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Alicia4435

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I read in my Dog Fancy magazine that sprikling Cinnamon on your dogs food will keep fleas and other insects off your dog. Does anyone do this? I've only used Garlic and it HAS helped A LOT. I haven't had a flea problem this year at all. But my question is if anyone has heard of using Cinnamon and did it work?
 
I never heard of giving cinnamon to a dog period, let alone for flea prevention. As for garlic, I read the garlic and onions are VERY bad for dogs???
 
Garlic is fine in moderation for dogs. Onions, mushrooms, olives, baby food, cat food, any citrus, grapes, milk or dairy products, potatoes, raw eggs, yeast and chocolate should be avoided. A little garlic isn't going to hurt anything. As long as she isn't giving him a whole clove of fresh garlic or garlic everyday, it's fine. Just remember, garlic can lead to anemia in dogs, so just limit it to maybe once a week

Cinnamon is fine to give a dog, though, I have never heard of it being used to prevent fleas.

I wouldn't put any kind of yeast on a dog, period. Dogs can get yeast infections anywhere, and it could be harmful to put it on a female dog. Just FYi.

If you want a safe flea prevention, just stick with Frontline or Advantix. They work very well. You can also treat your yard if you want to avoid putting anything on your dogs.

Don't use flea collars. They only work where the collar is, therefore, making them useless.

We treat our yard for fleas, though, they are very scarce here. We don't put anything on our dogs and they haven't had a flea problem. We treated our yard back East also, and our dogs have never had a single flea.
 
No I don't use fresh garlic (because I know too much garlic for dogs is bad). I use those Garlic Brewers Yeast tablets for dogs by weight it says on the bottle. I was just wondering about the article I read because I never heard of using cinnamon for anything when it comes to dogs. I wish I could find the article online but it was in the June issue of Dog Fancy. Anyone subscribe to it?
 
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