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On this page you will find information regarding Common toxins to dogs, general health and safety tips, and information about canine diseases as well as the vaccinations used to protect your dog from them.

Most common toxins to dogs in homes:

• All Cleaning products

• Tylenol

• Ibuprofen

• Chocolate

• Onions

• Grapes and Raisins

• Plants

-The most life threatening plants to dogs are the Azalea, Oleander, Sago, Palm and Castor Bean. 

-It is highly recommended that pets not be allowed to eat plants in general. Avoidance is the safest policy to adhere to for your pet. You can find more information about toxins in your home on the ASPCA website at http://www.aspca.org.

***Blue Rose Doxies would like to urge those living in areas with the colder more harsh winters to be sure to keep your canine companions warm and protected during all harsh weather. If you must keep your pet outside please take great care to provide it with the best possible warm and dry shelter as well as optimum food and fresh water at all times. Of course the best place for your dog is inside with you as a member of the family.

GENERAL HEALTH AND SAFETY TIPS

**NEVER tie your canine's lead to anything while wearing a choke type training collar of ANY kind. This is very dangerous and can cost your dog it's life.
 

**How would you feel if you found out that someone was secretly poisoning your dog AND getting paid to do it?  Would you be livid?  Would you do anything legally within your power to stop it from continuing?  Here's the bad news...your dog IS being poisoned if you are feeding kibble and YOU are paying for it and so is your dog! T he good news is YOU and only YOU can stop it RIGHT NOW!  This page is dedicated to all the dogs out there whose owner's do the best they can but simply don't know any better. Education is a powerful tool. Please, keep an open mind and think outside the box as you read the information below. 

Kibble...IS STILL POISON whether it comes in a bag...can...roll...or whatever other form you can get it in!  First of all, Dogs ARE Carnivores!!!  That's not up for debate, it's a fact.  What do Carnivores in the wild eat?  They eat meat.  They eat other animals and no one is out there cooking that chicken, pig, turkey, moose, etc. and shaping it into pretty bone shaped pieces.  They aren't adding a bunch of additives and   preservatives to it either. The wolves eat it raw and they eat all of it including the bones.  YES.....they DO eat the bones.

Ever wondered what is in that bag of kibble that you buy? It doesn't matter if you just paid $5 for
that bag or $50 they all are cooked. So, assuming there was anything worthwhile in the ingredient
list to begin with (that's a MASSIVE assumption) once cooked it became basically worthless to your
dog.  Kibbles are full of carbohydrates and sugars that CARNIVORES do not need.  Here's the
real kicker, that bag of kibble is full of MANY other things you don't know about. Things your
worst nightmares are made of!   It WILL make you think twice before you fill your dogs bowl the next time.

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If you have read this information and have decided that you are open to the idea of feeding a raw,
natural diet to your dog, CONGRATULATIONS!  You have just made a wonderful decision!  Your
dog will be so much healthier in the long run.  No more dog breath, no more tartar covered teeth,
no more oily feeling coat (or dry), no more scooping waste from your yard, and a very reduced
amount of money lining your vets pocket!  Now that you have made the decision to switch let me
give you the basics on Natural Rearing  and how to do this. At one point my pet dogs were fed kibble and I made the switch so I know how easy it is and how anyone can do it if they choose to. *Before I get started let me remind you though this is only *MY* personal opinion and I assume no liability
for what you do with your own dogs.*

BONES and MYTHS

Lets just get the issue of bones out of the way right at the beginning. Part of the raw diet is that
your dog is to consume bones. No they will not choke and die from eating a bone. It is not likely to
pierce their stomach wall and kill them. The only dangerous bone to a dog is a cooked bone.
Cooked bones are likely to splinter and become chrytallized, and can cause some serious or even fatal problems. Your dog needs the raw bones for the nutrients that they get out of them.  Another major benefit to feeding a raw diet is that crunching up all those bones makes for some pearly white teeth.  So you keep your money, and the vet must find another means of making money rather than teeth cleaning.   Your dog is not going to become aggressive and start attacking people because you are feeding him raw meat.  It does not make him blood thirsty and looking for prey. The only way your dog will want to eat your cat is if the dog felt that way already!  Your children are safe and so are your neighbors children and pets. While we are
discussing myths we certainly do not want to overlook salmonella and other bacterial diseases.
Provide you use common sense when preparing your dogs food and wash your hands afterwards
you nor anyone in your family is going to contract salmonella or any other disease.  Your dog is not going to contract salmonella from eating raw meat.  A dogs digestive tract is different than ours.  Most bacteria is killed almost immediately when a dog eats it.

** Please do not feed your dogs any premium foods that contain soy, dyes, too many cereal fillers or chemicals are the best choice for your dog's diet. This will help avoid shedding and allergy problems. It is NOT necessary to buy the most expensive food on the market for your dog or to feed a raw food diet. Many commercial foods on the market are excellent choices for your dog/puppy. Do not get taken in by today's marketing strategies by sales people or companies to scare owners into buying their brand of dog food or raw food diet.

**Do not hold water back from your dog or puppy. This can cause your dog or puppy to drink too much when finally offered water until they have bloated themselves. Leave a water supply available at all times for your canine and it will drink when it needs to. Never leave your dog exposed to the hot sun or cold weather without adequate shelter.
 

**Some canine breeds coats (fur) actually help protect them from the hot sun and cold weather. By shaving these dogs coats you may be putting them at risk for heat stroke or sun burns. If you do not want to deal with long fur on a dog simply get a breed of dog with a short coat.
 

**Short nosed breeds as the Pug, Bulldog, Boston Terrier etc cannot tolerate high heat or the hot sun and must be kept in a temperature controlled environment.
 

**The best way to avoid costly veterinary visits is to practice preventative grooming. Clean your dogs ears to avoid ear infections that can become chronic, painful and costly. Clean your dogs teeth to avoid costly surgeries to clear plague build up and to avoid gum disease in your canine.
 

**Use only canine products to groom or shampoo your canine.

**Never mix flea products with differing ingredients on your dog. This can cause nerve damage or possible seizures from toxic poisoning. Remember flea products contain pesticides.

**Male dogs that have been neutered have less aggression behaviors, mark less, are less likely to roam or run off and are less likely to develop certain cancers than intact dogs.
 

**Female dogs that have been spayed do not ride the hormonal moody roller coaster un-altered females do, are less likely to roam when in heat and have less risk of breast cancer and uterine infections that can be deadly. It does not benefit a female dog at all to have a single heat cycle. Most purebred dogs are not of breeding quality. Registration papers are NOT an indication of breeding quality. Spaying your female dog will keep her from having unwanted litters of puppies.

VACCINATING YOUR DOG

 

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