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You remember when tuna for humans use to come in a 6 ounce can? Not long ago the food companies decided to sell the tuna in a 5 ounce can. The price stayed the same or in some cases even rose up. The same thing is happening to dry pet foods.

I remember when cat food use to come in 20 pound bags. Then they were reduced to 18 pounds. Now they are at 16 or 17.6 pounds and the prices are still going up. Dog food on the other hand has stayed at the 40 pound and 20 pound bag sizes with a few companies trying to change that.

I was purchasing alfalfa pellets for my horses a few months back and one company lowered the bag size from 50 to 40 pounds. Another feed store was still selling the 50 pound bags but they upped the price by a dollar. Now I had to get out my calculator to see which store had the best price. The 50 pound bag was selling the pellets at .19 cents a pound while the 40 pound bag was selling the pellets at .22 cents a pound. The 50 pound bag was cheaper.

Now here comes the challenge - I want to know if you shop with your calculator to see if you are getting the best price for your pet food. Have you noticed that the bags are getting smaller and the prices are getting higher?

I really wonder when it will end, or if it will. Don’t these companies realize we are in a deep recession if not a actual depression? They will eventually cut their own throats by jacking up prices so high that they will go out of business.

Did you know that you probably have the ingredients for a flea spray right in your kitchen? I am going to give you a recipe for a homemade flea spray that will get rid of fleas but also flies as well. We use to make the mixture up for use outside in our patio area and spray the area for 2 days prior to an outdoor event like a party or BBQ.

The mixture is a 3 part mix. I use a garden sprayer that attaches to a hose.  I put the main 2 ingrediants in and the 3rd ingrediant is water which is added by using the sprayer. Here is what you put in the garden sprayer: 50% Pine Sol and 50% vinegar. Turn on the hose and spray the area until wet. You can spray barn aisles, patios, kennels and any outside area you want to have flea and fly free. When the area is dry the spray will still work to repel for at least 24 hours.

Pine Sol is known to be a knock out chemical for fleas. You can add Pine Sol to any shampoo and wash your dog but be warned that it will only knock the fleas out and not kill them. That is the reason for the vinegar, to finish off what the Pine Sol started. Unless you want your dog to smell like vinegar and Pine Sol you can always buy a flea shampoo at the Dollar store.

Some cats have bad recations to Pine Sol so you want to be careful when using the spray around areas where cats are know to be.