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I fed garlic to my dogs for years as a Natural remedy for internal parasites. Found this out in a very old book about Herbal remedies for dogs.

However I recently read in a Veterinary Journal Newsletter that Garlic makes dogs lethargic so I'm not sure.

I have also and still do feed it to my horses.

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My sister subscribed to this as well and fed her cat garlic to keep away.

I inherited her cat and OMG it had SUPER FLEAS! I suspect the garlic made the fleas stronger as they were immune to most chemical flea treatments and caused no end of headaches.

I believe feeding garlic as flea repellent is a myth.

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Interestingly this old book never claimed it as a "Flea repellent". It was said to be a vermifuge (internal parasites).

But I agree that daily use would be too often although I know there are dog Naturopaths out there who use it in many of there daily "remedies" and tonics.

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