Wondercide 2021 Problem & Solutions Guide | Issue 2

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Problem & Solutions Guide How to safely get rid of the most annoying bugs

3 Home Product Swaps

You’ll wish you already made

Fierce Love® Saves us All Photo credit: Chris Lammert

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for families of every kind, everywhere. Way to go bug-free and worry-free, Wonder Pack!

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Home 33 Home Product Swaps Swaps Product You’ll Wish You Already Made Tracey Brooks, Contributing Editor

We’re all trying harder nowadays to read labels and be more thoughtful about the products we put in, on, and around our families. Today, let’s talk about what we use inside our home.

That’s important because as the EPA shares, 80 percent of most people's exposure to pesticides occurs indoors – not outdoors. So here we go: Safe, plant-powered switches for common household products. e curious about what’s in B those bug sprays under your kitchen sink that say not to use around kids or pets We're going about our day worry-free and then it happens: rows of busy ants, gross roaches, annoying fruit flies. And what's the first thing we do? Grab the bug spray from under the sink. Now, look on the back of that label and check out the ingredients. Also, check if the bottle says not to use around kids or pets. While you might see some improvement in your bug problem, is there anything in that spray that’s known to pose health risks? We encourage you to do some research.

Swap #1: Plant-Powered products that work

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We can help you get bug-free and get back to that worry-free bliss with three solutions.

1. W ondercide’s Indoor Pest Control is all you need to send an eviction notice to unwanted bugs in your home, including ants, gnats, earwigs, silverfish, and more. It's made from plant-based ingredients, safe to use around kids and pets – and safe to spray throughout your home, even in the kitchen. Bonus: Four wonderful scents from natural essential oils: Cedarwood, Lemongrass, Rosemary, Peppermint. Choose the scent you love most or have them all on hand to change up with your mood. Use to freshen your home too.

2. Roaches your issue? Reach for our new Ant & Roach Home + Kitchen aerosol. It’s made with steam-distilled natural essential oils and other

good things from Mother Nature.

You’ll be happy with the fast knock down and kill of those roaches you see. The aerosol is powered by CO2 too so there are no ozone-depleting side effects.

accomplish this easily with our Indoor Pest Control paired with a compression sprayer. The sprayer will help with a continuous stream and the wand will help you get to the hardest to reach spots where bugs love to hang out.

Be curious about what’s in other indoor flea sprays and powders If you've ever had a pet with fleas or know someone whose pet has had fleas, then you know they get everywhere and it’s sometimes a journey to get rid of them.

3. Fruit Fly Trap will keep your moments in the kitchen about the good food and making happy family memories.

Proven to work and easy to use, this self-contained targeted solution gets rid of fruit flies fast. Just shake or swirl, twist off the cap, and pop the top. You’re protected for up to 21 days. Set up a subscription so you’ll always have one on hand.

Be curious about what’s in bug bombs Designed to kill pests hiding in cracks, crevices, and all the places hard to reach with just a spray bottle. Bug bombs work by dispersing chemicals everywhere, even into the air you breathe. And when the box says things like "Do not come in direct or drift contact with this product in any way" or "If odor persists, do not enter" or "May result in injury to people or damage property," well, reconsider using it. You can Protect your Pack® in a better way.

Swap #2: Indoor Pest Control + a compression sprayer Getting bug spray into the nooks and crannies is a great idea and you can

That’s because you need to eliminate the full lifecycle of bugs, not just the adults. In fact, only 5% of an infestation are the adult fleas. Check it out: As always, look at those ingredients on what you’re currently using and check for warning messages. (We’re getting so good at this!) Is it safe for the whole family including dogs, cats, and babies? If you’re not happy with what you see on that label, we’ve got you.

Swap #3: Flea & Tick Pets + Home Enter Flea & Tick Control Pets + Home. This powerhouse uses natural essential oils to kill all life stages of fleas and can be used on dogs, cats, and throughout your home to reach all of those fleas inside. Spray pets daily until you don’t see anymore live fleas.

