2. NuVet Plus Vitamins and NuJoint Plus for a healthy immune system and strong bones and Hips. Your new puppy deserves the best start in life...we begin NuVet Plus at 6 weeks of age and ask that you continue this regimen. I consider them essential for all my dogs and puppies ~ I even put one of each for myself in a Smoothy! Click Here to order NuVet Plus Vitamins Click Here to order NuJoint Plus Please visit: www.nuvet.com/2084202 NuJoint has all the proper human grade ingredients to keep your Puppies Hips and Joints strong and healthy. 3. Dry it up Ear Powder Clean your dog’s ears once a week, and Use this powder daily, weekly, monthly as directed for maintenance and your pup should not ever have any ear problems! Click Here to Order Ear Powder 4. Boomerang Dog Tag Best Dog Name Tag on the market! Hint - put the Micro-chip # on it also! Be sure and order the tag for adjustable collars. Click Here to Order Boomerang Tag Lupine Collars and Leads (They replace them for FREE if chewed! The best on the market! Pick out here - buy at one of the places on the web that sells them. Well worth the wait!) Click Here to Pick Out the “Combo Collar” & Leashes and to find out where to order them. A dual-action collar for walking or training and the only design for dogs that back out of regular collars. Crate Recommendation This is the crate that I recommend for your new puppy. It will grow with the pup as it has a movable interior panel to make the space larger or smaller. It has two doors for your convenience – one on the end and one on the side. It has two sliding door locks on each door, which is an extremely important safety feature. This crate is a “Midwest Life Stages Two Door Crate”. Size I recommend is 42 L x 28 W x 31 H. Click Here to Order The best price I have found for this crate on the internet is at www.groomers.com ~ be sure to pick the correct size. Natural Flea Remedies Repels fleas, ticks, mosquitoes, flies and also makes the van/car smell great. Spray dogs and blankets. Stuff smells great. Dogs look great and gives an additional shine to their coat. Ingredients are full strength oils: Tea Tree Oil Rosemary Oil Sage Oil Cedarwood Oil Peppermint Oil Orange Oil Eucalyptus Oil Citronella Oil Pine Needle Oil DIRECTIONS: Mix 4-6 drops of each with 32 oz of any natural shampoo and now you have a natural flea shampoo OR Mix 2-3 drops each with 16 oz Water in a spray bottle. Shake before each application and spray light over entire body. Health food stores in your area sell the oils or you can purchase online CITRUS REPELLANT: Cut a lemon into quarters and place in a pint jug. Cover the lemon with boiling water and let it steep overnight. Next day you have a flea repellant that you can use in a spray bottle. Spray all over your dog remembering especially behind the ears and around the head generally (careful of eyes), around the base of the tail (once again keep away from delicate bits) and under your dog armpits. AROMATHERAPY REPELLANT. Using 10 ml. of sweet almond oil as your base, add 10 drops of lavender and 5 drops of cedarwood. Shake well and use 1 or 2 drops spread over the skin at least twice a week to keep the fleas away. A flea collar can be made by rubbing a few drops of one of the following into an ordinary webbing or rope collar or even a doggy bandanna: eucalyptus oil, Tea Tree Oil, citronella, lavender or geranium. Don’t forget to do this weekly. YOUR HOME: Fleas spend most of their time in your furnishings and only hop onto your dog or you for their next meal. Make sure you wash your dog’s bedding regularly because no flea ever survived a hot wash cycle. If you add eucalyptus oil to the final rinse it will also kill 99% of house dust mites. Vacuum your home very thoroughly and sprinkle a fine layer of ordinary table salt over your upholstery and carpets and leave overnight before vacuuming again to evict your unwelcome guests safely but don’t forget to empty your vacuum bag. BATHING: A badly infested dog really needs to be bathed so use your favorite dog shampoo. Rinse the dog off very thoroughly and in the final rinse add a couple of drops of Tea Tree Oil or Lavender oil. An alternative is to make your own herbal flea dip which will also work on ticks. Steep two cups of fresh rosemary in two pints of boiling water for 30 minutes. Strain the liquid, discard the leaves and make it up to one gallon (8 pints) with warm water. Pour this mixture over the dog until it’s saturated. Do not rinse off and allow the dog to dry naturally so this is a remedy to use on hot summer days. From another site- "a few drops of lemongrass and geranium oil dabbed on the collar is amazing!! no fleas or ticks and we reapply weekly. and no neurological issues!" Perhaps something here will help. Back to Labradoodle Info