Our 11 kg Pembroke Welsh Corgi jumped up
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Our 11 kg Pembroke Welsh Corgi jumped up and ate an entire bulb of roasted garlic (around 9 cloves) that was cooling on the counter about 25 minutes ago.
He seems completely fine and active right now, but our neighbor told us to give him hydrogen peroxide or salt water immediately to make him throw up before it digests.
Is garlic that dangerous for an 11kg dog, should we induce vomiting at home, or do we take him to an emergency vet right now? We are located in the United States (Seattle, WA).
Answer
Call an emergency veterinarian in Seattle now. A whole bulb of roasted garlic (about 9 cloves) in an 11 kg dog is a real Allium exposure — garlic, onions, leeks, and chives all damage dog red blood cells, and the dog looking fine right now does not rule it out. The damage is delayed: methemoglobin can show up within about 24 hours, Heinz bodies peak around 72 hours, and clinical anemia can be delayed several days. I am not a veterinarian and this is not a diagnosis — it is the red-flag pattern for this exposure.
**Do not try any home treatment.** Specifically, do not give hydrogen peroxide, salt water, or anything a neighbor or online source suggests. The vet — not the neighbor — decides what the clinic does, and home attempts can make things worse.
**What to do now**
- Call a 24-hour or on-call emergency vet in Seattle and say: dog, 11 kg, ate a whole bulb of roasted garlic (about 9 cloves) about 25 minutes ago, currently active and acting normal.
- Bring any wrapper or container, the time he ate it, and his weight.
**What not to do**
- Do not give hydrogen peroxide
- Do not give salt water
- Do not wait at home to see if he gets sick
**Why this still matters even though he looks fine**
- The toxic effect on red blood cells (Heinz bodies, hemolytic anemia) is delayed, not immediate.
- "Looks fine now" is not a verdict — the vet is the one who decides whether to monitor bloodwork, give supportive care, or just observe.
**What I could not do this turn**
- I do not have a confirmed animal poison hotline number for Seattle, WA — the closed hotline table returned no line for that place, so the local emergency vet is the first call, not a hotline I can hand you.
- I am not running a home calculation here, because the source data does not give a direct threshold for roasted garlic at 11 kg, and even the published onion figure is for raw onion, not roasted garlic. The vet is the one who decides.
| Now | Do not |
| --- | --- |
| Call a Seattle emergency vet | Give hydrogen peroxide |
| Bring wrapper, time, weight (11 kg) | Give salt water or any home remedy |
| | Wait and see if he gets sick |
Source: msd-merck:toxicology_food-hazards_garlic-and-onion-allium-spp-toxicosis-in-animals https://www.msdvetmanual.com/toxicology/food-hazards/garlic-and-onion-allium-spp-toxicosis-in-animals
Source: cnsav:363 https://www.cnsav.com/newsdetails/363
Source: petpoisonhelpline:cb417f808e08de50 https://www.petpoisonhelpline.com/poison/onion/