I used to have garlic chives in my garden and my cat chose to eat some every day for years. Her idea! A few blades of grass and a few garlic-chives a day, keeps the vet away 🤣 (she has never needed a vet for any illness) She's nearly 20 now Thanks for all you do Take care and GBY
Wow that's amazing good for her! 👏🏻 what a smart kitty. Our boy lived for 18 healthy years and had one single vet visit in his whole life when he was a kitten.
There has been so much misleading information and fear over garlic for our pets. Thank you for teaching us it's actually beneficial for our pets- in the proper amount.
I worked for a veterinarian 40 years ago and he had us make dog food for all of the dogs in our care. We always put garlic in the food we made. That was back when dogs lived longer. He didn’t feed dogs store purchased food. He went to the butcher’s every day and brought back meat and suet for the mix we made.
What do you mean “that was back when dogs lived longer”? I cant find any research even remotely related to that claim. If anything, with medical advancement and readily available commercial grade pet food, average life expectancy of pets have been increasing, like human. That’s the wildest claim i’ve ever read and no one even question it.
Dr. Jones has been responsible for saving my dog from a cancer death! His HONEST information about alternative cancer treatment literally saved my best friends life and I am FOREVER GRATEFUL! She is now healthy and living a good life! THANK YOU DR. JONES!❤
If your pet has CA specifically mast cell tumors, PLEASE check out Dr. Jones fenbendazole protocol...it worked to eradicate my pups GOLF BALL sized tumor! She had a toe removed AND a rectal tumor removed prior, that grew again. We used Dr J's protocol and after 2 months the tumor was GONE and still IS GONE 4 mo later! She is on a low dose use since and is fine - blood work good. We also used turkey tail and Dr Jones suggested home made diet. Quercetin, cbd, etc. I am positive she would not have made it! Your pet would have nothing to lose..please research his website and don't give up! He helped give us a healthy pup again! 😍🙏♥️
I've fed garlic for over 40 yrs in my cats and dogs food . Plus they always got my leftovers and I love garlic in every thing. None of my babies have ever had bad reactions to it, in fact one girl Abbey who is now nearly 23 years old only ever saw a vet once when I found her as a wee baby to be checked and have initial shots, then never again till a month ago for a quick check over and all was fine.
My dogs are on a raw diet and I don’t give any more vaccinations. My very sick dog completely recovered from lifelong allergies. I also stopped feeding any kind of vegetables or fruits to my dogs, because it seemed to still cause some allergies and bowel problems. Every once in a while I feed my dogs a piece of garlic, not the whole clove for pest control…oh and the Japanese are plain evil for feeding dogs 25 garlic bulbs a day.
Had friends that raised working dogs. It was their living so they took thw health of their animals very seriously. Sprinkled garlic on every bowl of food their entire lives.
Yup. It was common knowledge before the “experts” started pushing $ drugs $ and demonizing the 1,000’s of years of known natural remedies. In the 1990’s I knew an elderly old man who added a small amount of garlic to his dogs food daily to keep fleas away. Whether it worked for fleas or not I don’t know, but I do know his dog, Sandy, lived to be 17 years old which is nearly unheard of today. Oh and we didn’t vaccinate back then like today. Nobody took their dogs to the vet unless something catastrophic occurred like hit by a car or broken bone. Vets were not on every corner back then. You had to drive 15-20 minutes to get to the vet. Today there is 8-10 vet offices within a 15-20 minute drive from my house. When I googled garlic to repel fleas on dogs, here is the first thing that popped up “To conclude, the claim that garlic can prevent fleas is largely unfounded. Your best bet against these pesky parasites is vet-prescribed medication.” And there you go! $$Prescribed $$ medicine $$ is the only remedy… Sad world we have become 😢
There was a book, published decades ago: The Complete Herbal Handbook for The Dog, by Juliet Bairacli Levy. She went to live with gypsies and this book was amazing. I bought it at a health food store in 1971. Juliet used garlic for many reasons, but one such remedy was for deworming. You fasted the dog for 3 days, on honey and water, then made a mixture of slippery elm, chopped garlic... The slippery elm was to coat the stomach lining from the hungry worms. Our dogs pooped loads of worms after her mixture. Then we broke the fast with oatmeal soaked in water and some additional herbs. The book is now in paperback and includes cats.
I'd love cat version. . I'm homebound disabled my one yr old had surgery Jan 1 I've been giving pumpkin seeds oil pumpkin seeds for tapeworm it helps but still see eggs been a year I've done every day idk what doing wrong.
@@annmariet2008 With the updated paperback version dealing with worms and then specific tape worms are on pages 271-284. Dealing with the tape worm is most difficult and there is no way to write out the pages on here. If you can order a copy of this book, online, then I warn the herbs and preparedness are not everyday familiarities. So, I know this doesn't help much but wanted to share the best I could.
50 years ago, in Louisiana, I fed our dogs garlic to stop them from getting fleas and ticks. IT WORKED! I still give them raw and cooked garlic for their general health. That being said, I used to grow grapes. My dogs loved them, picking the ones at their level, all day. NOW, however, we are seeing where one raisin or one grape can KILL a dog. Keep up on what works and what doesn't. Fortunately, we have DR JONES to guide us in the right direction, naturally, and healthily.
I find it depends on breed. I had one dog that would steal chocolate and be fine but found the doggie corner. Another dog could not eat chocolate without getting stomach sick. Both mix breeds but different breeds
Omg, this is amazing to learn!!! Edit to add: let the garlic sit for 10 mins after chopping it, or the allicin won't work as good! So earlier this year, my cat had a spot she chewed on her back that wasn't healing and I had used witch hazel & coconut oil to no avail. I was impressed with the garlic oil I made for an earache & then used again on an infected finger, so I grabbed it to put on my cat's back hoping it would help. I happened to be chatting with a friend at the time and she said don't you know garlic is toxic to cats? So of course I googled it & saw that it said it was "very toxic" and immediately in a panic and frenzy, started bathing my cat to get it off of her...I worried all night over that! So that poor baby didn't need all that drama after all...and neither did I. Smh, I'm so sick of the internet lies sponsored by big pharma. And I also want to give you a shoutout for the anti-itch vid...I'm using the coconut oil, aloe & licorice drops mix you recommended & it is working like a charm!!! THANK YOU, DR. JONES. YOU ROCK!!!! 🙏❤️🔥🙌😎
@@dianazaalberg1993 if you look up on his channel under the "shorts" videos, there are two that were shared recently for itching pets! The recipe that I'm using of his is 1 tbsp of coconut oil, 1 tbsp of aloe vera and 2 MLS of licorice root drops mixed up & just rub it in on the itchy spots. I have to put a collar on her neck after I apply it for a couple hours so she will leave it alone but once it's absorbed, I'll take the collar off and she doesn't bother licking or scratching it!
