7 All-Natural Ways to Protect your Pet from Mosquitoes

You may not realize it, but mosquitoes bother and bite your pet just as much as they do to you. What’s more, they can also transmit nasty illnesses and viruses in their bite to animals, as they do to humans.

The biggest risk to your pet from mosquitoes comes from heartworm, a parasite that can be carried by mosquitoes. Nearly 250,000 dogs are treated for heartworm across the U.S. and Canada each year and it can be fatal if it’s not caught in time. Some breeds are mostly protected from being bitten if they have a long thick coat, …read more