August 9, 2009 One of the most frequent questions we get here in
Customer Service is about Garlic (Allium Sativum). Many of you
have heard or read that garlic is toxic to dogs and wonder why
we include it in our Force, Keen & Zeal diets. I wish to address
this concern and ellimate the fear of including garlic in your
canine friend's diet. Garlic is a member of the Allium family,
along with onions. The toxic chemical contained in garlic and
onions is thiosulphate. Dogs should NEVER be fed onions. But,
this chemical only exists in minute amounts in garlic. Ingestion
of large doses of this chemical can cause hemolytic anemia in
dogs, destroying red blood cells. A large dose would be ingested
if, for instance, you are in the middle of making dinner and you
walk away from the kitchen counter to answer the phone, leaving
a whole bulb of garlic within easy reach for your dog who
proceeds to devour the entire thing. However, in small amounts,
garlic offers many health benefits for both humans and dogs.
Some of them a