Summer’s here Pet parent —so are fleas, ticks & musty odors ...
Warm weather turns every porch and dog bed into prime real-estate for biting bugs. Chemical sprays work, but they smell harsh and can irritate sensitive noses (yours and your dog’s).
Good news: you can whip up a natural cedar sachet that does the same job—for pennies—and smells like a walk in the woods.
🛠️ Build-It-Yourself Cedar Bags
🎒 Bag Use a smaller linen bag for indoors, or a more durable burlap for outdoors. The material just needs to be breathable so the scent can travel
🌲 Fill Indoor bag fill with ½ cup aromatic red-cedar chips. For outdoor use 2 cups cedar chips + 5–10 drops cedarwood essential oil
🧂 Bonus Booster Add a pinch of dried lavender to the indoor bag. It's soothing for people and pets.
📍 Placement Tuck the indoor bag under the cushion of your pets bed or most used sleeping spot. The place where bugs are most likely to linger.
The outside bags hang on a porch railing —1 bag per 8 ft around the border of the porch. Hang at dog-nose height—scent travels sideways and down, not up. And it's the smell that will deter the bugs.
🌟 Why Your Pup Will Love It
🐾 Chemical-free defense—totally sniff-approved.
🌲 Cabin-fresh scent—buh-bye, bed funk!
💸 Wallet-friendly—bulk cedar < designer plug-ins.
🌍 Planet-kind—100 % biodegradable, zero aerosols.
One last note is cedar doesn't discriminate - insects in general are repelled by the smell - that includes bees! If you have flowers on your porch that need pollinators, best to move them.
For dogs that love being outside on summer nights, but get snappy at bugs, give this a try so they can enjoy in peace.
Barks & meows,
Alpha Paw 🐾❤️
