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Bug Off Garlic™-
Real Letters From Real People

 "No more fly sprays, no more bug bites..."

Dear Springtime,

We started using Bug Off Garlic this past spring on our two horses, Gentleman Jack (black Tennessee Walker) and Panama Red (red Quarter Horse). It is the best product ever! No more fly sprays, no more bug bites and no more unhappy horses. They are much happier!

Pat and Joe Hines, Indiana
Pat and her happy, fly-free horses!

Alex and Jed, Chloe’s gleaming Percherons, are happily munching away, while Zoe, her Toy Fox Terrier, supervises.
  Fly Free and Shining!
  "…natural products that work!"

Dear Springtime,

I just received my latest order, and my, are the horses ever glad! I miscalculated and ran out of Bug Off Garlic, so the horses were getting bug eaten and agitated. It sure makes a difference!

I am continually impressed with your products and service. My twenty one year old Percheron gelding, Jed, looks great this spring, earning compliments on how much better he is looking with age. I refer everyone to Springtime. The horses are gleaming with no baths and no brushing, just Bug Off Garlic and some are on Spirulina Wafers, too. …I used Spirulina Wafers to boost one horse over a cough and runny nose, as well as prepare my Arabian mares (age 20 years and nine years) for breeding.

My Toy Fox Terrier, Zoe, goes everywhere with me, indoors and out, to the fields and beyond, so Bug Off is essential for her, too, and keeps the ticks and fleas at bay. We’re using Fresh Factors for an older dog as well.

Thanks for offering natural products that work!
Chloe Molner, North Carolina


 "…Bug Off Garlic – it works for us!"

Dear Springtime,

In your Spring 2007 catalog you published my letter about my horse,Wacipi’s Dreamdancer, and our experience with Bug Off Garlic. I thought you might be interested to know that Wacipi did, in fact, wind up the 2006 show season as the Garfield County Fair Reserve Grand Champion Stallion at the very young age of one year, five months. ‘Cipi is the youngest Appaloosa stallion ever to win that title in Garfield County.

At the time, we were in the second year of a two year drought and the flies were as bad as I can ever remember seeing them. A lot of the credit for his success at the show goes to the Appaloosa breed horse with his calm, gentle, laid back disposition, but there is not a doubt in my mind that Bug Off Garlic was the best friend we had in the show ring on that hot September day.

This letter is accompanied by our 2007 order for Bug Off Garlic - it works for us!

Thanks again, and ride safely!
Dan D. McMillan, Oklahoma
District Representative, International Colored
Appaloosa Association

We at Springtime give our condolences to the McMillan family upon learning of Mr. McMillan's passing in October 2007.
 
Dan and Wacipi, County Champion!
 


Before Bug Off Garlic - Beau's neck peppered with bug bites.
After Bug Off Garlic - Healed & Happy!
  "...Big Beau... was constantly attacked by flies..."

Dear Springtime,

I want to give you feedback about the products of yours that we have faithfully administered to our herds. They have all worked wonderfully, especially the Bug Off Garlic! I am including a photo of Big Beau, a Percheron-Thoroughbred, who was so constantly attacked by flies that he looked as if peppered by buckshot. After a few short weeks, Beau’s bite marks began to magically diminish and heal! We have continued to give our 36 horses a dose of garlic every day, which in addition to being a fly deterrent has made them much stronger I’m certain because of the immune system boost it has provided. …Of course, we have been getting all of the “when are you going to open the pizzeria?” comments because of the wonderful smell of garlic throughout the barn at feeding times. So, with a little oregano and mozzarella… who knows!

Dervin Bradford, Georgia
 


Taylor Poirrier riding Pixie, a blue roan Clydesdale, which she has known since she was 3 years old.
  "Nice shiny coats, bright eyes and no more coughing…"

Dear Springtime,

…I have been meaning to write to you about the products we use. We live in interior Alaska and the mosquitoes and flies are horrible, even worse if you have horses! We’ve been feeding the Bug Off Garlic for several years and not only does it seem to help keep the insects from biting and leaving welts, I’ve noticed that wounds, big or small, tend to heal faster with less infection and little or no scarring. The hair usually grows back in and it is not white. And we’ve noticed a difference in the fly population at “manure mountain.”