I fed my Staffordshire Terrier, powdered garlic on her food every day, to keep mosquittoes, ticks, mites and fleas from biting her. (She didn't taste good) It worked like a charm and she loved it.
I used to make dog food in the 90s using Dr. Pitcairn's recipes. It had a lot of garlic and our dogs were very healthy with shiny coats. They also had garlic breath, but it was a pretty small price to pay for their excellent health!
This i found out by accident. Had a dog that I was treating for other ailments, discovered she wasn't getting eaten around the ears by horse flies like my other dogs were. Started feeding agreed garlic to all of them. Flies stopped attacking the ears. So now in the summer, my dogs get garlic.
I adopted a cat 3years ago, she ended up with 6 kittens, I've kept 4 and mum. From the time the kittens were born I've cooked meat for them and added garlic in every batch! Certainly didn't believe that garlic was bad for them. Thank you for confirming this.👏
Springtime Inc. has a study on the garlic on how it was actually done and sell powdered Garlic called Bug off for canines. I have used it for all my giant breed dogs for over 18 years of having dogs and they remained healthy, flea and tick free. They never became anemic . The study done in Japan was actually done by giving dogs a huge amount of cloves each day for months. No dog would ever be given that amount of garlic ever normally . Garlic works great for flea and tick control.
Thanks for the tip. I feel sorry for all the pets being cohersed by big pharma to take poison against ticks. My dog have had a few ticks but never got sick. I have used a little organic coconut oil on her back and that seems to keep ticks away. We dont have flees etc in Norway but lots of ticks here on the southern coast. Thanks again. Garlic powder is even more easy to use than coconut oil.
I use to put those expensive toxic injections on my dogs for fleas and ticks till one of them got seizures then I stop and started giving them smashed garlic on their food😊 thank to the garlic no more dirty toxic injections on them and my dogs almost never get sick or have allergies anymore and no fleas anymore 😅
Thanks for tip conserning allergies. I use organic coconut oil on the back of my pet. We dont have flees here in southern Norway but lots of ticks. I used the big pharma poison until I read about a breader of large fury dogs who used coconut oil and her dogs had never a tick again which they had using big pharma toxic remedies.
This came at the perfect time! We've started our cat on a kidney supplement that contains garlic, and I was concerned since I've always heard garlic is toxic for cats. Great content! Thank you!
I've been feeding my dogs raw garlic for more than 35 years. I learned to homecook dog food and progressed to raw meat and bones (BARF diet) after my vet had nothing else to offer for severe skin issues except euthanizing her. That said, too much of anything is a bad idea. We lived in central Florida at the time. I give them garlic year round to keep them flea free. Only one time in the last 35 years were the fleas (in the midwest) so bad that I had to choose to use a topical treatment. I read up on that and quickly realized I didn't need to use a lot and that the product was toxic and poisonous. Hell of a trade off! One scant application and done! I keep them on garlic year round so their blood always repels repels fleas. Kudos to the doc for making this info known.
In the 1990’s I knew an elderly old man who added garlic to his dogs food to keep fleas away. Whether it worked or not I don’t know, but I do know his dog, Sandy, lived to be 17 years old which is almost unheard of today. Oh and we didn’t vaccinate back then like today. Nobody took their dogs to the vet unless something catastrophic occurred like hit by a car or broken bone. Vets were not on every corner back then. You had to drive 15-20 minutes to get to the vet. Today there is 8-10 vet offices within a 15-20 minute drive from my house. When I googled garlic to repel fleas on dogs, here is the first thing that popped up “To conclude, the claim that garlic can prevent fleas is largely unfounded. Your best bet against these pesky parasites is vet-prescribed medication.” And there you go! $$Prescribed $$ medicine $$ is the only remedy… Sad world we have become 😢
It’s interesting to hear about how things were done back then and how much has changed since. Even though it can be a bit overwhelming, having access to more resources and veterinary care can really make a difference. Thanks for sharing your perspective!❤️
Veterinarians in my state that I live in can be quite mean and rude if you won't follow their over vaccination policies. And they won't see your pet unless you let them give them all of those extra vaccinations. Sounds also familiar doesn't it 2021
We give our dogs garlic. My girl went from massive hair loss in the summer due to flees and junipers, with garlic they are all flee free and full hair. Haven't had a flee in my house since.
My grandfather's from Italy he died in his sleep on his 90th birthday he grew garlic and herbs and tomatoes. He found an abandoned puppy a mutt that he absolutely loved can you put raw garlic in that dog's food every single day and that dog lived tell me about 18 or 19 never saw a flea on him. And we didn't vaccinate or go to the vet either we had a childhood dog named Prudence a Chesapeake Bay Retriever she went to the vet once she got salmon poisoning somebody didn't pick up the guts when we lived on Mount Hood in Oregon had to get a blood transfusion I remember our parents asking us if we wanted Prudence or Christmas we picked our prudence my grandmother had a fit we still got Christmas LOL and I lost my Labrador baby about 14 years ago the only shot she ever got was the parvo and puppy shots she lived to be 17
As a garlic grower & a raw feeder, I can’t thank you enough for this video! For so long I’ve been under the impression both onion & garlic were two big no no’s. Excited to start adding garlic to my little guys diet!
I'm so happy to see this video and learn the truth about garlic for dogs. Thank you for sharing all the benefits garlic can offer out beloved dogs, and the history of the studies done on dogs with way too much garlic. You really give us information that is beneficial and life saving for our fur babies, thank you Dr. Jones. 🙏🏾
ALL I CAN SAY IS: IF YOUR PET GETS SICK, DO A DEEP, VERY DEEP RESEARCH FIRST…UNFORTUNATELY MOST VETS CLINICS ONLY WANT YOUR MONEY BUT THEY DON’T REALLY CARE ABOUT THE REST. LEAVE THAT AS THE VERY LAST OPTION. THE FIRST OPTION SHOULD BE YOU AND YOUR TRUE LOVE FOR YOUR PET…SHAME! SHAME ON MOST VET CLINICS OUT THERE😡😡😡 Speaking from my own experience, I really hope it helps to dog lovers out there.
my dog just died after the Vet prescribed a medication Gabapentin, to relieve his anxiety, (100mg for my 16 lb dog) and he started collapsing and died the next day,,,,he was ony15 yrs old, he could have lived another 5 more yrs.....it gave me great grief to lose him.
