Onion question

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    Onion question

    I feel like I should know this but I don't, LOL!

    Is onion powder just as bad as onions???

    THANKS!

    Lori

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    Thanks for those links.  I've tried to tell my sister that onions are toxic, but she just shrugs me off as being dramatic.  *sigh*

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    ThanksSmile

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    Onions affect the blood -- they don't allow the body to absorb calcium the way it should. 

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    What I have read about onions is that they contain a sulfide that can cause hemolytic anemia in dogs. The once or twice I have given Shadow some meat that had a piece of onion on it (accident, as I didn't see it at the time) he threw it back up in about 10 minutes or so.

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    Sometimes my dogs eat onions. They love spaghetti with meat sauce, which I put onions in and pizza, which I get with onions. They don't seem to have a problem with them. They don't have them often and in extremely small amounts.

    Do green onions count????

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     Green onions do count. They are also bad for birds, I've recently found out.