Then the real test came this year. Due to the rise in heating fuel and electric, and in an attempt to cut cost, we decided to not get more Bug Off Garlic when we ran out last November. (We’ve been feeding it year round). The thought was we would start again in the spring, not a big deal. Well, spring came around and I kept putting off placing my order. What a big mistake that was!! For the first time in years we had horses with runny noses, coughing, weight loss, nasty hair coats, bug bites, and in general, you could tell they just didn’t feel good. (We had our hay and other feeds tested, and everything was good there.) Then our senior mare, Krys (32 young) fractured a back leg and tore up her ligaments and tendons. I ordered the Joint Health Formula, Bug Off Garlic, Spirulina Wafers and the Breather Powder that day. I’m happy to say that our gang is back to being happy and healthy. Nice shiny coats, bright eyes and no more coughing…

I recommend your products to anyone who will listen and am proud to show them the living proof on our front yard of how well your products work.

Thanks for the great products and customer service.

Sincerely,
Sandy Davis, Alaska


 "Where are all the flies?"

Dear Springtime,

I wanted to let you know that I’ve used the Springtime products Gamma, J-Flex, Trace Lytes*, Fresh Factors (for my elderly dog), and Bug Off Garlic for many years. These are the only products I’ve found to be worth the money spent. People who own horses that come to the barn will almost always ask where are all the flies?! They can’t believe that we have that much control with a couple of scoops of garlic in their feed. Gamma, J-Flex, and Trace Lytes* helped us bring Comanche, an ex-roping horse that was thin and lame when he came to us, back to good health. I can say with complete confidence that my horses (and my dog Tasha) are happier and healthier because of the Springtime products we give them.

Keep up the good work!
Jean Smith, Texas

*Now Hoof & Coat Formula

Jean's daughter, Amanda, with their happy, healthy crew down on the farm.


Wacipi's Dreamdancer standing calm and at ease.
  ...the mosquitos and ticks were not around anymore!

Dear Springtime,

As the owner of four Appaloosa horses (three mares and a young stallion), I show horses and also participate in short trail rides and parades. Oklahoma, where we live, has abundant grass and is generally a good place for horses. However, the pastures, grasslands, and woodlands are perfect harbors for ticks, chiggers, and just about anything that makes a meal off of horses, including abundant flies and dreaded mosquitoes. I have tried just about every kind of spray on, wipe on, dab on, and roll on for the problem, but to no avail. Some products work for a short time and some not at all. All of them are expensive.

In 2005, I was having quite a problem in the show ring because when you show at halter, the horse needs to be standing still and the flies were surely giving us problems. My friend and fellow horse enthusiast, Dr. Guy Sneed, D.O., gave me some of your Bug Off Garlic to try. He believed it would help. After about a week of feeding it, I began to tell the difference. A short time later, my horses were calmer and more at ease. I not only cured the fly problem, but the mosquitoes and ticks were not around anymore! I could hardly believe the results of using that product.

In 2006, our red leopard Appaloosa stallion, Wacipi’s DreamDancer, will start making his way in the show ring. I believe that Bug Off Garlic will give him a distinct advantage in competition and a better opportunity to become a champion. I believe in this product and I would recommend it to any person who has horses and a problem with bugs.

Thank you!

Side Safely,
Dan D. McMillan, Oklahoma
District Representative, International Colored Appaloosa Association


Amos, happy and mosquito free.

Flies, Mosquitoes - Problem Solved!
Dear Springtime,

Attached are a few pictures of my “kids.” They get  Bug Off Garlic everyday and it really helps! In Florida we rarely get cold enough to kill off the flies and mosquitoes so it is a year round battle.

Liz Piquet, Florida

"...great for flies…"
Dear Springtime,

Bug Off Garlic is super! I have two thin skinned thoroughbreds that it works wonders on! …Biker has been on Bug Off Garlic for three years now and he gets Bug Off Garlic all year long. It does great for flies and keeps his immune system up.

Thank you again,
Sandi Becker, Pennsylvania
Sandi and Biker enjoying the great outdoors.


MDM Yellow Sioux is now able to graze in peace.

"…I had a hard time finding a safe, natural product that actually works."
Dear Springtime,

I just wanted to thank you for your wonderful product, Bug Off Garlic. We live on a dairy farm with nearly one hundred head of cattle, and my nine year old Quarter Horse mare is nearly fly free for the first summer since she came. She is pregnant, and I had a hard time finding a safe, natural product that actually works. Three months after starting her on Bug Off Garlic, MDM Yellow Sioux is the only horse in the pasture not followed by a swarm of insects.

Sincerely,
Lora Fry, Pennsylvania

"NO FLIES!!"
Dear Springtime,

Chico, my husband Carlos' 28 year old horse, got Cushing's disease and then foundered in all four feet with rotation. Unfortunately, it was just going into fly season in southern California and being a Palomino, the flies just loved him. His legs would get bloody from the bites. Fly spray didn't protect him all that well. I put him on your Bug Off Garlic and what a change! The flies would just about land, but then take right off again. Thank you so much for helping him through this very rough time – NO FLIES!!