I have given my pets garlic for their fleas for years. I also found that dental wasn’t a problem. It’s only recently that I have had ongoing dental issues when I stopped giving them garlic. Will be giving it to them again.
When I was a kid my mother always gave our dogs raw garlic to deform them and yes you would see all the dead worms. Never hurt our dogs but we were never told it would . That was 50 years ago
I wondered about that!!!! I know when I eat raw garlic, mosquitoes avoid me. I was thinking that it might be a great flea and tick remedy, but I heard it was toxic for pets. Meanwhile I was buying expensive toxic remedies big farma advertises. I thought to myself, that maybe we were lied to about garlic being toxic for pets. Thanks,
I used to work for Kyolic here in California and they have excellent products and high standards. Great company and they treat their people well. I miss my free garlic! Thanks for using their products!
I used to make treats for our previous dog and I incorporated it with garlic because they said it’s good for their breath and she’s only 28 lbs. and she lived till 19.5 years old.
I agree we had our family dogs(4)when I was growing up back in the Philippines and my parent fed our dogs(4)table food which they had garlic. dog food at that time never existed in our place and guess what? They lasted as old as 14 to 16years
My husband always made homemade dog food and he always put garlic in the dog food to keep them from getting worms. We never had any problems. Our dogs didn't get worms. In the olden days, our dogs hardly ever got sick.
The rescue I adopted my dog from, recommends a garlic tablet every day, for no ticks or fleas. I have been doing this for 3 years, and don’t have to use flea & tick repellents, I have not seen any bugs on my dog!!
Once again, as in all your videos, You give us so much fantastic information. Thanks Doc! I have always avoided using garlic in my dogs food, till now, so like you told us about Cinnamon and Tumeric, garlic will be part of my dogs blended sauce from now on. Thanks so much! So grateful for your help and advice!
When I had my two other dogs that’s are now in doggie heaven I wish I knew about you and your tips for great animal care! One lived 15 years and the rescue lived 11 years. My current baby I want much longer years with me. 🙏🏻🐾❤️🐶
Thank you for helping debunk this old myth. And the valid warning about onion toxicity. The information I read about allicin alway says to wait at least 10 minutes after crushing the garlic, to allow the allicin to form.
Thank you! I grew up eating lots of garlic and I believe in it. Especially when it's raw. I've been wanting to know about the fact on garlic for dogs. (and cats) Thank you, Dr. Jones. I am very excited start giving my dogs some Allicin rom garlic. I appreciate your knowledge and sharing like this very much. Thank you! Doumo arigatou!
My dog gets 1 small clove, freshly chopped organic garlic every other day or so. It's part of our pest control routine alongside essential oils and a tickless device. Working perfect for us in our area in PNW
Thankyou Dr Jones . They use garlic in salt licks and mineral licks in the UK . Keeps the flys away too . Of course they don't over dose by twenty five times the dosage . Thankyou again .
Either this is a huge coincidence or the doc saw my suggestion to debunk common things “they” say are bad for our dogs that really are actually healthy and harmless when given appropriately! Garlic seems like a good idea to me based on all the evidence you’ve provided. Would love to hear about other such food/supplements/oils/etc. It would be amazing if you could have a list of these good items on your site that people can refer to along with links to any videos you make about them. Thanks!
Growing up we always had at least 4 very active dogs. We lived on 11 acres and they ran around all day long. We didn’t feed them can food often. In fact they didn’t like can food much and often gave them gas. You should have seen the disappointment on their faces when they saw it but they ate it anyway but not as fast as leftovers. They ate leftover meat, gravy, juices from dinner, vegetables, etc. mixed with dry food. Everything had garlic and onions in it. It never sickened them. It did deter ticks, fleas and mosquitoes that we had plenty of. We did worm them twice a year, but I believe it also deterred tapeworms. They got can food if we had things like kielbasa, sauerkraut, hot dogs or acidic foods. What did sicken them were flea collars. I never heard of garlic, onions, chocolate (we didn’t feed them candy anyway) being bad for dogs until about 10 years ago. We raised 11 dogs over my lifetime and they were fine with onions and garlic. They all died of old age.
Hello, and thank you! Especially adding the why not for onions. That was my next question. Murphy just turned 4 and has had homemade food since 12 weeks. Healthy! I will add the garlic to his mix. All the best,
I was growing garlic in a container on my porch. It was still pretty small. My puppy ate all of the leaves one day. The next day she pulled it out in of the ground. She likes to eat on my garden experiments.
Our neighbor had Samoyed dog medium size and dog always been eating raw onion for many years. She absolutely love raw onion and I never seen the dog ever had any problem.🤔
Thank you ! I always thought onions bad, garlic ok, now it's confirmed. Amazon has this brand of aged garlic and it's not expensive. I put it on my shopping list.😊 For me and my dog!
My new puppy came home from the shelter with kennel cough and gave it to my other dog. I used garlic and ACF childrens natural cough syrup. Both of them recovered quickly
Glad to see you cover this, as i've read conflicting information too. Only had one negative instance with giving my dog garlic. I popped a bag of popcorn and put WAY too much garlic powder on it (even i thought it was pretty strong) and shared it with my dog. He scarfed it too, but about 10 minutes later barfed it all up! Since then, he's been a little adverse to the smell, but the small amounts for regular cooking haven't caused further issues. Good to hear the old advice is still good, and i didn't know it works against yeast and bacteria too. Thank you!
I wonder if its the type of popcorn. Microwave popcorn has all kinds of seed oils and artificial stuff.A lot of powdered spices have silicon in them. Some brands of store herbs often show up with dangerous contaminants.
@@cynthiathomas5754 i don't think so, it was the garlic powder. Too much, tasted like pepper almost to me. Just too much for a puppy's stomache (he was about 1yr then). Since he's completely DEVOURED chicken breasts i've bought from a local grocer that are battered in many kinds of pepper and garlic (no onion!!!). No ill effects from those and we both love them!
