OH MY GOOOOOSH!

I am about to beat my face into a wall.

First it's I'm killing my dogs by giving garlic to them. Now it's I'm killing my dogs because I use Tea Tree Oil instead of "safe" pesticides.

What is this crap? The only article ANYONE can give me to prove their point is the Pet Poison Hotline one. Sorry, but I don't put much backing into that site.

Can someone tell me if there is any truth to the matter? Personally, I would think it would only be poisonous if it is ingested.

Well, it's toxic to cats and I wouldn't just put pure tea tree oil on a dog because it can be an irritant - but I wouldn't say that 100% Therapeutic grade is toxic.

That's what I said.

Maybe it's because Poodle people are just assholes; but everyone is always doing SOMETHING wrong.

I said that is it proven to be toxic to cats, but I am not going to change what I do based off of ONE article that I don't have any trust in anyways.

I also said that while I would never put it right on the dogs coat, people do it and I use it in my bath water to kill fleas.

But, you know people. They always know something you don't know.

I dab it on their collars and only when headed into the woods.

I used a tea tree oil "mix" as in there are other items in it so not PURE. It is in the bath and in Bourbons ears the ear one is specially formulated for dog ears. So I think the toxic issue it PURE tea tree oil. It must be the same as garlic and onion powder you can find articles that say it is toxic but a small amount in something should be okay.