the exoskeleton and then interrupting the egg layer cycle. It creates a barrier of re-entry deterring insects migrating from other areas into your area of concern. Perpetual egg layers are immediately controlled because of this barrier, if the adults won’t enter the treated area, then they can’t or won’t lay any eggs. This barrier then results in controlling the insect populations in treated area,” according to Dr. Ben’s Cedar Oil website.

Check out the EPA report on safety of cedar oil for humans and pets and this Animal Wellness Magazine article about using cedar oil as a natural pest control for dogs.

Protecting Your Dog

The first steps should be ridding and applying repellents to your home and yard of biting pests. Use repellents to keep pests off your dog when he’s away from home.

When protecting dogs from biting pests, you’re basically spraying or applying a product to his coat and skin to keep pests away. Personally, I would rather use a natural pest control, such as cedar oil, to keep pests away because it works and it’s less invasive.

Living in the deep South, I’ve had great results using Dr. Ben’s Paws and Claws Cedar Oil spray, which kills fleas and ticks on contact. During application, there’s a strong cedar odor. Most dogs tolerate the smell very well while others may attempt to rub the product on rugs and furniture. Cedar oil is very safe, but if your dog is sensitive to odors, there are other options to choose from, such as essential oils, shampoos and vet recommended topicals.