Apple cider vinegar (raw) and garlic: good for animals, too! Apple cider vinegar is a source of vitamins, minerals and enzymes, in particular phosphorus (for goats). It
helps strengthen the immune system, improves digestion, and balances internal pH. When added to water, it helps keep the water fresh. Garlic, we all know, has amazing anti-fungal and antibiotic properties.
Want to share those benefits with your animals? Here’s how you can, with every drink. This idea comes from our friend Jami. We’ve been using it for several months now, for both the ducks and the goats. You’ll need garlic and raw apple cider vinegar. Organic ingredients are preferable.
Apple Cider Vinegar and Garlic
Ingredients
- 1 head raw garlic
- raw apple cider vinegar
Instructions
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Put a whole head's worth of raw garlic cloves in a wine-type bottle, and fill to the top with raw apple cider vinegar.
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The cloves don't have to be peeled, but I usually do peel them.
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Add 1 tablespoon of the mixture to every gallon of their drinking water.
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I keep my bottle (picturein the barn, bringing it to the house when it needs refilling.
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When the bottle runs out, keep refilling it with raw apple cider vinegar.
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Add more garlic cloves periodically, either leaving the old ones in there or replacing them.
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Very flexible!
Our goats and ducks love the water, and I’m happy it fortifies their health with every drink. Thanks for this great idea, Jami.
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Do you have a post about making your own apple cider vinegar? I use Braggs but would love to try my own.
My dog has bad breath, I wonder if this would help!
Alicia — No, I don’t have a post on that. I would love to try my own someday too. Hope this helps your dog’s breath!
Will this work with getting rid of worms in the goats
Hi Iheide,
We’re not sure.
Wardee used DE for that, or an herbal deworming blend added to their feed.
~Danielle, TCS Customer Success Team
probiotis, kefir, yogurt coconut oi for bad breath in dogs along with a few drops of ACV in water bowl, check his teeth he may have dental carries, then a trip to the vet may be necessary. Brushing with coconut oil works great and dogs love it not like using doggy toothpaste. Do not use Human Toothpaste on you dog..you could make him dangerously ill.
that’s a fantastic idea. I love adding ACV to the animals water but hadn’t thought of making a tincture for them…now I’m wondering if my wormer-herbs might be even more beneficial to them in a tincture added to their water as well.
Alicia I tried to make my own ACV last winter and BLEH! Right up there with my dandelion root coffee. Double BLEH!
I don’t think the cats will go for it, but….
My cats drink vinegar water just fine..they don’t seem to notice the dif.
Well, we give our cat 1 tsp ACV
each morning in her wet canned food along with 1 tsp d.e., 1 tsp Missing Link Vitamins, 1 tsp raw virgin coconut oil. What a combination, huh? She is healthiest cat we have ever had. Our secret to success however is that we started her on all this the day we brought her home as an 8 wk old kitten probably.
need to get more garlic and this will be on the goats from nowon! thanks! do you use loose mis salts as well? i love that it will also help keep there water! i learn so much! i have to share this!
Love this so exciting! I just truly love finding more ways to keep our animals healthy especially since they are our source of food! Makes it so much more important and immediate as well!
🙂 I did this for my cats when I had them. My cat use to have allergies and the Vet just said to let him in the shower when we take showers so that the steam would help him. I don’t even take hot showers so I decided to try this and it cured him :). No more sniffles, which were nasty because he’d sneeze right on your face sometimes..
Sooooo — would this work for humans also?
Hey Joy, I was checking gnowfglins and saw your comment. Yes, it does work for humans too. You could easily do a search using the words Apple Cider Vinegar (ACV) and remedies and find that a lot of people put a tablespoon of ACV in their water three times a day for allergies, losing weight, digestion, etc. Simply all sorts of ailments.
Finally made a batch this evening, and I’m looking forward to seeing the results with our geese, ducks and chickens. One of our geese tested low for phosphorous not too long ago, and especially since it’s coming up on their egg-laying season, wanna make sure “the ladies” are all healthy!
Thanks for sharing this Wardee! I’ve been giving my goats raw garlic cloves with molasses daily, but like your ACV tincture idea. I think I’ll start doing that for all my animals too… think I can put it in my new horse’s water too? Why not?
