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Sunday, 11 September 2016
10 Foods You Should Never Give To Your Dog
10 Foods You Should Never Give Your Dog
Surely a treat from your plate is harmless to your dog, right? The answer to that is based on what’s in your food. Actually, the majority of food people eat should never be given to a dog. A majority of food eaten by humans can be fatal for man’s best friend.
There are several food types that should never be fed to a dog under any circumstances. While some breeds are more tolerant of certain foods, this list of restricted foods is applicable to all dogs:
1. Raisins And Grapes
Avoid feeding raisins and grapes to dogs as a treat. A toxin found in grapes may result in kidney failure and severe liver damage. Even a little bit can cause illness for a dog. Consistent regurgitation is an early symptom. Within 24 hours, your pet will become depressed and lethargic. Prevent your dog from consuming raisins and grapes by keeping them off tables, counters, and other easily accessible places.
2. Garlic And Onions
Garlic and onions come in many forms – raw, powdered, dehydrated or cooked. They can damage the red blood cells of a dog, causing anemia. This can happen even if they taste baby food containing onion powder. A sporadic taste should be harmless, but a large amount ingested on a regular basis will poison the animal. Anemia symptoms include vomiting, weakness, lack of appetite, breathlessness and dullness.
3. Avocado
Never give guacamole or anything made from avocado to your pet. Avocados contain an ingredient called persin, and a significant amount can be toxic to your dog. If there are avocados in your garden, ensure that your dog can’t access those plants. Be mindful that persin can be found in seeds, leaves, and even bark.
4. Alcohol
Liquor, beer, wine, and foods containing alcohol are very bad for dogs. Alcohol can be destructive to a dog’s brain and liver. Even the slightest amount can induce diarrhea, vomiting, coordination problems, central nervous system depression, comatose states, breathing difficulties, and even death. The smaller the dog, the more disastrous the outcome.
5. Dairy Products
On a summer day, giving your dog a lick of ice cream might seem like a treat, but unfortunately, milk-based products can result in digestive upsets and allergic reactions. Dogs are lactose intolerant, and their bodies lack enough lactase enzymes to digest dairy foods properly. If your dog must have ice cream, ensure it’s made from lactose-free ingredients.
6. Candy And Gum
Gum, candy, baked goods and even toothpaste are sweetened with xylitol, which can cause dogs to release an abundance of insulin. This can result in a sudden drop in blood sugar, and may cause liver failure. Primary symptoms include lethargy, vomiting, and loss of coordination. At some point, the animal may suffer from seizures.
7. Chocolate
It’s common knowledge that chocolate is unhealthy for dogs. Caffeine, theophylline and theobromine are ingredients that can be found in all types of chocolate, including dark and white. In fact, dark chocolate, unsweetened baking chocolate and chocolate mulch are the most deadly kinds of chocolate to a dog. Even the slightest lick of a bowl of icing can lead to diarrhea, vomiting, and dehydration. Consumption of chocolate may lead to tremors, abnormal heart rhythms, seizures, and death.
8. Bones And Fat Trimmings
Though it might seem right to give a dog a bone, your pet might actually choke on it. Chewed-on bones can splinter, obstructing or lacerating their digestive systems. Additionally, meat fat lingering on bones are hazardous to dogs. Fat trimmings on meat, either uncooked or cooked, can result in pancreatitis.
9. Peaches, Persimmons and Plums
Seeds found in persimmons can induce inflammation of a dog’s intestines. If a dog eats the pit from a plum or peach, it may obstruct their intestines. Additionally, cyanide can be found in plum and peach pits, which is poisonous to both dogs and humans.
10. Salt
Never share pretzels, chips, or any other salty foods with your dog. Too much consumption of salt can lead to dehydration, frequent urination, and ultimately, sodium ion poisoning. Excessive salt ingestion consequences involve diarrhea, vomiting, depression, elevated body temperature, tremors, seizures, or worse, death.
Friday, 9 September 2016
The Man Who Gives Shelter Dogs Free Haircuts So They Too Can Have “Forever” Homes
Shelter dogs are too often overlooked or brushed aside. In many cases they are perceived as damaged goods, not worthy of attention. One man is standing up saying it’s just not true!
All dogs in shelters deserve a second chance at finding a new “forever” home with someone to love and take care of them. Older dogs have an even more difficult time at finding someone who wants to take them home They’re older, might even have arthritis, some hearing or eye loss, but are good healthy dogs who just happen to have unkempt, matted coats.
There’s one man, Mark Imhof who is turning these dogs lives around. He is a professional dog groomer from NYC that has only one mission in life – to change the lives of these dogs. He goes to Animal Care Centers of NYC and gives older dogs free baths and haircuts so they too will find a “forever” home.
Mark wasn’t always a dog groomer, he graduated from New York University with an MBA. He was in the process of finishing up a consulting job when his fiancée suggested he make a change in his life.
Mark now has his own pet-sitting, dog-walking and grooming service. Although his business has taken off, he has never given up on these dogs and continues to help them at ACC. When he returns home,he is greeted by his own four-legged friends in which two of them are rescued Pit Bulls.
His incredible love and commitment to these shelter dogs has proven that even the shiest, most frightened dog needs just as much love as everyone else.
You can view more of his transformations on Mark’s Facebook & Instagram pages. You can also learn more about his dog-walking, pet-sitting and grooming services on his website.
Before and After shots of what a haircut can do for these dogs.
Former businessman, Mark Imhof, on a mission to turn shelter dogs into adoptable friends.
Dogs with matted,unkempt fur have a much lesser chance of being adopted into a forever home.
Weimaraner Sniffs Dog Farts And Makes Hilarious Face
Funny dogs the gray dog farts and the blue weimeraner makes the funniest face you ever saw
Monday, 5 September 2016
Trapped Dog Freed From Hole
This dog got stuck in a hole that was only big enough for her head - but locals in rural Peru came to the rescue
