Essential Oil dilution rates for dogs and farm animals: Almost all essential oils are far too potent to apply topically to a dog. A dog can sniff a safe and pure essential oil though, if you do not contain your dog with the concentrated smell in a closed environment for a long period. Common sense suggests that sniffing and inhalation/diffusion therapy should be done in a well-ventilated area.
Inhalation therapy
Essential Oil dilution rates for dogs and farm animals – Use up to 4 drops of essential oil in a vaporizer, burner or diffuser for young, elderly, sickly or very small dogs and up to 6 drops for a more healthy, medium to large breed dog.
Make sure that the burner / vaporizer etc is out of reach of your dog and that you do not leave an open flame unsupervised.
Spritzers, salves and carrier oil mixtures
A dilution of anything from 0.5% to 2% of the mixture you are making is suggested. Use a 0.5 to 1% dilution for sick, old, very young or small dogs. Use a dilution of around 1% to 2% on healthy, medium to large breed dogs.
How to use percentages in Dilution Rates
(20 to 30 drops of essential oil is equal to around about 1 ml depending on the viscosity of the essential oil and the size of the hole in the dropper)