I've read that because we had a mild winter the ticks were not killed off. I've also read that 8 drops of pure peppermint oil and 8 ozs. of water in a spray bottle keeps ticks and other insects away, bad thing is dogs don't like it and will shy away from you. I know this as a fact because my daughter and granddaughters sprayed themselves and their dog would not come near them, but my grandson didn't spray himself and the dog went to him. My daughter looked it up because she was worried why the dog would not come near her.


David