@@seanwoodrum3658 as far as i know, popcorn is as good for them as it is for us. Check for onion (0 Onion!!!) or any other obvious things like sodium. I really prefer stove popped popcorn for many reasons, though my dog hasn't had any issues beyond declining it at times or that time with too much garlic powder. I probably put 1/2 oz on that bag, so most people probably wouldn't have liked it either!
Very interesting. I was under the impression that all members of the allium family were toxic to dogs. Great to get the information regarding the difference between garlic and onions. Thank you
Thank you so much. I eat heavily garlic diet and I really worried badly if I share my garlic laced chicken and rice. Etc. now I can share my meal worry free. She never complains and eats my people food along with some kibble. Love your channel.
This is my “cure all” recipe that I add to our 30 lbs. Jack Russels food when she doesn’t feel well or gets fleas. It’s worked every time, usually after a few days. 1, 15oz can of Plum tomatoes, through the food mill yields 3 cups (or 12 doses of 1/4 cup each) Mix in: 12 cloves of garlic, crushed 24 drops Oil of Oregano 24 drops Vitamin D 1-1/2 Tablespoons Olive Oil 1-1/2 Tablespoons Manuka Honey 1-1/2 Tablespoons Turmeric powder 6 cranks of Black Pepper (~0.5 tsp)
Garlic is the best,I had a very bad stomach pain one day, the last 3 hours, and my friend told me to eat smash garlic, and I did and the pain went away 😊🙏
Hey doc!! Love the new music at the end!! 🎹🎶😁! Really upbeat and happy sounding! My little girl, Sissy (Shweenie), just absolutely LOVES, "JUNGLE music"! Lol 🤣! IDK WHY 🤔? But ever since watching an animal Safari show, she has just LOVED IT! 😁
We have garlic chives growing in yard in patches. Our outside cat loves to lay on it all the time. Have been worried about this but decided he is smarter than us so have not pulled out. He also loves sleeping during day under our large rosemary bush. More observations and less rumors may help animals outside. Just a thought. Thank you for the information.
I put garlic and fresh ginger in the food I make from them from meat when I hunt I always but some aside for winter for them also and make it with carrots sweet peas garlic ginger and some beef broth I make
Thank you, thank you, thank you. We always used garlic so I was very surprised with the number of people more recently who (quite aggressively) told me not to. It is good for nursing bitches because the pups get enough through her milk to prevent worms. I read of a lady who fed her dogs garlic following the Chernobyl radioactive fallout and she managed to save her dogs.
I saw one of your videos about replacements for apoquel and got my dog off of it and replaced it with Quercetin and she's doing really well. She had been on the drug for years and was developing fatty tumors so Thank you very much. I had no idea since my vet just kept refilling.
I used to have garlic chives in my garden and my cat chose to eat some every day for years. Her idea! A few blades of grass and a few garlic-chives a day, keeps the vet away 🤣 (she has never needed a vet for any illness)
She's nearly 20 now
Thanks for all you do
Take care and GBY
Wow that's amazing good for her! 👏🏻 what a smart kitty. Our boy lived for 18 healthy years and had one single vet visit in his whole life when he was a kitten.
hope she lives forever! the cat I picked up at 20 before I moved out just passed, he made it to 17 and was a sweet guy. wish you the best.
There has been so much misleading information and fear over garlic for our pets. Thank you for teaching us it's actually beneficial for our pets- in the proper amount.
💯 agree!
I worked for a veterinarian 40 years ago and he had us make dog food for all of the dogs in our care. We always put garlic in the food we made. That was back when dogs lived longer. He didn’t feed dogs store purchased food. He went to the butcher’s every day and brought back meat and suet for the mix we made.
Can you please share the recipe? Thank You.😊
@@adrianasnell8489/ Took words right from me.
@@sheri4673/ Myself, don’t feed my dogs store stuff.
Awesome veterinarian 🎉
What do you mean “that was back when dogs lived longer”?
I cant find any research even remotely related to that claim.
If anything, with medical advancement and readily available commercial grade pet food, average life expectancy of pets have been increasing, like human.
That’s the wildest claim i’ve ever read and no one even question it.
Thank you for debunking internet garbage and spreading truth.
Absolutely! So much nonsense on the internet! So many contradictions. I'm so grateful to have discovered Dr Jones.
Dr. Jones has been responsible for saving my dog from a cancer death! His HONEST information about alternative cancer treatment literally saved my best friends life and I am FOREVER GRATEFUL! She is now healthy and living a good life! THANK YOU DR. JONES!❤
Wow thank you for this testimony ❤
It also helps humans for that. I gave it to a dog that I had years ago and it got rid of worms.
If your pet has CA specifically mast cell tumors, PLEASE check out Dr. Jones fenbendazole protocol...it worked to eradicate my pups GOLF BALL sized tumor! She had a toe removed AND a rectal tumor removed prior, that grew again. We used Dr J's protocol and after 2 months the tumor was GONE and still IS GONE 4 mo later! She is on a low dose use since and is fine - blood work good. We also used turkey tail and Dr Jones suggested home made diet. Quercetin, cbd, etc. I am positive she would not have made it! Your pet would have nothing to lose..please research his website and don't give up! He helped give us a healthy pup again! 😍🙏♥️
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I've fed garlic for over 40 yrs in my cats and dogs food . Plus they always got my leftovers and I love garlic in every thing. None of my babies have ever had bad reactions to it, in fact one girl Abbey who is now nearly 23 years old only ever saw a vet once when I found her as a wee baby to be checked and have initial shots, then never again till a month ago for a quick check over and all was fine.
PS, Abbey is a cat
@@cherylbradbury4875I was left wondering 😊
Hi did you use raw garlic and how much did you give to your cat ? Thank you
My beautiful dog is on a raw diet and has a clove of garlic a day along with tumeric,cumin and a pinch of Himalayan pink salt very healthy happy boy❤
Mine also,
Celtic salt is far better for your pooch and for humans than Himalayan salt.
@@heman691 😳
Well you are ignorant and an unreasonable pet owner.
My dogs are on a raw diet and I don’t give any more vaccinations. My very sick dog completely recovered from lifelong allergies. I also stopped feeding any kind of vegetables or fruits to my dogs, because it seemed to still cause some allergies and bowel problems. Every once in a while I feed my dogs a piece of garlic, not the whole clove for pest control…oh and the Japanese are plain evil for feeding dogs 25 garlic bulbs a day.
