Vet's Best Flea & Tick Spray - Plant-Based Flea and Tick Prevention for Dogs - Certified Natural Oils - 8 oz

I’m halfway through my first bottle of this stuff and I like it because it doesn’t seem like it’s overly strong and it does kill the fleas. But I have had situations where they come back in about two weeks, but that doesn’t mean it’s the flea spray fault it’s probably because they’re in the lawn that we walk on. The bottom line is I will buy it again because it doesn’t smell too strong and it works.The only real problem is the sprayer on the bottle. It’s not the best quality and if your hands get wet from the spray, it’s extremely hard to push the button on the top. I wish they would put a better quality one or a different design.

This tonic is terrific. I could NOT believe how well it worked, especially for a "feel good, all natural, go green" product. I thought it would probably be 'politically correct,' but would lack any real killing power. Wow, was I wrong. It has been said that all drugs are just natural remedies that have been purified, and to some extent, I'm sure that's true. So when you can go straight to the source, why bother with the man-made alternative?This product is nature's finest: it's a simple blend of peppermint oil, clove extract, and sodium laurel sulfate (a soap found in most shampoos). I rubbed it into my dog's hair and skin with a cotton ball (I did not spray it b/c I didn't want the fumes). Maybe working it into her skin really made the difference, I'm not sure since I never tried otherwise. I left it on her about 20 minutes, at which point she was sitting at me feet with her head cocked to one side and a "what did you just do to me" expression on her face. The smell is wonderful, but I could imagine it was over-powering for her, so I decided to rinse her off (even though the directions say nothing about rinsing). Since she's a little Yorkie (oh, yeah, super cutie), I decided to shower her in the upstairs tub that has a detachable shower-head so I could really put a lot of water pressure on the little suckers. I don't know if they were dead, in shock, or just too fumigated to hold on tight, but they rinsed right off and down the drain. She has a short 'puppy cut,' and I worked my fingers into her skin to dislodge any fleas that might still have a strangle hold. All totaled I rinsed about 15 of them down the drain with a scalding hot chaser. Sorry, I give to PETA but fried fleas are NOT animal cruelty :)She has been one happy puppy ever since, and is scratching just a few times a day, instead of every few minutes. I will repeat the treatment next week as well, just to finish them off, but all in all WE are D-E-L-I-G-H-T-E-D with the results. And for the price, and the environmental friendliness, you can't go wrong with this product!

My dog is on the flea/tick/heartworm/etc pill. But that does not repel ticks until after they bite. I was still picking off about 2 ticks a day from the top of her fur. This lead to ticks is missed leaving the dog in bed and getting on my wife and I. She found this unacceptable. So I needed something to repel ticks before they bite (more quickly). This did the trick. Greatly reduces the number of ticks I find on top of her fur, and eliminated the ones on the Skin. And no more bed ticks!I apply after her monthly bath. I just spray my hands and run her hair through my fingers making her hair moist. That seems to work through the next bath.My only complaint (and the reason for the 4 stars) is the sprayer does not work well. (This is for the 8 oz size with the push down pump.) After a few pumps it stays down and won't pump any more. This only lasts several seconds, but it is frustrating to fight the sprayer while wrestling the dog. Have been using for about a year and our bottle is still half full. Decided to buy the bigger bottle with the trigger sprayer to see if that works better even though we had lots left.So other than the sprayer I like this product. It minimizes the time ticks will stay on the dog and seems to prevent them moving from the hair surface to the skin surface.

I have very mixed views on this. I have a short-haired dachshund and a long-haired, coarse-coated Aussie and a very large yard that's difficult to treat. The Aussie has sensitive skin and I am in general very skeptical of using chemical flea treatments on my dogs, so I picked this up as a budget-friendly alternative to harsh chemical treatments. I don't regret buying this spray, but it's not a miracle, by any means.I bathed and soaked both dogs on Day 1 and pulled every visible flea off of them. Then after they dried, I sprayed them with this product before they ever went outside. I repeated the spray every time they came in and went out (based on advice from other reviewers), checking them constantly for bugs. We made it to Day 3 without finding a single flea on either dog, but the dachshund came in with four fleas. I have witnessed that this spray, when applied directly and used plentifully, DOES kill fleas on contact. It does take a few seconds in the solution, but it does work.You have to be very thorough and consistent in applying this spray for it to be effective. The smell is pleasant enough and the oils wash off human skin easily enough that I didn't bother putting gloves on to rub it in to the dogs.It was harder to fully saturate the Aussie with the spray since she would flinch away (she's not fond of sprays, moisture, or the smell, I think, there's no signs that it irritated her in any way) and it takes a dozen sprays to even begin to moisten her thick fur. This spray does lather a bit as you rub it in, which makes the whole process easier.Have noticed that using this spray really helps to condition my long-haired dog's fur, leaving it soft and more manageable than usual, so that's a plus!

I’ve been using this product on my pup for a while now and I’m not sure how good it works. She isn’t itching as much and seems to have less fleas so it does work just not as fast. It has a strong smell but it goes away after a few minutes, it’s safe for pups.