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To: SquirrelKing

I'll share another good repellent with you. Treat your dog with a good, internal flea and tick repellent, like Frontline. Then, spend a lot of time with your dog, petting him. Insects seem to stay away from you then.

Previously, I would be put into bed for a week by these critters every spring until I had developed a resistence. My lymph nodes would swell up like walnuts.


4 posted on 03/21/2006 3:31:49 PM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: afraidfortherepublic
Then, spend a lot of time with your dog, petting him. Insects seem to stay away from you then.

It's win-win!

Just no heavy petting.

9 posted on 03/21/2006 4:30:45 PM PST by SquirrelKing (Contrary to popular belief, America is not a democracy, it is a Chucktatorship.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic
"Previously, I would be put into bed for a week by these critters every spring until I had developed a resistence. My lymph nodes would swell up like walnuts."

I think there's more to these critters than a simple bite. I worry that they're passing a bacteria, maybe something like Lyme Disease.

14 posted on 03/22/2006 5:28:38 AM PST by blam
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