Had friends that raised working dogs. It was their living so they took thw health of their animals very seriously. Sprinkled garlic on every bowl of food their entire lives.
Yup. It was common knowledge before the “experts” started pushing $ drugs $ and demonizing the 1,000’s of years of known natural remedies.
In the 1990’s I knew an elderly old man who added a small amount of garlic to his dogs food daily to keep fleas away. Whether it worked for fleas or not I don’t know, but I do know his dog, Sandy, lived to be 17 years old which is nearly unheard of today.
Oh and we didn’t vaccinate back then like today. Nobody took their dogs to the vet unless something catastrophic occurred like hit by a car or broken bone. Vets were not on every corner back then. You had to drive 15-20 minutes to get to the vet. Today there is 8-10 vet offices within a 15-20 minute drive from my house.
When I googled garlic to repel fleas on dogs, here is the first thing that popped up
“To conclude, the claim that garlic can prevent fleas is largely unfounded. Your best bet against these pesky parasites is vet-prescribed medication.”
And there you go!
$$Prescribed $$ medicine $$ is the only remedy…
Sad world we have become 😢
There was a book, published decades ago: The Complete Herbal Handbook for The Dog, by Juliet Bairacli Levy. She went to live with gypsies and this book was amazing. I bought it at a health food store in 1971. Juliet used garlic for many reasons, but one such remedy was for deworming. You fasted the dog for 3 days, on honey and water, then made a mixture of slippery elm, chopped garlic... The slippery elm was to coat the stomach lining from the hungry worms. Our dogs pooped loads of worms after her mixture. Then we broke the fast with oatmeal soaked in water and some additional herbs. The book is now in paperback and includes cats.
Yes!! A great book! I also have it in my natural pet health library.
She was a wonderful herbalist....
I'd love cat version. . I'm homebound disabled my one yr old had surgery Jan 1 I've been giving pumpkin seeds oil pumpkin seeds for tapeworm it helps but still see eggs been a year I've done every day idk what doing wrong.
@@annmariet2008 With the updated paperback version dealing with worms and then specific tape worms are on pages 271-284. Dealing with the tape worm is most difficult and there is no way to write out the pages on here. If you can order a copy of this book, online, then I warn the herbs and preparedness are not everyday familiarities. So, I know this doesn't help much but wanted to share the best I could.
She's amazing! I've recently bought 2 of her books, looking forward to reading them
50 years ago, in Louisiana, I fed our dogs garlic to stop them from getting fleas and ticks. IT WORKED! I still give them raw and cooked garlic for their general health. That being said, I used to grow grapes. My dogs loved them, picking the ones at their level, all day. NOW, however, we are seeing where one raisin or one grape can KILL a dog. Keep up on what works and what doesn't. Fortunately, we have DR JONES to guide us in the right direction, naturally, and healthily.
My neighbors dog eats grapes constantly all summer long. They grow along the fence line and so far that dog is eight years old and doing great.
I find it depends on breed. I had one dog that would steal chocolate and be fine but found the doggie corner. Another dog could not eat chocolate without getting stomach sick. Both mix breeds but different breeds
I've fed our dogs garlic for years to control fleas as well.
@@y.t.grandma6419If it works for Humans and worms,why not dogs problems 🤔
WOW,THANKS FOR THIS INFO, AND I THINK DR.JONES IS AN EXCELLENT VET, HE CARES ABOUT OUR FURRY ANIMALS. :) TC
Omg, this is amazing to learn!!! Edit to add: let the garlic sit for 10 mins after chopping it, or the allicin won't work as good!
So earlier this year, my cat had a spot she chewed on her back that wasn't healing and I had used witch hazel & coconut oil to no avail. I was impressed with the garlic oil I made for an earache & then used again on an infected finger, so I grabbed it to put on my cat's back hoping it would help. I happened to be chatting with a friend at the time and she said don't you know garlic is toxic to cats? So of course I googled it & saw that it said it was "very toxic" and immediately in a panic and frenzy, started bathing my cat to get it off of her...I worried all night over that! So that poor baby didn't need all that drama after all...and neither did I. Smh, I'm so sick of the internet lies sponsored by big pharma. And I also want to give you a shoutout for the anti-itch vid...I'm using the coconut oil, aloe & licorice drops mix you recommended & it is working like a charm!!! THANK YOU, DR. JONES. YOU ROCK!!!! 🙏❤️🔥🙌😎
@ShannaM1 licorice? What video was it? My dog is itching and coconut oil is not Working please help
@@dianazaalberg1993 if you look up on his channel under the "shorts" videos, there are two that were shared recently for itching pets! The recipe that I'm using of his is 1 tbsp of coconut oil, 1 tbsp of aloe vera and 2 MLS of licorice root drops mixed up & just rub it in on the itchy spots. I have to put a collar on her neck after I apply it for a couple hours so she will leave it alone but once it's absorbed, I'll take the collar off and she doesn't bother licking or scratching it!
I’m so glad to hear that the anti-itch remedy is working well for your cat! Thank you for the kind words, 🙏❤️
the video is only about evidence for dogs: NEVER give garlic to cats!
@@margotmargot4426 Wrong. The title even says for dogs and cats and he very clearly said it in the video as well. Maybe watch again?
Years ago when I lived in africa we would put garlic in food to stop ticks
You are my go to Vet. Whenever I have a problem with one of my animals, I go to you. Thank You.
I fed my Staffordshire Terrier, powdered garlic on her food every day, to keep mosquittoes, ticks, mites and fleas from biting her.
(She didn't taste good)
It worked like a charm and she loved it.
I give my dogs a piece of raw garlic and ginger daily and have been doing this for over a decade.
Your the best vet. I just bow in respect for your fight for animals.
Torturing animals for frivolous studies. Evil. 😡 Thanks for the video, Dr! 💜🌞
normal practice...
@@metalgearsolidsnake6978 Sad, but true.
Same that Fauci did.
@@sassysandie2865 Yep.
Absolutely 💯 All the vx pushers need to see what they do to animals . Pure evil 😈
I gave my dogs garlic in their food for YEARS and they ALL lived to Very Old ages and were never sick. Also its the BEST anti-flea remedy I found.
I used to make dog food in the 90s using Dr. Pitcairn's recipes. It had a lot of garlic and our dogs were very healthy with shiny coats. They also had garlic breath, but it was a pretty small price to pay for their excellent health!
