Their 5-year-old male Lab, Snowball, suffered terribly from flea infestations. Wanting to avoid spot-on flea medications, she researched natural remedies and tried a homemade mixture containing lavender, peppermint, cedarwood, apple cider vinegar and water, with little success. In desperation, she eventually used a spot-on treatment. Snowball had a severe reaction. His skin appeared burned, and his hair came out in clumps for days, possibly as long as two weeks. Hadassa bathe

Ben came to me as a 2-year-old Collie who started life normally. He was an active and friendly puppy, full of fun and mischief. The first clue that something was amiss came when Ben was just five months old. He began vomiting, almost on a daily basis, no matter what kind of puppy food he was fed. When Ben was a year old his veterinarian noticed an even stranger symptom. When he was at the clinic to be neutered, the veterinarian noted that Ben's teeth were encrusted with tarta