Jan Molina, California

 
Fly spray didn't protect Chico but what a difference with Bug Off Garlic.


Linda with two of her much happier horses.
Flies, Fleas & Ticks - “Your products are wonderful!”
Dear Springtime,

I know you have heard this before, but your products are wonderful! My horses usually have crusty ears and bellies from fly bites, but not this year. I have not seen the first flea or tick on my three dogs either.

Sincerely,
Linda Mather, Georgia


Safe & Effective
Dear Springtime,

I just had to write and let you know how satisfied I am with your product, Bug Off Garlic. I’ve used your product for two years now and finally other horse owners are noticing my horses aren’t bit up by bugs. I have six different families from Minnesota ordering your product, Bug Off Garlic, now. I have 20 horses so, of course, I use a lot more. But the horses love it and are happy and content with Bug Off Garlic.

I am enclosing a picture of my 25 year old mare with her filly, out of my 25 year old stallion. What a surprise. Everyone is doing very good. I also have had 10 other foals this year. The mares and foals are all on Bug Off Garlic.

Sincerely,
Shirley O’Hara, Minnesota

P. S. Also, I bought Bug Off Garlic Chewables for my dog. No bloody, fly-eaten ears. Works great.
You’re never too old to love a little filly!


Karen waving for the camera on her fly free horse, Buddy.
No More Sprays “…hassle free fly control.”
Dear Springtime,

The photo of me and Buddy was taken when we lived in Texas. It was in Palo Dura Canyon, the second largest canyon in the U.S.A. He’s an excellent trail horse, going everywhere and anywhere. So naturally, we run into flies, mosquitoes and horse flies. Since using Bug Off Garlic, no biting flies and no need to respray after he sweats or goes in the water. Bug Off Garlic is worry and hassle free fly control.

Buddy is a 14 year old Percheron/Quarter Horse. He has also been on Trace Lytes with great results for his bacteria imbalance and DMG 5,600 when he was working six hours a day, six days a week for three months with great stamina results.

Karen Cockshutte, New York


Second Fiddle keeps her leg and survives
a flood!
Deep, Unstitchable Wound – Bug Off Garlic used as a dressing
Dear Springtime,

Thank you for your unsurpassed products and service. Last autumn, we survived our first National Disaster as Rocky Mount, including 50 acres of our farm, was flooded. One week before the hurricane and floods, my 27 year old Thoroughbred mare almost amputated her right hind leg on a high tension wire after a deer ran through our fence line. Muscle, tendon, bone…she looked like she’d been caught in a meat grinder. Two veterinarians deemed the wound unstitchable – the best we could do was use pressure bandages until the perimeter healed enough to surgically remove the dead skin and tissue.

A week later our pastures were under three feet of dirty river water, down river from the waste treatment plant, hog farms, and other lovely pollutants. For 32 days we were an island with no power, no running (i.e. clean!) water, no phones. When the antibiotics ran out on the second day, I was frantic – all that dirty water and no way to even clean her wounds or keep them dry. All we had was ten pounds of Bug Off Garlic, one dry bag of grain, and what bottled water we could scrounge up (our own supply plus what we could wade out and borrow). I packed her wounds twice daily with the garlic and prayed a lot. By the time my vet could get back to the farm her wounds were almost completely healed. No proud flesh, no infection, no surgery! Minimal scarring and she is 100% completely sound! Both veterinarians call her our miracle mare, and I am convinced that the Bug Off Garlic literally saved her life and her leg.

Debbie Womble and “Second Fiddle”, North Carolina

P.S. Picture is from 60 days after the floods – trees in the background were blown down by the high winds; jump standards, etc., still wherever they floated!


“Tick Free Horses”
Dear Springtime,

I had great luck with Springtime Bug Off Garlic. My horse Bentley had Lyme’s disease in 1999. I began feeding him Bug Off Garlic in the spring of 2000. My friend also gave it to her horse. They were the only tick free horses in a barn of 25 horses! We also noticed a decrease in flies around them. I have great faith in this product and will continue using it.

Susan Newbury, Connecticut
Two happy, tick free horses ready
for competition.

The donkeys are grateful for Bug Off Garlic!
   Flies; Raw, Bloody Sores
Dear Springtime,

Donkeys have a unique problem that seems to affect only them. Flys will literally eat their lower legs raw and bloody in a very short time. We spend most of fly season trying various creative ways to repel these pests from their legs while at the same time trying to heal the sores. Since feeding Bug Off Garlic, we have noticed that the flies are still there, but not biting their legs raw. The old sores are healing and hair is growing back. How easy that was! Just feed Bug Off Garlic – no wraps to change, no sprays or salves to buy, and then apply and apply and apply! The Bug Off Garlic keeps working during rain, a roll, etc. It’s always active!

