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Marta was 54 when she walked into my clinic last spring with her Labrador Bella and a folder of screenshots on her phone. She had spent a week reading about natural flea and tick solutions, and she had narrowed it down to one. The Veluna Anti-Flea Collar. She wanted to order it. She also did not believe it could possibly work.
She sat across from me with Bella at her feet and said she had five questions. If I could answer all five, she would order one before she got home.
Below are the five questions Marta asked me. They are also the five questions I now hear from almost every client in the same position. If you have been reading about the Veluna Collar and something has held you back, your version of one of these is probably in there.
Six plant oils. Citronella, cedar, lemongrass, peppermint, geranium, and eucalyptus. That is the whole formulation. No pesticides, no synthetic compounds, no preservatives, no fillers. The oils are infused directly into the collar material and released continuously at a controlled, low concentration.
Marta actually opened her phone and looked the oils up while I sat there. Each one has a long history of repelling ticks and fleas in nature. Together, in the calibrated blend the collar uses, they are dramatically more effective than any one of them alone.
This is the question that matters most, and the answer is what sets this collar apart. Nothing enters the bloodstream. Nothing absorbs through the skin. The oils diffuse into the air at a concentration that repels parasites but is completely safe for the animal wearing it.
There is no organ load, no liver stress, no neurological risk. There is just a shield.
Compare this to chemical flea treatments — pills and spot-ons that enter your dog's bloodstream and stay there for weeks. Those work by making your dog's blood toxic to fleas. The collar works by making fleas unable to find your dog in the first place.
12 months. The slow-release formulation is engineered to deliver the oils at a consistent concentration for one full year. There is no tapering, no gradual decline in the protective field. It works the same on day 360 as it works on day 1.
At the 12-month mark you replace it with a new one. That is the entire maintenance schedule. One collar per animal per year, clipped on once and forgotten about.
Ticks and fleas do not find your animal by sight. They find them through body heat, breath, carbon dioxide, and skin chemistry. The collar releases its oils into the air around your dog at a controlled, low concentration. That cloud overwhelms the parasite's ability to lock onto its target. The tick literally cannot find your dog through the field.
It is the same principle as the mosquito repellent you spray on your skin in the summer. You do not become invisible. The mosquito just cannot find you. The collar is that, except it does not wash off, does not need reapplying, and never touches your animal's internal organs.
Imagine Bella walking through tall grass while every tick within range simply turns the other way. That is the shield. That is what is in the collar.
The collar is sealed and waterproof. Bella could swim in the lake every day and the collar would still work. The oils are infused into the collar material itself — they are not a surface coating that washes away. Rain, baths, puddles, lakes — none of it affects the protection.
The only thing that ends a collar's life is the 8-month mark, when the oils are fully depleted.
She ordered a collar for Bella from her phone in the parking lot. She ordered a second one for her neighbor's puppy the same evening.
7 months later she came back for Bella's annual checkup. No fleas. No ticks. Her hand was just resting on Bella's back, not searching it.
If you put the collar on your dog and you still find a tick or a flea on them within 30 days, Veluna refunds you in full. The collar has to be on the animal during that time, but that is the only condition. No paperwork, no fine print, no proof required beyond your word. They send your money back.
Over 6,500 dog owners have ordered the Veluna Anti-Flea Collar. The Trustpilot rating sits at 4.8 stars. The most common word in the reviews is some version of "finally."
These are pulled from the Veluna page. Real names, real reviews, real owners.
Dr. Horvat practices small-animal medicine with a focus on parasitology and integrative care. She writes for The Pet Post on questions her clients ask most often in clinic. This piece is based on real conversations she has had with pet owners considering natural alternatives to conventional flea and tick treatments.
