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> I didn't ask people to add a dog warning label to each food that contains garlic. Dogs can eat garlic. You'd have to be feeding them multiple powdered garlic

> I didn't ask people to add a dog warning label to each food that contains garlic. Dogs can eat garlic. You'd have to be feeding them multiple powdered garlic packets to cause harm, if its even possible. So you've failed at risk management. This is why we have to have these dumbed down labels.

blooalien 4y ago
> "Dogs can eat garlic. You'd have to be feeding them multiple powdered garlic packets to cause harm, if its even possible." The American Kennel Club [1] and [2] the Pet Poison Help Line (among others) would disagree with your certainty, sir. In this case it is you who have "failed at risk management". You did not bother to consider the risks of posting false / incorrect information on a public forum. This is why we have to have these dumbed down labels. Because people cannot bother to do (literally) ten seconds of research on their favorite search engine before "speaking with authority" on public forums / social media about a topic which they are clearly not nearly as sure of as they believe themselves to be. That's how misinformation spreads so readily these days. [1] https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/nutrition/can-dogs-eat-garlic/ https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/nutrition/can-dogs-eat-gar... [2] https://www.petpoisonhelpline.com/poison/garlic/ https://www.petpoisonhelpline.com/poison/garlic/
- hnfong 4y ago
  Your first link ( https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/nutrition/can-dogs-eat-garlic/ https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/nutrition/can-dogs-eat-gar... ) basically states exactly what the GP said about dosage: 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.
  - blooalien 4y ago
    > "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." You wanna risk it with your dog, that's on you… Also, "Dogs can eat garlic." and then ridiculing the person who actually did research about what's safe for their dog, when this person couldn't be bothered to even do a ten second web search to determine if their harshness was even justifiable? And it's worth taking into account that dogs come in a pretty wide variety of sizes and body mass. Larger or more massive dog can obviously tolerate more of a toxic substance before it's a serious issue. Still shouldn't just take this person at their word and start feeding your dog garlic just because some Internet rando says "dogs can eat garlic".
    - hnfong 4y ago
      > this person couldn't be bothered to even do a ten second web search Do you know that it is true? Pretty sure they read the same/similar info from a web search and determined that foods that contain a bit of garlic aren't a big danger to dogs. The context is important (although it's fair to point out that the quote can be taken out of context) -- the discussion was about food that incidentally contained garlic as ingredient (which realistically wouldn't contain a whole lot of it), not feeding whole cloves of garlic to dogs.
lolinder 4y ago
I'm aware of that, and you're being needlessly pedantic. There's a sliding scale of toxicity and garlic is on the low end. If you'd prefer, feel free to insert "grapes" instead. The point remains.

blooalien 4y ago

> "Dogs can eat garlic. You'd have to be feeding them multiple powdered garlic packets to cause harm, if its even possible." The American Kennel Club [1] and [2] the Pet Poison Help Line (among others) would disagree with your certainty, sir. In this case it is you who have "failed at risk management". You did not bother to consider the risks of posting false / incorrect information on a public forum. This is why we have to have these dumbed down labels. Because people cannot bother to do (literally) ten seconds of research on their favorite search engine before "speaking with authority" on public forums / social media about a topic which they are clearly not nearly as sure of as they believe themselves to be. That's how misinformation spreads so readily these days. [1] https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/nutrition/can-dogs-eat-garlic/ https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/nutrition/can-dogs-eat-gar... [2] https://www.petpoisonhelpline.com/poison/garlic/ https://www.petpoisonhelpline.com/poison/garlic/

hnfong 4y ago
Your first link ( https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/nutrition/can-dogs-eat-garlic/ https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/nutrition/can-dogs-eat-gar... ) basically states exactly what the GP said about dosage: 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.
- blooalien 4y ago
  > "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." You wanna risk it with your dog, that's on you… Also, "Dogs can eat garlic." and then ridiculing the person who actually did research about what's safe for their dog, when this person couldn't be bothered to even do a ten second web search to determine if their harshness was even justifiable? And it's worth taking into account that dogs come in a pretty wide variety of sizes and body mass. Larger or more massive dog can obviously tolerate more of a toxic substance before it's a serious issue. Still shouldn't just take this person at their word and start feeding your dog garlic just because some Internet rando says "dogs can eat garlic".
  - hnfong 4y ago
    > this person couldn't be bothered to even do a ten second web search Do you know that it is true? Pretty sure they read the same/similar info from a web search and determined that foods that contain a bit of garlic aren't a big danger to dogs. The context is important (although it's fair to point out that the quote can be taken out of context) -- the discussion was about food that incidentally contained garlic as ingredient (which realistically wouldn't contain a whole lot of it), not feeding whole cloves of garlic to dogs.

lolinder 4y ago

I'm aware of that, and you're being needlessly pedantic. There's a sliding scale of toxicity and garlic is on the low end. If you'd prefer, feel free to insert "grapes" instead. The point remains.