Here is some info from a company I buy pet food from, who uses garlic in their food. I don't know how many cloves of garlic are in a T. of powder, though. The label probably tells you.

Here is a link that might be useful: Garlic for dogs

The fallacy that garlic controls canine parasites is about as good as the one that says urine is great for getting rid of an earache, or that holding a cigarette up to a burn will pull the heat out of the burn... who comes up with this stuff?

Garlic might have some healthy properties, but keeping your dog parasite free isn't one of them. To control worms in your dog, you need actual worm medications.

Companies will use whatever ploy is necessary to makes sales... as consumers, haven't we figured this out yet? It's all about the money, honey! And since there's very little actual regulation in the pet industry, a company can claim anything they want, or add anything they want to a product... and as long as it gets sales, they really don't care too much.

Personally, I'd never associate my name, or that of my kennel, with any product that I didn't have complete faith in... the garlic thing is just another example of a company taking advantage of the publics' gullibility and beliefs.

Get your dog on a real parasite prevention program!

I would give what your vet recommends. And garlic is always on the list of foods not to give dogs.

Garlic and onion, in sufficient quantities, is toxic to dogs and cats. It can cause Heinz body anemia. Since garlic does absolutely NOTHING to prevent or treat worm infections, all you are doing is exposing your puppy to a potential toxin. As others have suggested, use an effective dewormer from your vet ... and eliminate the garlic from your puppy's diet.

Laurie

amen

While we're discussing foods NOT to feed dogs... add peanut butter, chocolate, and raw fish and pork to the list!

I'm sure there are more, but I'm drawing a blank right now... it's past my bedtime!

HMMM, my dogs get peanut butter every single day. And I recommend it to people every day for easier pilling. Never heard anything negative about it, except that one incident that resulted in a recall.

When you hear of so many foods that one shouldn't feed a dog and then add peanut butter and other normal foods to the list, we tend to discount everything. Same goes for supposedly poisonous plants - (daylilies are on the list and my cats are constantly nibbling on them.)

Peanut butter has been a staple in the treat category for all of my dogs over the last 50 years and I never experienced anything negative. (My last dog lived a very healthy life of 16 years on many of the items that seem to be 'no no's'. She was a large dog so that was a long life for her.)

I have heard that grapes and raisins are bad for dogs, too. Not sure what they do to a dog, though.

I hear "in sufficient quantity" so the question still remains: How much is too much?
I think the whole what not to feed has become a Dogma (pun intended)

add peanut butter, chocolate, and raw fish and pork to the list!

Just a correction here:
MostRaw fish is not toxic to dogs, pork and peanut butter are not toxic to dogs. Chocolate is.
Pork meal is used often in dog foods such as with some Eagle pac lines and Back to Basics. human cuts of pork is not toxic but it can do a number on the digestive track, if anyone serves pork best to use the leaner whiter pork, and not alot. Ham however is very high in sodium and should be avoided. Some raw fish can be harmful but for the most part raw fish is fine. Do your homework first though.

Depends on the weight of the animal. One clove garlic per 50 lbs of body weight-powder generally tends to be more concentrated.

Unless there is a real need, a good diet and sanitation goes a long way in preventing parasites.

My pugs did not get peanut butter until they were two years old. Just like in human infants, puppies can develop food allergies so no "exotic" foods should be introduced too early.

I wonder why raw fish would be on the list?

Mercury, maybe?

My dogs prefer their raw fish after it has laid on the beach and rotted for a few days. Not that I encourage the behavior, but sometimes, regrettably from a breath smell perspective, it happens.

Raw salmon and some other fish are infected with a parasite that can be fatal to dogs. Canned or cooked fillets are fine, though.

Here is a link that might be useful: Raw fish