Great Goods for Your Pet & The Planet: Keep It Clean
Just as you are vigilant about using the purest and most natural products on your hair and body, you need to be just as aware of what you use to keep your pet clean and pest-free.
Many animal shampoos, treatments and flee products contain harmful surfactants, parabens and other things on our Big List of Things That Suck. Yuck! Rule of thumb: Don’t use anything on your pet—or yourself, for that matter—which contains ingredients you can’t pronounce.
For summer flea season, we love Green Pet Organics Fleeze-Off, which utilizes cinnamon and lemongrass in a natural solution to ward off annoying ticks, mosquitoes, fleas and flies.
Blended with organic aloe and oats to soothe, pure essential oils to repel fleas and ticks, and calcium bentonite clay for deep cleansing, we’re tempted to transfer A Wild Soapbar’s natural dog shampoo bar to the shower—it smells that good. Studies have shown that the use of essential oils can provide numerous health benefits for humans, and same stands true for our furry friends. What’s good enough for us is good enough for them!
Woof Wild Natural Dog Shampoo Bar ($8)
Stacey Lindsay is a freelance writer who holds a Master’s degree in print journalism from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Her awesome blog on natural health and green living is at Gwendolyn Honey. This piece was contributed to by Kim Bloomer, CVND, ND, veterinary naturopath and founder of Aspenbloom Pet Care.
