Weepin Oaks Boxers

 

Home

Inspection By AKC

AKC

Boxers - The Guys

Zeke

Guy

Tom

Rusty

Hank

Boxers - The Gals

Kezia

Windy

Older Pups For Sale

Kezia's Pups

Windy's Pups

New Puppies Info

Puppy Basics 101

Why Register

Registering

Breeder Search

Dog Parks/Doggy Daycares

Ground Pet Shipping

Our Vet

General Info

The Sealed Brindle

Frequent Q & A

Waiting List/Visiting

Policy/Prices/Pickup

Sales Policy

Puppy Pricing Info

Payment Options

Pick Up Options

Health Guarantee/Contract

Puppy Purchase Agreement

NuVet Plus

Kuranda Dog & Cat Beds

Retired Dogs

Enoch

Lakotah

Charlie

Ray

Nutrition

Christmas Puppy

No Puppy Mills

Boxer Stud Service

The Breeder

Character Puppy Testing

Canine Health Info

Vaccine Failures

Coccidia

Demodex

Tick Repellent

Health Links

Dangerous Foods

Poisonous Items

Health Certification Info

Dogs & Hot Weather

Rare/Search/Beware

Responsibility

Puppy News

Before You Buy A Pup

New Puppy Owner To Be

Puppy Care Tips

Puppy Adjustments

Dog Training Info

American & Euro Standards

The Greatest Boxer

Kennel Clubs

White Boxers

Boxers In Artwork

Winter of 2009/2010

Horses

HoneyGirl

Stallions

Horse Links

About Us

Our Goal, Our Purpose

We Are Here X

Contact Us

Good Nutrition


Good Nutrition For Boxers

 

Good nutrition is the cornerstone for a happy healthy pet. Boxers are no exception. As with every living creature, Boxers have certain considerations to be addressed when selecting a diet. With so many foods available on the market today, we understand how difficult it can be to choose the right one for your pet. We hope that the following will help make your decision easier. Remember; the better the diet and nutrition, the less trips to see the vet.

Scraps and by-products:

When cattle, swine, chickens, lambs, or other animals meet their ends at a slaughterhouse, the choice cuts -- lean muscle tissue and organs prized by humans -- are trimmed away from the carcass for human consumption. Whatever remains of the carcass (bones, blood, pus, intestines, ligaments, subcutaneous fat, hooves, horns, beaks, and any other parts not normally consumed by humans) is, according to the pet food industry, perfectly fit as a protein source for cat and dog food.

The Pet Food Institute, the trade association of pet food manufacturers, acknowledges in its 1994 Fact Sheet the importance of using byproducts in pet foods as additional income for processors and farmers. The purchase and use of these ingredients by the pet food industry not only provides nutritional foods for pets at reasonable costs, but provides an important source of income to American farmers and processors of meat, poultry, and seafood products for human consumption.

Many of these remnants are indigestible and provide a questionable source of nutrition. The amount of nutrition provided by meat byproducts, meals, and digests varies from vat to vat of this animal protein soup. A vat filled with chicken feet, beaks, and viscera is going to make available a lower amount of protein than a vat of breast meat.

Meat byproducts, the catch-all term of the pet food industry, is a misnomer because these byproducts contain little if any meat. Byproducts contain little if any meat. Byproduct are animal parts leftover after the meat has been stripped from the bone. Chicken byproducts include heads, feet, entrails, lungs, spleens, kidneys, brains, livers, stomachs, noses, blood, and intestines free of their contents. What the pet food manufactures fail to mention is that most byproducts, digests and meals are also filled with other substances, such as cancerous tissue cut from the carcass, plastic foam packaging containing spoiled meat from supermarkets, ear tags, spoiled slaughterhouse meat, road kill, and pieces of downer animals.

 

With Boxers being in the top 2 breeds for developing cancer, preservatives are a huge concern. Dog food will contain preservatives to expand shelf life, the kind of preservatives is what should be considered and can make all the difference in the world.

 

The most common chemicals used to prevent rancidity, which should be AVOIDED completely are:

 

§        BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole)

§        BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) both known to cause liver and kidney dysfunction

§        Ethoxyquin, another fat stabilizer often used which is suspected of being a cancer-causing agent

§        Propylene glycol, a cousin to antifreeze, is found in many semi-moist dog foods

 

If you have seen the above mentioned on your dog food label stop using it ASAP.

There are natural preservatives on the market. Just like you would look at a label for a child, your Boxer depends on you to see that he/she is getting the best diet possible.

Do keep in mind that when changing to a higher grade dog food, your dog may go through what is called detox. He may get loose stools or appear to have an allergy. This is the body’s way of cleansing itself from the chemicals built up over time. This will rectify itself and you will see improvement in a short period of time, usually within 3-4 weeks. DO NOT go back to the old food at this time. Allow your dog’s body to rid itself of harmful chemicals during the detox cycle and you will be amazed at the difference after a few weeks!

We can never take away from the wonderful work of the veterinarians in our life but remember they are medical doctors for your pet. Just like if you had a nutrition problem, a human doctor would refer you to a nutritionist. It is only humanly possible for them to know so much. Today there is a huge amount of information available to you in canine nutrition. The library, bookstore & Internet have an almost infinite source. It is important for us to learn this information. The better foods tend to be more expensive but if you consider that you will be feeding less and they will cut down on your vet visits they becomes cost-effective. Most importantly your pet will live a longer healthier life.

We cannot change genetics as pet owners but we can certainly try and do as much as we can for our loving companions by providing them with a healthy diet, medical care, and most importantly, love.

The preceding excerpt was taken from www.boxerbuddies.org a rescue kennel for Boxers that deserves your support.


 
We have all of our adults on 
Wholesome Chicken Meal and Rice 

We feed our puppies 
Sportmix Premium Puppy Small Bites

This manufacturer has never had any recalls 
which is a big plus to us.  They also make organic food too.

Check out 
www.dogfoodadvisor.com 
for unbias ratings on many dog foods.  
They explain what the different terminology for ingredients.


 
The materials offered on this website are intended of educational purposes only. 
Weepin Oaks Boxers does not provide veterinary services or guidance. 
Please contact your veterinian in reguarding the care of your animals.




Weepin Oaks Boxers
Weepin Oaks   Weepin Oaks Farm
EST.  2005

Owner: Margie McMillan
Jack, Alabama 
C-334-282-2113
If no answer, leave a message if you are
interested in a boxer pup/adult
weepinoaks@gmail.com

AKC Boxers:
Fawns, brindles, reverse brindles, mahogany fawns,
mahogany brindles and mahogany reverse brindles.
Our sealed brindle is retired.

AKC inspected and approved

We are closed on Sundays, Easter, Thanksgiving Day
and Christmas Day.

AQHA & FQHR Quarter Horses

Weepin Oaks Boxers always reserves first choice puppy after the litter is born for our breeding program.  Then puppy buyers may choose 1st reserved, 2nd reserved and so forth.

All of our Boxers are AKC - Purebed Boxers