Also great as a repellent for biting insects
This i found out by accident. Had a dog that I was treating for other ailments, discovered she wasn't getting eaten around the ears by horse flies like my other dogs were. Started feeding agreed garlic to all of them. Flies stopped attacking the ears. So now in the summer, my dogs get garlic.
I adopted a cat 3years ago, she ended up with 6 kittens, I've kept 4 and mum. From the time the kittens were born I've cooked meat for them and added garlic in every batch!
Certainly didn't believe that garlic was bad for them. Thank you for confirming this.👏
Springtime Inc. has a study on the garlic on how it was actually done and sell powdered Garlic called Bug off for canines. I have used it for all my giant breed dogs for over 18 years of having dogs and they remained healthy, flea and tick free. They never became anemic . The study done in Japan was actually done by giving dogs a huge amount of cloves each day for months. No dog would ever be given that amount of garlic ever normally . Garlic works great for flea and tick control.
I also use springtime bug off garlic granules.
@@nogames8982 Great company and great supplements. I use the Longevity for my Dogs.
Springtime garlic has beef flavored for dogs. Unfortunatly my cat wont be tricked. Feed it to my horse daily, no bugs at all. No fly spray necessary
Thanks for the tip. I feel sorry for all the pets being cohersed by big pharma to take poison against ticks. My dog have had a few ticks but never got sick. I have used a little organic coconut oil on her back and that seems to keep ticks away. We dont have flees etc in Norway but lots of ticks here on the southern coast. Thanks again. Garlic powder is even more easy to use than coconut oil.
Springtime gave my dog 2 extra year. It reversed his stinking skin and yucky eyes. What looks like aging is often poor nutrition
I use to put those expensive toxic injections on my dogs for fleas and ticks till one of them got seizures then I stop and started giving them smashed garlic on their food😊 thank to the garlic no more dirty toxic injections on them and my dogs almost never get sick or have allergies anymore and no fleas anymore 😅
Thanks for tip conserning allergies. I use organic coconut oil on the back of my pet. We dont have flees here in southern Norway but lots of ticks. I used the big pharma poison until I read about a breader of large fury dogs who used coconut oil and her dogs had never a tick again which they had using big pharma toxic remedies.
This came at the perfect time! We've started our cat on a kidney supplement that contains garlic, and I was concerned since I've always heard garlic is toxic for cats. Great content! Thank you!
I’m glad you found the information helpful! ❤️
I've been feeding my dogs raw garlic for more than 35 years. I learned to homecook dog food and progressed to raw meat and bones (BARF diet) after my vet had nothing else to offer for severe skin issues except euthanizing her. That said, too much of anything is a bad idea. We lived in central Florida at the time. I give them garlic year round to keep them flea free. Only one time in the last 35 years were the fleas (in the midwest) so bad that I had to choose to use a topical treatment. I read up on that and quickly realized I didn't need to use a lot and that the product was toxic and poisonous. Hell of a trade off! One scant application and done! I keep them on garlic year round so their blood always repels repels fleas. Kudos to the doc for making this info known.
That massive amount of anything would be toxic….studies can be so cruel and ridiculous
In the 1990’s I knew an elderly old man who added garlic to his dogs food to keep fleas away. Whether it worked or not I don’t know, but I do know his dog, Sandy, lived to be 17 years old which is almost unheard of today.
Oh and we didn’t vaccinate back then like today. Nobody took their dogs to the vet unless something catastrophic occurred like hit by a car or broken bone. Vets were not on every corner back then. You had to drive 15-20 minutes to get to the vet. Today there is 8-10 vet offices within a 15-20 minute drive from my house.
When I googled garlic to repel fleas on dogs, here is the first thing that popped up
“To conclude, the claim that garlic can prevent fleas is largely unfounded. Your best bet against these pesky parasites is vet-prescribed medication.”
And there you go!
$$Prescribed $$ medicine $$ is the only remedy…
Sad world we have become 😢
It’s interesting to hear about how things were done back then and how much has changed since. Even though it can be a bit overwhelming, having access to more resources and veterinary care can really make a difference. Thanks for sharing your perspective!❤️
Veterinarians in my state that I live in can be quite mean and rude if you won't follow their over vaccination policies. And they won't see your pet unless you let them give them all of those extra vaccinations. Sounds also familiar doesn't it 2021
We give our dogs garlic. My girl went from massive hair loss in the summer due to flees and junipers, with garlic they are all flee free and full hair. Haven't had a flee in my house since.
Yes, same as doctors, all about big pharma and money 💰
My grandfather's from Italy he died in his sleep on his 90th birthday he grew garlic and herbs and tomatoes. He found an abandoned puppy a mutt that he absolutely loved can you put raw garlic in that dog's food every single day and that dog lived tell me about 18 or 19 never saw a flea on him. And we didn't vaccinate or go to the vet either we had a childhood dog named Prudence a Chesapeake Bay Retriever she went to the vet once she got salmon poisoning somebody didn't pick up the guts when we lived on Mount Hood in Oregon had to get a blood transfusion I remember our parents asking us if we wanted Prudence or Christmas we picked our prudence my grandmother had a fit we still got Christmas LOL and I lost my Labrador baby about 14 years ago the only shot she ever got was the parvo and puppy shots she lived to be 17
Ty so tired of people saying its dangerous!
I use garlic for my dogs! Its good for fleas and if they get sick!
As a garlic grower & a raw feeder, I can’t thank you enough for this video! For so long I’ve been under the impression both onion & garlic were two big no no’s. Excited to start adding garlic to my little guys diet!
Don't do it
Rule of thumb, anything in excess can be toxic so stick to prescribed amounts. Thanks for the clarification Doc,much appreciated.
God bless you sir, forever in your debt. Many thanks for all that you do. My dog's will be eternally grateful.
I'm so happy to see this video and learn the truth about garlic for dogs. Thank you for sharing all the benefits garlic can offer out beloved dogs, and the history of the studies done on dogs with way too much garlic. You really give us information that is beneficial and life saving for our fur babies, thank you Dr. Jones. 🙏🏾
ALL I CAN SAY IS: IF YOUR PET GETS SICK, DO A DEEP, VERY DEEP RESEARCH FIRST…UNFORTUNATELY MOST VETS CLINICS ONLY WANT YOUR MONEY BUT THEY DON’T REALLY CARE ABOUT THE REST. LEAVE THAT AS THE VERY LAST OPTION. THE FIRST OPTION SHOULD BE YOU AND YOUR TRUE LOVE FOR YOUR PET…SHAME! SHAME ON MOST VET CLINICS OUT THERE😡😡😡
Speaking from my own experience, I really hope it helps to dog lovers out there.