Spray your house once or twice and spot treat favorite areas like pet beds.

You did it!

Well done, Wonder Pack You’ve made smart switches to keep your family protected and you’ve chosen products made in the USA.

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Problem & Solutions Guide The ultimate how-to for families going bug-free.

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PROBLEM IN YOUR HOME

Roaches

Ants

What: Flat, oval-shaped body. Six long, spiny legs. Fast. Some have wings and can fly.

What: Skinny, crawling bugs with bent antennae. Most are brown. Three distinct body parts.

Where: In kitchens and bathrooms, under sinks, near food. Outside in garbage cans, brush, leaf litter.

Where: They nest underground outdoors in anthills or inside trees in large groups called colonies.

How: These creepy crawlers are often blamed on poor housekeeping, and they can get inside by hitching a ride on infested items from outdoors, via cracks and gaps in a home, or through drains. Some even fly inside, attracted by lights. They leave their droppings wherever they go.

How: These social bugs live, work, and travel in large numbers together.

Ants enter homes through gaps around doors, holes in window screens, and cracks. They can also hitch a ride with pets or items brought in from the outside like a plant, flowers, garden produce, or boxes from the garage.

Fruit Flies What: Small (OK, tiny) flies that feed on fruits, leaves, plant secretions, and honeydew from aphids. Known to annoy and stress us out.

How: These stealthy bugs sneak into your house on produce or squeeze through window and door screens.

Where: In the kitchen or anywhere you have sweet things for them to eat.

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SOLUTION INDOOR PEST CONTROL HOME + KITCHEN Kills, repels, and prevents roaches, ants, spiders, and more. Safe to use around kids and pets throughout your home.

Powered by plants Replaces commonly-used sprays under your sink that may contain nasty chemicals.

4 Fresh Scents Protect and freshen with natural essential oils.

Sizes: 32oz and 1 gallon refill

How to use Eliminate Spray surfaces from a distance of 8-12 inches, directly spraying bugs.

Try a test spray on a small, hidden area prior to full application.

Protection

Maintain & Prevent Spray around windows, doors, and baseboards. Spray under sinks, in cabinets, and around appliances.

Spray on furniture, flooring, and around outdoor living areas. Use as often as desired to freshen your home and keep it bug-free.

Use Indoor and Outdoor Pest Control together for ultimate success in killing and preventing annoying bugs.

ANT & ROACH HOME + KITCHEN Kills bugs fast.

This plant-powered aerosol spray kills and repels ants, roaches, and 20 more bothersome bugs. Made in the USA and safe around kids and pets when used as directed.

How to use: Use on the bugs you see. Use on cracks, crevices, baseboards, doors, and in cabinets. Wipe away the dead bugs and excess spray. Spray around doors, window frames, water pipes, appliances, and where bugs may be hiding.

FRUIT FLY TRAP HOME + KITCHEN Works fast and lasts.

Plant-powered and self-contained, this targeted solution gets rid of fruit flies and will help you stay bug-free and worry-free.

How to use: Shake, twist off cap, remove seal, replace the cap and press to open. Let it work for up to 21 days. After that, set out a new one.

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THE

PROBLEM FOR PETS

Fleas

Ticks

What: Tiny. Wingless. Parasitic.

Identified by an itching pet or black and white specks in fur.

Known to cause dermatitis, tapeworm, and anemia.

What: Arachnid. Hardy. Climbers.

Identified by feeling a small bump on pet’s skin. Known to carry Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever.

Where: Grass. Shaded areas under trees.

Cracks in flooring.

Where: Dark, damp areas, heavilywooded areas, and tall grasses

How: These tremendous leapers quickly spread to multiple hosts and into your home. Many wild animals carry fleas that can then end up in your yard or nearby trails — making environmental control vital. Wherever an infested animal goes is where the flea life cycle can exist!

How: These larger, slower pests don’t actively seek out hosts and are usually picked up accidentally by brushing against grass or plants — because total prevention is difficult, deterring them from staying on your pet and attaching to them is key.

