If you really want to consider toxicity, consider corn and wheat, two products that are used in bulk in commercial dog foods. A dog’s gut is not made to digest either of these items and yet they make up the VAST majority of foods available today. Do dog owners hear about this - no - all of it is marketing. Yes, I do not deny that some dogs have issues with garlic, onions, etc. But then so do people.

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Exactly! we are discussing toxicity, not foods that some dogs may not be able to handle. I’m not talking about what you or other people may not like to give dogs or may like to. I’m talking about toxic effects. Wheat and corn do not have toxic effects. That’s a fact. Some animals may have allergies, some may not be able to handle it. Thats just individual problems, not a species toxicity. Garlic is a toxic product due to its ingredient. You choose to use poison orally in your dog to kill fleas. How does it do so? By forming heinz bodies in the red blood cells of adult fleas, just as it is doing in your dog. You’ve been giving small amounts of poison to your dog on purpose. My dog has eaten garlic treats as well when in the shelter. It was not enough to cause him a problem. But I do not purposely give him those, just as I would not start taking in small amounts of arsenic. Just as I do not give him chocolate cookies, even though I know what amount is not toxic. Why would I want him to like the taste, so he can find this product somewhere and eat it in a toxic amout? There’s no reason to. Being too cheap to buy a safer drug that can actually work on all fleas and their larvae and not cause red blood cells to rupture in a dog is not a reason to lie and say this ingredient does not cause heinz bodies, b/c the fact is, it does, and for people who’s dogs are more sensitive to a lower dose, that commenting can kill an animal. Certainly people will continue to used toxic products, I’m just educating people who care. I’m not marketing, I don’t sell anything. I’m writing. People will choose to hear what they want to hear for their own comfort level.