Thanks again Wardee and Jami!
I have four newborn baby goats need to worm mom’s done know what to use can anyone help me thank you
Bonnie:
Did you see this post?: https://traditionalcookingschool.com/raising-food/how-i-use-herbs-to-maintain-a-healthy-goat-herd/
It includes information about using herbs to de-worm goats. I hope it’s helpful!
Sonya, TCS Customer Success Team
This should not be used with cats, garlic is a food that should be avoided with them.
Do you need to let the mixture sit for a period of time before using it?
Thanks,
Deb Casey
Both these given to animalshelpskeep fleas and flys away.
Do not feed garlic to dogs
takes away heartburn too
To feed or not to feed?
That is the question.
We give ACV to our ancient pups. It saved the life of our dog in renal failure when we switched them both to raw diet.
Our dog loves veggies and hovers when we make salad. We are very conscious of the onions but he never seems interested in them. I guess he just knows instinctively not to eat them. I do order an herbal formula for when he gets a little hyper and I have received a sample of natural flea control chews containing garlic specifically for dogs. I have not given him any though. In processing the chews does it become safe for dogs?
Garlic can kill cats. It lowers their blood pressure too far. Please do not try to feed your cat any garlic.
Do Not feed RAW garlic to dogs it can make them very ill, . Ruminants its ok…Not to Cats…I am not sure it is very effective on horses, cattle, goats or sheep. Their bodies process things differently. Lavender oil behind the head on the hair on dogs works fine to keep fleas and ticks away but still always check ALL your animals often.
Garlic is debatable whether it is good for dogs.
hmmm, I´ve always been told that garlic is toxic for catas and dogs……
TOO MUCH garlic is toxic to cats and dogs but small amounts are actually beneficial.
Sabrina Schlabach for your goats health 🙂
Amy Willis Christopher—
This stuff is good for goats! Gotta keep the little guys healthy! Lol
Garlic is a great source of sulfur. Wonderful for livestock health and deworming.
How much do you give a goat
Hi, Richard,
Add 1 tablespoon of the mixture to every gallon of their drinking water.
~Peggy, TCS Customer Success Team
How much ACV do you add to dogs water?
Greg Johnson Melanie Robarge Johnson
I put it in our chickens’ water to fulfill their vitamin needs and our horse’s water to keep mosquitos away!
Cody Nicole Barrett
Not all animals. Garlic is toxic to cats!
What about for sheep?
What about for sheep?
Sherry Thompson would you like a “mother”?
Any ideas for fleas for cats and dogs…..I know cats are very sensitive to a lot of things
Coconut cider vinegar
Coconut cider vinegar
Shauna Segletes, Yes!!!! 🙂 🙂
Shauna Segletes, Yes!!!! 🙂 🙂
Jill Grady Purcell
Shauna Segletes: I would love a Mother (Kombucha or Jun). I would be happy to cover postage or send you some Water Kefir grains in return. 😉
Great idea on the ACV for livestock. 😉
I would think Water Kefir or Kombucha would be good in Livestock water as well.
Will crushed garlic work?
Hi Heather,
I don’t see why it wouldn’t work.
~ Vicki, TCS Customer Success Team
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I have was wondering if this is safe and beneficial for chickens also? And would it harm the laying hens at all.
Hi, Laurie: Jami, the author of the post, does give the vinegar and garlic water to her ducks, so it should be beneficial for chickens, as well. 🙂 —Sonya, TCS Customer Success team
How long should this sit for?
Hi, Emily.
Wardee said, “There’s no min or max. We made it, used it, and refilled it.”
~Danielle, TCS Customer Success Team
I made this (garlic & ACV) up two days ago, and today, the garlic is all green, like it has gone moldy. Is this normal? I washed the garlic off and washed and sterilized my bottle before making.
Hi, Catherine,
There is a compound in garlic called allicin that when it comes in contact with an acid such as vinegar forms a greenish or slightly blue color. Older garlic tends to react this way or if your garlic was crushed. It is normal but if it is a dark green it could be offputting and I would throw it out. ~Peggy, TCS Customer Success Team