Another thing for your pets with ACV! Bad problem with those pesky sand fleas that never seem to die? Only thing that works, and not even very well, is Dawn soap? Been there and done that with living in Florida with 2 dogs! If you mix ACV 50/50 in a spray bottle with some water and spray it on their coat, it helps a LOT. Also putting it in their water seems to help the flea not want to bite so much, but make sure you don't put TOO terribly much in the water or else they won't drink it.

Also make sure you don't get this in your pet's face or anywhere near the eyes or ears. The eyes and ears on an animal are very sensitive and it burns. Best thing to do with the eyes and around the ears is to continue to use that Dawn soap or rub it very gently around their eyes and ears with a cotton ball.

Yet another use for ACV is weight loss. That's right...weight loss! And it's widely used an proven to do so! Here's how it works. The ACV helps to break down fat and balancing out your PH. What you do is take 1-2 teaspoons of it mixed in some water before each meal. It also helps if the meal isn't a fat-castrophe too! It helps if you add in some honey to balance out the horrible flavor that ACV has. Maybe adding it to some tea with honey.

ACV for weight loss has been used world wide since the 1950s and is a proven method. You can search any such site and they will tell you the exact same. Everyone is in agreement though, ACV just makes you feel....better!

Here is some other methods of naturally shedding your pounds if you have already tried ACV and found it's taste not to your liking.

The Two Weekly Weight Loss Program
The Alkaline Diet

Another use for ACV (we're calling it that now btw ;p) is acne and skin treatment. Just drinking this stuff once a week can help you have a healthier "glow" to your skin without spending all that money on rip-off cream that doesn't help. Now...ACV for a skin treatment doesn't work for EVERYONE, so don't expect it to...but it's worth a try right? So not only does it give a healthier coat to your pets, it can give you a healthy coat too! It gives that "shine" to your hair without having to buy $20 shampoo and conditioner.

On top of healthy skin and hair, it's also rumoured to help the PH in your skin if you use it as a toner before you go to sleep at night. You can also apply apple cider vinegar directly on age spots and leave them on overnight to lighten the color on the spots. You can rub it on your hands and feet after that long day at work to help ease the aches and reduce the swelling.

ACV can smell pretty badly and doesn't work for everyone. Here is something that may help you more that is all natural and won't break the bank. Help support this writer who is featured on FOX news 25 and has an acclaimed book for natural skin treatment. Since you cna try it risk free, and you really want to help your skin, what's to lose?

Naturally Skinsational Rejuvenating Skin Care Recipes

One use of Apple Cider Vinegar, or ACV, is to cure Urinary Tract Infections. I myself have used this to cure mine, since I am allergic to Sulfa....the most used and cheapest antibiotic used to cure a UTI. I can say that I just try not to get them, but all of you girls out there know that sometimes it's out of our control. I put about 2 teaspoons into a 16oz water bottle and drink it every day until it clear up. Even after it clears up, I would still drink it for an additional 3-4 days. I'll warn you...this stuff tastes just awful. There is a fine line between making it taste like herbal tea in your water, or making it undrinkable, and for me it was 2 teaspoons...but it depends on your tastes to be very honest. You want an organic blend with the "mother" (or apple) still in it. They're easy to spot as they are cloudy as compared to clear like most.

The plus side to all of this is you can use it on your pets too! That's right...your furry little babies. I myself used it on my little cat Livy when she came down with a terrible case of it. There was blood in her urine and everything, and I had already gone through this with my previous cat whom I had to put down because the vet never told me about ACV until AFTER I called after my second cat came down with it...and I had to ask HIM about it after finding out about it from a website. The vet told me my first cat had a hereditary disease that caused her to have to keep coming back to the vet every few months for something to clear up her UTI. After spending about $600+ on the first cat, not including the food I had to buy, on vet bills I ended up putting her down out of mercy. When my second cat came down with the same thing I became frantic. I couldn't handle my other baby leaving me too. So another round of vet bills piled up. Then I came across ACV and I hoped and prayed it would work..and the results were immediate! Within an hour she was jumping around like her old self, but was still having trouble urinating.

So I continued to give it to her, about 1 1/2 cc plunger syringe that you can buy at Walmart anywhere, or at your local pharmacy, every day for a week and then once a week for 3 weeks. It still hasn't come back like it had in my other cat. Just make sure to give them plenty of water with it and their very favorite treat afterwards because like i said...this stuff tastes awful. In no way am I telling you not to go to the vet, because I still did, but this is a natural remedy for it and is cost effective.

Here is some links for natural remedies for a urinary tract infection other than ACV. I hope this helps!


Veterinary secrets for home remedies from a vet that cares about love, not the love of money!

Another all natural cure for a UTI that is more cost effective than that $500 doctor bill!