0n (30 Jan 06) Jack Yates wrote to Cindy Haglund...


 JY>  CH>> Did you know that while chocolate, raisons (don't mention this
 JY> to  CH>> some peopele as they'll have a major meltdown at you)- onions
 JY> and  CH>> in some dogs - garlic can be harmful (I think over a long
 JY> run and  CH>> if they eat a lot of it)- ALSO can be harmful to people
 JY> with
 JY>  CH>> heart/kidney problems? I didn't know this.

 JY>  GP>> I thought garlic was supposed to be the flea cure-all?

 CH>  Hmm maybe okay on outside of body or was it YEAST that does that
 CH> trick? a bit of brewer's yeast in the food.

 JY> Garlic, just a little bit in the food, not  enough to make the dog
 JY> turn up the nose at mealtime; about a quarter-teaspoon for our 17lb
 JY> terrier.  Its not enough to harm the dog but the scent and taste
 JY> permeates the skin and makes the dog unappetizing to the flea.


 Okay... hmm. Abbie'll eat ANYTHING but I'm not sure about Cosmo. He's
getting older and his stomach is much more sensitive than it ever
was. Hmm. :)

We've been skipping winter months for the heart worm and the flea thing
here in TX .. for one thing there's nary a mosquito where we live al
year round nor enough bushes to get under to pick up tics...  they're
indoor dogs mostly. I think the whole deal with medicating dogs is a
guilt trip trick... high profit. :(

My family had dogs all our lives in NYS and never did much more than
put a flea collar on them. None of them ever got heart worm.

Now in places Like Florida I'd worry, But where there's nary a skeeter
especially in winter?

Cindy


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