@@MICOCINAMEXICANA11 I have given my pets garlic for years and they have no please I have not been doing so for a little bit and now they have fleas
my dog just died after the Vet prescribed a medication Gabapentin, to relieve his anxiety, (100mg for my 16 lb dog) and he started collapsing and died the next day,,,,he was ony15 yrs old, he could have lived another 5 more yrs.....it gave me great grief to lose him.
😥😡😥😡
I am so very sorry for your loss!.:-( I hope that you will file a report with your state veterinary board.
Yes, follow the money...
I have given my pets garlic for their fleas for years. I also found that dental wasn’t a problem. It’s only recently that I have had ongoing dental issues when I stopped giving them garlic. Will be giving it to them again.
Good to know because my long hair chihuahua loves it and I would fret over it
When I was a kid my mother always gave our dogs raw garlic to deform them and yes you would see all the dead worms. Never hurt our dogs but we were never told it would . That was 50 years ago
'Moderation in all things' is key...overdosing of anything is dangerous.
I wondered about that!!!! I know when I eat raw garlic, mosquitoes avoid me. I was thinking that it might be a great flea and tick remedy, but I heard it was toxic for pets. Meanwhile I was buying expensive toxic remedies big farma advertises. I thought to myself, that maybe we were lied to about garlic being toxic for pets. Thanks,
I used to work for Kyolic here in California and they have excellent products and high standards. Great company and they treat their people well. I miss my free garlic! Thanks for using their products!
I used to make treats for our previous dog and I incorporated it with garlic because they said it’s good for their breath and she’s only 28 lbs. and she lived till 19.5 years old.
I agree we had our family dogs(4)when I was growing up back in the Philippines and my parent fed our dogs(4)table food which they had garlic. dog food at that time never existed in our place and guess what? They lasted as old as 14 to 16years
Wow that’s awesome! Which part of the Philippines?
@@chrstinedivinagracia7259 I’m from Cebu Philippines we left early 80’s immigrated to California
My husband always made homemade dog food and he always put garlic in the dog food to keep them from getting worms. We never had any problems. Our dogs didn't get worms. In the olden days, our dogs hardly ever got sick.
I remember my mom putting garlic on dog food daily. We lived in Florida, and her pug never had fleas or ticks.
The rescue I adopted my dog from, recommends a garlic tablet every day, for no ticks or fleas. I have been doing this for 3 years, and don’t have to use flea & tick repellents, I have not seen any bugs on my dog!!
Once again, as in all your videos, You give us so much fantastic information. Thanks Doc! I have always avoided using garlic in my dogs food, till now, so like you told us about Cinnamon and Tumeric, garlic will be part of my dogs blended sauce from now on. Thanks so much! So grateful for your help and advice!
I won't give my dog onion. But garlic, yeah 😋
Wow... that's good information thank you!
I've given my cats and dogs little bit of garlic through out their lives.. All GOOD! No PROBLEMS! EVER-
How much garlic is safe for cats ? Were you giving them every day?
This is a question that I’ve
always wanted to know and
thank you for your explanation.
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You’re welcome! I’m glad I could help! 🐾🐶
It's great for fleas too! Thanks for all your great info! 🙂 🐶
What about garlic powder?
my mum was feeding our dogs odorless garlic tablets for fleas in the 70s
When I had my two other dogs that’s are now in doggie heaven I wish I knew about you and your tips for great animal care! One lived 15 years and the rescue lived 11 years. My current baby I want much longer years with me. 🙏🏻🐾❤️🐶
You know, I noticed the improvement in my dog health with using just a little garlic.
Thank sir always enjoy listening ❤
Thank you for helping debunk this old myth. And the valid warning about onion toxicity. The information I read about allicin alway says to wait at least 10 minutes after crushing the garlic, to allow the allicin to form.
@@josephtein3835 I've read that too.
Its just crazy that those initial studies were wrong and pet owners were made to believe that garlic is toxic for dogs🤬
I'm Italian and giving garlic cooked to my dog especially sauce homemade is his favorite Imglad it's still safe thank you Doc your one of the best
I started garlic for my rottie after she received a positive giardia screen, & she loves it!
Thank you! I grew up eating lots of garlic and I believe in it. Especially when it's raw. I've been wanting to know about the fact on garlic for dogs. (and cats) Thank you, Dr. Jones. I am very excited start giving my dogs some Allicin rom garlic. I appreciate your knowledge and sharing like this very much. Thank you! Doumo arigatou!
Thank you so much for this information there is so much misinformation on the web
I have 2 small dogs, I give them 1/8 tsp fresh garlic every day to ward off fleas, ticks and mosquitoes, so far, everything is good .
My dog gets 1 small clove, freshly chopped organic garlic every other day or so. It's part of our pest control routine alongside essential oils and a tickless device. Working perfect for us in our area in PNW
Thankyou Dr Jones .
They use garlic in salt licks and mineral licks in the UK . Keeps the flys away too .
Of course they don't over dose by twenty five times the dosage .
Thankyou again .
Good for chickens too. Thank you Doctor!!
Exciting news since i make soup often and i always take some out for my pet before I add my garlic
Either this is a huge coincidence or the doc saw my suggestion to debunk common things “they” say are bad for our dogs that really are actually healthy and harmless when given appropriately! Garlic seems like a good idea to me based on all the evidence you’ve provided. Would love to hear about other such food/supplements/oils/etc.
It would be amazing if you could have a list of these good items on your site that people can refer to along with links to any videos you make about them. Thanks!
I think doc indeed heard you! Wishing for more topics like this!
Growing up we always had at least 4 very active dogs. We lived on 11 acres and they ran around all day long. We didn’t feed them can food often. In fact they didn’t like can food much and often gave them gas. You should have seen the disappointment on their faces when they saw it but they ate it anyway but not as fast as leftovers. They ate leftover meat, gravy, juices from dinner, vegetables, etc. mixed with dry food. Everything had garlic and onions in it. It never sickened them. It did deter ticks, fleas and mosquitoes that we had plenty of. We did worm them twice a year, but I believe it also deterred tapeworms. They got can food if we had things like kielbasa, sauerkraut, hot dogs or acidic foods. What did sicken them were flea collars. I never heard of garlic, onions, chocolate (we didn’t feed them candy anyway) being bad for dogs until about 10 years ago. We raised 11 dogs over my lifetime and they were fine with onions and garlic. They all died of old age.
