I have been using essentials oils on my Max for calming and other issues. Now i found out that if you have a tick you apply a drop of palo alto oils on it and it backs the tick right out. I used lavender for healing Maxs paw when it was raw. I just wanted to share this with my friends who are in the country. If you want to talk about it more just pm me. Always looking for natural cures. There are also oils to put on for flee protection, i am learning as i go.