[Sca-cooks] Garlic as toxin was [OT] Dog biscuit recipe?

[Irmgart]

Thank you, Bear.

I was going to hunt more information this morning, but that's a wonderful
article (and one I hadn't seen).

-Irmgart

On 12/1/05, margaret <m.p.decker at att.net> wrote:
>
> Presentation of Allium poisoning symptoms occurs with ingestion of more
> than
> .5% of the body weight of the canine, so a two kilogram dog might have
> some
> problems if it ate all 40 cookies at once.  That being said there are
> various genetic condition that will make some dogs more susceptible than
> others and I wonder what mild chronic poisoning would do over time.  The
> whole thing is complex enough that I would probably avoid it were I dog
> owner.
>
> If you want to make a truly informed choice, let me recommend this article
> from Veterinary Technician August 2001,
> http://www.nssvet.org/student/references/simmonsvettech_424.pdf .
>
> Bear
>
> >I am certainly traveling along the little tiny amounts line.  The telling
> > line in the ASPCA propaganda piece is "can be potentially toxic".  As
> > garlic
> > is more than occasionally prescribed by vets as a gentler flea repellant
> > than pyrethrin and permethrins, I am using garlic powder in injudicious
> > quantities.  2 teaspoons of garlic powder will season about forty 2"
> > diameter cookies.  What I will do is provide an ingredients list to my
> > patrons, allowing them to make their informed choices . . . not unlike a
> > feast menu. YMMV.
> >
> > I'm avoiding meat ingredients, BTW, so that they will appeal more
> broadly
> > and include vegetarian types who refuse to feed meat products to their
> > pets.
> >
> > niccolo difrancesco
> >
>
>