Toxic to dogs
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Lebendig Taj
Boxer Booster
According to this link it's both onions and garlic.
Realizing that onion and garlic are in the same family I've often wondered why dogfoods contain garlic when onion is a known toxin to dogs.
How about adding garlic to the list per the referenced link?
Because garlic is only toxic in very large doses 
It is a member of the onion family, certainly. But it is a very weak onion, and the amounts needed to reach toxic levels are well beyond that which any normally sane person would ever feed.
In small doses, however, garlic has a number of very beneficial properties - including as a natural flea/tick repellent. And a great many people do use it for that.
It would however, be fair to add garlic as a substance that you shouldn't ever let a dog get into. Given the taste of raw garlic, it's hard to imagine that any dog is going to scoff down bunches of it. But you never know! So along with onions (which should never be fed, raw or cooked, even in small doses), garlic should be kept out of a dog's reach. And if fed, moderation is a necessity (like a clove or two per week tops).
It is a member of the onion family, certainly. But it is a very weak onion, and the amounts needed to reach toxic levels are well beyond that which any normally sane person would ever feed.In small doses, however, garlic has a number of very beneficial properties - including as a natural flea/tick repellent. And a great many people do use it for that.
It would however, be fair to add garlic as a substance that you shouldn't ever let a dog get into. Given the taste of raw garlic, it's hard to imagine that any dog is going to scoff down bunches of it. But you never know! So along with onions (which should never be fed, raw or cooked, even in small doses), garlic should be kept out of a dog's reach. And if fed, moderation is a necessity (like a clove or two per week tops).
Lebendig Taj
Boxer Booster
The referenced link makes no such distinction between garlic and onion, that's why I was asking.
Roscoe Boy
Boxer Buddy
According to the grape/rainsin article- which I happened to read immediately after I gave Roscoe a handful of grapes- a safe formula is:
1 oz fruit/ 2.2 lbs body weight
Just curious, how much do you think a single green grape weighs?
1 oz fruit/ 2.2 lbs body weight
Just curious, how much do you think a single green grape weighs?
harvey-bup
Boxer Pal
Harvey has a fondness for bananas and oranges!! are either a problem? as he took an allergic reaction to something recently which we narrowed down to red meat but now I wonder could it be one of the above.
MAG216
Boxer Pal
I just wanted to let everyone know that Therma care heat wraps are very toxic to dogs. I had used one and thrown it away & my dog got it out of the trash and ate it. My Vet called the poision contol center and was told if ingested it could be deadly. Zane was given an IV and medicine he is fine now.
boxerloverbp
Boxer Buddy
My husband and I were just discussing a supplement called bug off garlic last night. The supplement is marketed in differing doses for humans, dogs, and horses and it supposedly has an added benefit of boosting the immune system. I would like to try it (for Pluto not myself) but was concerned about whether it might be toxic. The label information indicates that you should gradually work up to giving the full recommended dose, which gave me some concern. Anyone have experience with a garlic supplement like this or have any thoughts about whether it would be safe to try? Out of an abundance of caution, I have never fed Pluto any garlic in the past.