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Christine Holloway
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I have just discovered that leek and chive plants are poisonous to dogs. How much of a worry is this?
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You are best talking to your vet about this.
Gardeners, unless they are gardening vets, are not experts in animal toxicology.
But here is a three page report from what I hope is a decent site and link. You should read the whole report if you can grasp and understand it I hope.
See the paragraph under the heading Exposure and Susceptibility.
http://veterinarymedicine.dvm360.com/toxicology-brief-allium-species-poisoning-dogs-and-cats?id=&pageID=1&sk=&date=
Please note: This paragraph below is a quote from the above site link under the heading as I mentioned above.
"Consumption of as little as 5 g/kg of onions in cats or 15 to 30 g/kg in dogs has resulted in clinically important hematologic changes. Onion toxicosis is consistently noted in animals that ingest more than 0.5% of their body weight in onions at one
time. "