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PostSubject: tick repellant and low white blood cells   tick repellant and low white blood cells EmptyWed Jul 11, 2012 1:23 pm
Hi, I'm looking for some advice about tick repellant. I have a 13 yr old male husky named Saber. I have been thinking about taking him to a local forest preserve and walking him there for a change of pace (it gets a little boring walking around the same neighborhood). My only concern is he has an extremely low white blood cell count and I'm afraid he'll pick up a tick.
He has not been on any tick repellant for years. I have read on here that some people use rose geranium oil and I was wondering if that would be enough to protect him with his low white blood count? Any advice is appreciated! Thanks in advance!
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PostSubject: Re: tick repellant and low white blood cells   tick repellant and low white blood cells EmptyWed Jul 11, 2012 1:51 pm
Yes, the rose geranium SHOULD be enough. Does he wear a harness when you take him hiking? If so, I would put some oil on both his collar and harness for added protection. There is no 100% guarantee but I've yet to see a single tick on any of my dogs since I've been using Rose Geranium oil for the past 2 years, prior to using the oil they got ticks more than I care to remember.

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PostSubject: Re: tick repellant and low white blood cells   tick repellant and low white blood cells EmptyWed Jul 11, 2012 4:13 pm
Yes, he will be wearing a harness. Thank you for your reply!
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