Hello, and thank you! Especially adding the why not for onions. That was my next question. Murphy just turned 4 and has had homemade food since 12 weeks. Healthy! I will add the garlic to his mix. All the best,
I’m glad I could help clarify that. It’s great to hear that Murphy is healthy and thriving on homemade food!😊👍
Similar to DMSO. Very beneficial but horrible breath
I knew about the study from Japan and don't even bring it up anymore. Too many pet owners go ballistic on me for saying garlic is good for dogs
I was growing garlic in a container on my porch. It was still pretty small. My puppy ate all of the leaves one day. The next day she pulled it out in of the ground. She likes to eat on my garden experiments.
Our neighbor had Samoyed dog medium size and dog always been eating raw onion for many years. She absolutely love raw onion and I never seen the dog ever had any problem.🤔
Thank you ! I always thought onions bad, garlic ok, now it's confirmed. Amazon has this brand of aged garlic and it's not expensive. I put it on my shopping list.😊 For me and my dog!
My new puppy came home from the shelter with kennel cough and gave it to my other dog. I used garlic and ACF childrens natural cough syrup. Both of them recovered quickly
Great for all our animal friends. My chickens get it in their water bowl from time to time.
Thank you, I've had quite the time with my kids over garlic. I'm going to send this to all of them.
What did they say 😅
This doctor is wonderful.
God bless you.
Glad to see you cover this, as i've read conflicting information too. Only had one negative instance with giving my dog garlic. I popped a bag of popcorn and put WAY too much garlic powder on it (even i thought it was pretty strong) and shared it with my dog. He scarfed it too, but about 10 minutes later barfed it all up! Since then, he's been a little adverse to the smell, but the small amounts for regular cooking haven't caused further issues. Good to hear the old advice is still good, and i didn't know it works against yeast and bacteria too. Thank you!
How come I heard popcorn is bad for dogs???? And dogs love popcorn! So somebody please tell me true or false is popcorn bad for dogs???
I wonder if its the type of popcorn. Microwave popcorn has all kinds of seed oils and artificial stuff.A lot of powdered spices have silicon in them. Some brands of store herbs often show up with dangerous contaminants.
I have read that microwave popcorn is toxic for pets and humans. There is something in the composition of the bag itself that is toxic.
@@cynthiathomas5754 i don't think so, it was the garlic powder. Too much, tasted like pepper almost to me. Just too much for a puppy's stomache (he was about 1yr then). Since he's completely DEVOURED chicken breasts i've bought from a local grocer that are battered in many kinds of pepper and garlic (no onion!!!). No ill effects from those and we both love them!
@@seanwoodrum3658 as far as i know, popcorn is as good for them as it is for us. Check for onion (0 Onion!!!) or any other obvious things like sodium. I really prefer stove popped popcorn for many reasons, though my dog hasn't had any issues beyond declining it at times or that time with too much garlic powder. I probably put 1/2 oz on that bag, so most people probably wouldn't have liked it either!
Very interesting. I was under the impression that all members of the allium family were toxic to dogs. Great to get the information regarding the difference between garlic and onions. Thank you
Haha! I just brought in garlic from my garden this week and my cat loves to chew on the stem. He literally claws to get in the pantry to get to them.
Thank you so much. I eat heavily garlic diet and I really worried badly if I share my garlic laced chicken and rice. Etc. now I can share my meal worry free. She never complains and eats my people food along with some kibble. Love your channel.
Would this work for Horses?
When I was a kid, if my dad thought the dogs had worms He would give them a clove of garlic, It worked
This is my “cure all” recipe that I add to our 30 lbs. Jack Russels food when she doesn’t feel well or gets fleas. It’s worked every time, usually after a few days.
1, 15oz can of Plum tomatoes, through the food mill yields 3 cups
(or 12 doses of 1/4 cup each)
Mix in:
12 cloves of garlic, crushed
24 drops Oil of Oregano
24 drops Vitamin D
1-1/2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
1-1/2 Tablespoons Manuka Honey
1-1/2 Tablespoons Turmeric powder
6 cranks of Black Pepper (~0.5 tsp)
Wow thank you for this recipe will try this at home!
@@chrstinedivinagracia7259 🙌
Thank you for this recipe!!
I use garlic oil in my dogs ears for ear infections. It’s been great.
Thank you
Garlic is the best,I had a very bad stomach pain one day, the last 3 hours, and my friend told me to eat smash garlic, and I did and the pain went away 😊🙏
Best cure EVER 🎉
Love this page. Thanks doc!😊
As always - So helpful! Thank you!!
Hey doc!! Love the new music at the end!! 🎹🎶😁! Really upbeat and happy sounding! My little girl, Sissy (Shweenie), just absolutely LOVES, "JUNGLE music"! Lol 🤣! IDK WHY 🤔? But ever since watching an animal Safari show, she has just LOVED IT! 😁
Thank you, Dr.! Very usefull and so cheap!! Greetings from Romania!
We have garlic chives growing in yard in patches. Our outside cat loves to lay on it all the time.
Have been worried about this but decided he is smarter than us so have not pulled out. He also loves sleeping during day under our large rosemary bush. More observations and less rumors may help animals outside. Just a thought. Thank you for the information.
You are completely right.
I put garlic and fresh ginger in the food I make from them from meat when I hunt I always but some aside for winter for them also and make it with carrots sweet peas garlic ginger and some beef broth I make
i been giving my dog tumeric and cinamon ..now i will give a little bit of garlic to my dog..thank you doctor for the info
Thank you, thank you, thank you. We always used garlic so I was very surprised with the number of people more recently who (quite aggressively) told me not to. It is good for nursing bitches because the pups get enough
through her milk to prevent worms. I read of a lady who fed her dogs garlic following the Chernobyl radioactive fallout and she managed to save her dogs.
Thank you so much!!!
I saw one of your videos about replacements for apoquel and got my dog off of it and replaced it with Quercetin and she's doing really well. She had been on the drug for years and was developing fatty tumors so Thank you very much. I had no idea since my vet just kept refilling.
Heard the same thing about onion. Avocado is another myth. My clients dog eats them from the tree. He loves em.
Dr. Jones please make a video about avocados next. It is another item that has mixed info online about its safety.