Did you know?

Adult fleas make up only 5% of the flea population, but they can lay thousands of eggs in their lifetime.

Plus, eggs can hatch in as little as two days, so the problem can get

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out of control fast.

Eggs 50%

Larva

Flea 35% Life Cycle

Adult 5%

Pupa 10%

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SOLUTION FLEA & TICK PETS + HOME Kills 100% of Fleas and Ticks Eliminates full life cycles to end and prevent issues. Replaces spot drops, pills, and collars.

Mosquitoes Don't Stand a Chance While not a complete replacement for heartworm prevention, it's a great first step as it kills and repels mosquitoes.

Dog & Cat Safe Purest, properly diluted essential oils safely protect dogs and cats of all ages and sizes.

How to apply On Dogs & Cats Eliminate Kills by contact. Mist body, belly, and tail. Spray into hands or directly on pet’s skin and gently rub in.

Maintain Apply 2-3 times per week and before visiting areas not protected by Wondercide® like parks and trails.

Sizes: 4oz, 16oz, 32oz, and 1 gallon refill

In Your Home Eliminate 1-2 full-house treatments and daily spot treatment to areas like pet beds and rugs until bugs are gone.

Maintain Spray every 2-3 weeks or as often as desired to freshen and provide a layer of ongoing protection.

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4 Fresh Scents Protect and freshen with natural essential oils.

Lemongrass

Cedarwood

Peppermint

Rosemary

Every bug situation is unique – find what works for you! Dial frequency up or down as needed.

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Protection

Use with Flea & Tick Lawn + Garden and Geranium Shampoo for ultimate success in killing and preventing fleas, ticks, and mosquitoes.

FLEA & TICK YA R D + G A R D E N Eliminate the Source Kills the fleas, ticks, and mosquitoes around the outside of your home.

Spray & Play!™ Convenience Don’t miss a second of fun. Just apply and immediately enjoy your yard with pets and kids.

No dry time needed.

Bioselective Residue is safe for bees, butterflies, and grazing animals.

Go Pro-planet and Save Your Bottle!

Refill with concentrate.

How to apply Eliminate Spray around the perimeter of your house and out to the fence or property line twice within 2-10 days (closer together if you have lots of bugs).

Maintain Apply every 4-6 weeks to maintain a bug-free yard. Still seeing bugs? Use ready-to-use bottle a little more often (or if you're using concentrate, add more into your sprayer)!

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GERANIUM SHAMPOO BAR A Fresh Start The first line of protection for dogs and cats. Scrubs off fleas and ticks, while geranium and citronella offer repellent qualities to keep bugs away.

Gentle on Dogs & Cats of All Ages Lush lather powered by coconut oil. Free of artificial colors, fragrances, phthalates, parabens, and sulfates. Gentle enough to use several times a week.

Lasts and Lasts Lasts 5x Longer than 16 oz. liquid shampoo.

How to apply For a relaxing bath time, simply wet your pet, hold the bar with one hand while you support your furry friend with the other, then rub body, belly, legs, and tail. Lather the coat and rinse.

For deeper moisturizing or to comfort hot spots and insect bites, lather the coat and massage for a few minutes, then rinse.

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THE

PROBLEM FOR PEOPLE

Mosquitoes

Ticks

What: Winged. Varied. Can be lifethreatening. Identified by unmistakable buzzing noise.

Known to carry Malaria, West Nile, and Zika virus.

What:

Where: Standing water. Leafy debris.

Anywhere it’s warm, wet, and humid.

Where: Dark, damp areas, heavilywooded areas, and tall grasses

How: These pesky insects are largely ever-present in many environments, especially humid areas. They can be challenging to control because of neighbors’ untreated lawns, open land, or in multi-family residences.

Arachnid. Hardy. Climbers.

Identified by feeling a small bump on pet’s skin. Known to carry Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever.

