[nagdu] Harness Up

[Steve Johnson]

Jewell, that sounds absolutely fascinating!  You should consider writing an
article for the nagdu newsletter and submit it to Meghan.  
Steve


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From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Jewel S.
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 11:14 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Harness Up

On NLS BARD, there is a book called "Homemade: How to Make Hundreds of
Everyday Products Fast, Fresh, and More Naturally," by Don Earnest.
This book has a great section on dog and cat care and treat products.
It gave me the great idea of using mineral oil on my cat as a flea killer,
instead of a flea bath or something equally tramatic. I did this with baby
oil (mineral oil with a little fragrance already added, versus the recipe of
mineral oil with some lavender essential oil), and it got rid of the fleas
fast. I also did this with a nursing mother cat and her three-day-old
kittens. They were outside and were covered in fleas, and it was really
created problems for mother and babies. However, you cannot use flea
treatments on a nursing cat or newborn kittens. I wiped down first mama then
each of the kittens with baby oil, and they are now inside at a friend's
house, flea-free and doing much better...no side effects from the baby oil
treatment except loose stool for the mama for a few days since she licked it
off herself and the babies. I am not sure how effective this would be on a
dog with as much fur as a lab or goldie has; I would think it would take an
awful lot of mineral oil! However, the book has other suggestions for flea
and tick treatments, as well as for ear mites and other problems. It has
been a great book to read and very useful not only for my cat and my
boyfriend's dog, but also for household cleaning (we are both very sensitive
to chemicals) and how-tos for soap and air fresheners. I definitely
recommend reading this book!

~Jewel

On 7/13/10, Steve Johnson <stevencjohnson at centurytel.net> wrote:
> Cheryl,
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> I would also suggest the possibility of an article on natural/organic 
> tick/flea controls versus OTC chemical ones and their effectiveness.  
> I am really interested in the Cedar spray that Julie J. has recently 
> written about and sent the link for.  I do suppose, that there are not 
> many out there that are natural in the sense of organic.  I do know 
> that marigolds are a natural insect repellent, and wonder if there is 
> anything like this out there too?  Anyway, thought it might be an
interesting read for folks.
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> "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of 
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