I found the thread that I started a few years ago before we owned the mini!! It is Message number #20193
--- In askavet@yahoogroups.com, "snafflesnshelties" <snaffles@...> wrote:
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> Thank you but I honestly do not feel that is the problem. He begins itching before the bugs are out. The first spring I owned him I assumed the itch was because he was shedding, but even after body clipping he will itch.
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> This is the 3rd spring/summer that I have given him garlic powder.
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> Joyce
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> --- In askavet@yahoogroups.com, Renee Ilse <equieducator@> wrote:
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> > Joyce, he is scratching probably due to fly and gnat bites (they call them no-see-ums). If you try adding a little garlic to his feed each feeding, it will help deter the flies from biting him. I have had some big horses that were affected in the same way...
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