How: These larger, slower pests don’t actively seek out hosts and are usually picked up accidentally by brushing against grass or plants — because total prevention is difficult, deterring them from staying on your pet and attaching to them is key.

Did you know?

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SOLUTION OUTDOOR PEST CONTROL YA R D + G A R D E N Eliminate the Source Kills the mosquitoes and ticks around the outside of your home.

Spray & Play!™ Convenience Don’t miss a second of fun. Just apply and immediately enjoy your yard with pets and kids.

No dry time needed.

Bioselective Residue is safe for bees, butterflies, and grazing animals.

Go Pro-planet and Save Your Bottle!

Refill with concentrate.

How to apply Eliminate Spray around the perimeter of your house and out to the fence or property line twice within 2-10 days (closer together if you have lots of bugs).

Maintain Apply every 4-6 weeks to maintain a bug-free yard. Still seeing bugs?

Use ready-to-use bottle a little more often (or if you're using concentrate, add more into your sprayer)!

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BONUS! Also gets rid of ants, flies, and roaches.

This is your one go-to spray to get rid of all the annoying bugs getting between you and quality time outdoors with your favorite pets and people.

For ant mounds: spray water into top of mound to draw ants out then saturate with Outdoor Pest Control.

INSECT REPELLENT

4 Fresh Scents

Protect and freshen withnatural essential oils.

K I D S + F A M I LY Repels Mosquitoes and is safe for the whole family.

Convenient size goes anywhere adventure awaits.

Rosemary

Peppermint

Easy to use: Spray on body, hands, feet, and ankles. Spritz into hands to rub onto face and neck. Re-apply as often as needed to stay protected.

Cedarwood

Lemongrass

REPEL SOAP BAR Your first-step in pest protection before venturing off the beaten path or just hanging on the back porch.

Easy to use: Use anytime you want an added layer of protection against pesky bugs and to refresh after spending time outdoors.

Protection

Use all 3 together for ultimate success in killing and preventing annoying bugs.

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Fierce Love Saves us All

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Tracey Brooks, Contributing Editor

The morning of May 24, 2021 started earlier than usual for Sunny and fifty of his furry friends who had been collected from shelters in Texas where they were at risk. Life hadn’t been easy so far for these pups and today started out no differently. Uncertainty unfolded as they were put into small crates and into transport vehicles.

Expecting to go to another crowded shelter, there was surprise, no doubt when they arrived on a tarmac and unloaded next to a plane.

The barking and whimpering stopped when the engines started and from the moment the dogs took flight, there was peace. Sunny didn’t know it then but as Peter Rork, co-founder of the rescue organization Dog is My CoPilot, put it: These dogs just won the golden ticket, they’re on their way to freedom." All of these dogs were being saved by Fierce Love®. It’s the kind of love that will go to the ends of the Earth for you. The kind that will never give up. The kind that always offers hope and hugs.

Dog is My CoPilot is a life-saving non-profit that transports at-risk animals from overcrowded shelters to adoption centers in other geographic regions where loving families are waiting to give them a new home. For our rescue flight, they partnered with rescue organizations The Underground Dog and One Tail At A Time Dog Rescue plus El Paso Animal Services.

The May 26th flight was made possible by you, our Wonder Pack! Your purchases of our special-edition holiday sampler boxes allowed us to fund the first rescue flight from Texas in 2021 and together with Dog is My CoPilot and the partner organizations we helped these fifty furry friends avoid euthanasia and find a new, better life.

Fierce Love® goes out to all of you and all the partners who made this flight possible.

People, cameras, new sounds and smells. It was all quite a bit to take in and then the crates were moved again, piled on top of one another into the “Big Dog.” That’s the nickname of the retro-fitted Cessna plane that would be flying these lucky dogs to their new forever homes.

We were honored to be part of the day, filming the wonderful life-saving moments, hearing from the partners and families, and even helping to transport the pups. Our Creative Director, Chris Merriam, shared a few of his thoughts: “When I arrived at Troutdale Airport outside Portland, Oregon my focus was solely on the checklist.. Camera

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settings. Check. Are we on schedule?

