To ANYone that actually cares for the health of their dog... I'm pasting text from the "article":
The smell of roasting garlic is one of those scents that immediately makes most of us hungry. It’s featured in cuisines around the globe and is found in many of our favorite foods.
Scientific evidence even suggests that garlic has medicinal benefits for humans, so it’s perfectly natural to wonder: Can dogs eat garlic?
The answer, emphatically, is
no.
Is It Safe for Dogs to Eat Garlic?
Garlic might be good for people, but dogs metabolize certain foods differently than we do. According to the
Merck Veterinary Manual, garlic and other members of the allium family, including
onions, contain thiosulfate, which is toxic to dogs but not to humans.
Thiosulfate causes oxidative damage to red blood cells, resulting in hemolytic
anemia. Symptoms of anemia include pale mucous membranes, rapid breathing, lethargy, weakness, jaundice, and dark colored urine. Garlic toxicity also causes symptoms of gastrointestinal upset, including
vomiting,
diarrhea,
loss of appetite, abdominal pain,
depression, and
dehydration.
How Much Garlic is Toxic to Dogs?
Studies have found it takes approximately 15 to 30 grams of garlic per kilograms of body weight to produce harmful changes in a dog’s blood. To put that into perspective, the average clove of supermarket garlic weighs between 3 and 7 grams, so your dog would have to eat a lot to get really sick. However, some dogs are more sensitive to garlic toxicity than others, and consumption of a toxic dose spread out over a few days could also cause problems.
This means that if your dog accidentally eats something containing a little garlic, they will probably be okay, but intentionally feeding it to your dog
is a bad idea.
Take care... ?