…We have also noticed that we do not have the usual gnats and flies attracted to the manure, either. All in all, from our experience so far, I would recommend that if you’ve been thinking about feeding Bug Off for fly control, DO IT! A big thanks and lots of thankful brays from Diamond Jim’s Longears Acres!

Lorie and Jimmy Black, Florida
 

No Ticks
Dear Springtime,

I have used the Bug Off Garlic for my horses and dog all summer and they never picked up a tick even though it’s heavily wooded behind their pasture… Let me say how much we like your products.

Sincerely,
Beverly Murray, Maine
Some very happy animals!

Karen with Dude, now welt free.
No more welts from bug bites. No more fly sprays.
Dear Springtime,

Thank you so much for your great product, Bug Off Garlic. My Buckskin horse, Dude, gets welts all over his body from bug bites. Since using Bug Off Garlic, Dude is welt free. His coat is beautiful and I know that he feels better. I don’t even have to use fly spray on him. It has also cut back on the flies in my barn. Dude and I are very grateful. I have told all of my friends about your great product… they can all see how well Dude is doing on it.

I have also started my dog, Keylee, on Bug Off Garlic for her flea problem. I have been using Frontline on her but it doesn’t work. She stays inside most of the time, but as soon as I let her outside she gets fleas. I hope it works as well as it does for my horse, Dude.

Thank you,
Karen Anderson, Florida


“…ticks are not a problem for any of the horses.”
Dear Springtime,

I first purchased your products early summer of 2003. A friend of mine gave me one of your catalogues after I told her the terrible problem I was having with ticks and how they were a chronic problem for my 5-year old Missouri Fox Trotter (we had recently moved to Oklahoma). The tick bites were causing a severe reaction, which resulted in sores over his body, tail, ears and mane. He was in very bad shape. I had tried repellent sprays and ointments recommended by vets and nothing was helping him. The Bug Off Garlic really worked for him. Not only did I put this in his feed, but I also made a salve of water and Bug Off Garlic, which I applied to the sores.

At present time he receives a double dose and my other two horses receive a single dose. Although the horses are around trees and on pasture during the day, and the fact that we had a mild winter and very wet summer, I feel confident in saying, “ticks are not a problem for any of the horses.”

Sincerely,
Kristina Kippenberger, Oklahoma
Happy trails for Kristina and Cruiser once again!

 
Tamal and Buck
“I didn’t even need fly masks.”
Dear Springtime,

Thank you for Bug Off Garlic. We live around a couple of dairy farms, so the flies get pretty thick at certain times of the year. About three years ago I tried Bug Off Garlic on my three horses and the flies didn’t get as bad. The second year I had very few flies. I didn’t even need fly masks. Last year I forgot to buy Bug Off Garlic and the flies came back with a vengeance. This year I started them around April 1st and so far I haven’t seen any flies. Bug Off Garlic is wonderful. I found if I start the horses off with a little garlic and mix granulated stock salt, they will scarf it up. They look forward to feeding time.

I thank you again and my horses thank you. Keep up with the wonderful products… I just bought Fresh Factors for my dog and I can’t wait to see the results.

Debra A. Vanous, Washington


“No hives this year since he’s been on Bug Off Garlic.”
Dear Springtime,

Beau is allergic to no-seeum flies and breaks out in hives. No hives this year since he has been on Bug Off Garlic.

Kathie Tasovac, Illinois
Beau doesn’t suffer with hives any longer.
Katherine and Caroline riding Guy and Casey is happy riding her Link.
Fly Free
Dear Springtime,

My last purchase came with a trial size of Bug Off Garlic and it seems to be keeping the flies away. It smells like an Italian restaurant when we feed each day. I believe it is also reducing the flies at the barn and in the pasture. I am really impressed with the quality of your products and with the helpfulness of your staff. I share your catalog with horse and dog friends whenever they mention problems with their pets.

Carol Lowe, North Carolina

 
No more fly spray – “…amazed at how well it works for my horse.”
Dear Springtime,

I have recently ordered Bug Off Garlic and Ginseng Powder* for my Warmblood/Percheron mare. I am truly amazed at how well they work for my horse. I have read everyone’s testimonials and I didn’t believe that it would work that well. Bug Off Garlic has surprised me. This is the first time that I don’t need fly spray. The Ginseng Powder* keeps her calm and relaxed now that spring has arrived. Other years it would take me at least an hour to catch her. Now she comes to me right away and we are able to get working on our training routine.

Thank you,
Rochelle Engle, Pennsylvania
* Now “Daily Calm”
Rochelle’s mare, Eclipse Engle, now calm and relaxed.

 
* This statement has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

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