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Onion and garlic in curries: why even a small amount is dangerous for dogs

Most dog owners know chocolate is off the table. Fewer know that the base of nearly every Indian meal, the onion-garlic tadka that goes into dal, sabzi, biryani, and curry, sits in the same category of genuine toxins for dogs. The risk is not about flavour or digestion. It is about what specific compounds in these ingredients do to a dog's red blood cells, and why cooking does not make them safe.

The compound that causes the damage

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