ANYONE ON HERE FEED GARLIC?

A holistic method for keeping pests off your dog. (meaning fleas, ticks and mosquitos) is to feed one tea spoon of garlic powder to 2 tea spoon brewers yeast. This combination is found in many brands of dog food, including Diamond Performance. The combination makes the blood taste and smell bitter and the pests stay away. It does not work as a wormer.

Garlic is listed on the list of warning foods, because it is in the same family as onions. Onions are a much more strong toxin than garlic. Both can cause anemia if fed in large quantities. It takes an awful lot of garlic to cause anemia. You would have to feed like 5 or 6 garlic hearts a day to cause a life threatening anemia. Whereas 2 onions could produce the same effect.

Some people use diametrous earth (food grade,) which can be found in health food stores. This ingredient is found in human consumable cereals to keep mealy worms out of the boxes. The particles are very sharp and will cut up a worm as it passes through the digestive system. Some people use this method 2 x a year to worm there dogs without chemicals.

I give my my dogs a pinch of minced garlic in their food everyday. Its good for them, too much of anything is bad.