Video: How to Make Homemade Dog Shampoo to Kill Fleas?

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Homemade flea shampoos aren't as effective as pesticide-based flea shampoos, but they can be made by diluting a regular shampoo. Make a homemade dog shampoo to combat fleas with tips from a pet industry specialist in this free video on fleas and pets.

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How do you make a homemade flea shampoo? Homemade flea shampoos are never going to be as effective as a regular flea shampoo. Because they are not pesticide based. But there are a couple you can do that can help with fleas. As just regular bathing, it can also help with fleas. In fact if you do have fleas and you're going to bathe your dog, the best thing you can do is bathe them in a tub that you can get the water as high as possible. You want to submerge as much of the animal in the water as possible. Obviously don't go over the neck, okay, we're not looking to drown our pet here. But somewhere around neck level, and you want to keep the animal in the water for like fifteen minutes or so. Fifteen minutes should be enough to drown the fleas that are on the animal and below the neck, and then from the neck up you can use one of your homemade shampoos. Which can be as simple as using - as diluting a human shampoo, that is high in a floral scent, preferably lavender, works extremely well. You can also take a teaspoon of dried rosemary, boil that in water and then use that water after it's cooled as a rinse on the upper sections of the dog, or cat to help remove and kill and repel any fleas that may be up there. Not only that, but supposedly the rosemary smells pretty darn nice as well, so those are a couple different ideas you can try and you can help combat fleas with or use on a short notice.

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How to Make Homemade Dog Shampoo to Kill Fleas?

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