Check. There was a chance of rain that day but you wouldn’t have known by the piercing blue sky mottled with clouds. You could see white capped Mt. Hood peeking over the treetops in the direction of our anticipated flight.

I watched the plane land through the screen on my phone as I recorded.

The faint chirp of the wheels making contact with earth made me sigh with relief and smile. The dogs have made it home!

help. A news camera person put their camera down to help too. The height of the plane put the dogs at eye level so you could make eye contact with them as we unloaded. I kept saying “Welcome home little buddy” to each one as we unloaded.

Once all the dogs were out, they were united with their new families just on the other side of the fence. One by one, names were called out and the hand-off was made. The emotion I felt watching these pups come off that plane then jumping into the backseat of a car destined to a new home was a feeling I will never forget.”

Sunny and Claire will never forget it either because it was the day their new life together started.

In less than a minute of the plane coming to a stop, volunteers raced toward the plane in what felt like a well choreographed production. Doors up, dogs out. It was happening fast. After a few minutes of documenting the action I knew I had the shots I needed. I set my camera down and jumped in to

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Oh, and check out a couple of Sunny’s friends who made the journey with him and are now enjoying their days in bliss.

And this is Bubbles. As People.com reported, “Bubbles is one of the dozens of dogs who went from the euthanasia list to a loving home thanks to this rescue flight. The rescue dog was found at a Texas car wash with her jaw detached. She has gone

through several surgeries to help with her injuries and maybe needs a few cosmetic procedures in the future.

Luckily, those potential operations are now her biggest problem since she is now living in a devoted Oregon foster home committed to her full recovery.”

You’ve come a long way, Bubbles, and we love you.

Good things go on.

Our partnership with Dog Is My Copilot will continue. Our founder and CEO, Stephanie Boone, shares, “We love the idea of gifts that give back and will continue to look for ways to give our customers the opportunity to help us do good.”

“ Bubbles is one of the dozens of dogs who went from the euthanasia list to a loving home...”

– People.com

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Thank you One Tail at a Time Portland (OTATPDX.com) and Brooklyn Yard Veterinary Hospital for opening a new chapter in Bubble's life.

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Make a clean getaway SHAMPOO BARS 4 UNIQUE BLENDS For Dogs & Cats of All Ages Free of artificial colors, fragrances, phthalates, parabens, and sulfates.

Rich, sudsy lather rinses clean.

LASTS

5X

LONGER

THAN LIQUID SHAMPOO

Easy to use: Hold the bar in one hand and steady your pet with the other. Lather body, belly, neck, and feet – then rinse!

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Aloe vera and honey keep the skin and coat healthy.

Wash off odors while neem works to revitalize the coat.

A soothing and gentle scrub, safe to use on the most sensitive of skin.

Wash away and repel bugs with geranium and citronella.

EAR CARE WA S H + T R E AT M E N T Ear Wash cleans and helps prevent infection. Ear Treatment remedies ailments.

Easy to use: Place several drops into ear canal and massage gently.

Allow pet to shake head to remove excess wax, dirt, or debris. Apply to cotton pad and wipe the ear flap.

For dogs & cats.

SKIN TONIC

Just for dogs.

S P R AY + O I L Provides instant relief for hot spots, dry, itchy skin, rashes, burns, bug bites, and more. Features neem and lavender oil to soothe.

Easy to use: Rub coat in opposite direction of growth and apply on skin.

Massage in gently. Safe for daily use.

Life is a journey.

Share your adventures near or far and let the world know what Fierce Love® means to you. #FierceLove #WonderPack

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When you love someone, you do everything in your power to protect them. I thought I was keeping my dog Luna safe by using commonly recommended flea-and-tick control. But when she became ill, I knew there had to be a better way.

I founded Wondercide® to protect pets, families, and homes with plant-powered solutions.

Today, our products protect Packs of every kind, everywhere.

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