Ellie Twiggs

The Healthful Pets Christmas Gift Guide for Dogs 2024

Dogs are family, and they deserve to be spoiled just like the rest of us. So, why not treat your four-legged friend to something that shows how much they mean to you this Christmas? At Healthful Pets, we have a great range of Christmas gifts for your dog, there’s something to suit everyone! Read on to explore our comprehensive guide to picking the paw-fect present for your pup.

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A quick internet search for ‘can my dog eat garlic?’ can send you down a rabbit hole of conflicting information. There seems to be a general consensus that garlic is toxic to dogs and shouldn’t be consumed under any circumstances. But is that really the case?

Garlic, or Allium sativum, is a vegetable that has been used to both flavour food and cure ailments (human and animal) across various cultures for centuries. As part of the Allium family, garlic is related to onions, chives leeks and shallots – this is where much of the confusion regarding its toxicity stems from. Garlic is high in inulin, amino acids, sulphur, zinc, potassium and phosphorus. It also contains vitamins A, C and B-complex, calcium, magnesium, manganese, selenium and germanium. Perhaps most importantly, garlic also contains bioactive Allicin and Ajoene.