Jacksonville Pawsitive Training, Inc.

01/11/2023

Send a message to learn more

12/16/2022

Just in case you didn't know!

‼️🚫 ANNUAL CHRISTMAS "TREATS" WARNING!!! 🚫‼️

Just a warning regarding the Xmas "rawhide treats" many stores are now starting to stock for dogs at Christmas.
Many of these so called treats end up with the dog experiencing some time in a veterinary clinic having surgery over Christmas.
The vast majority of these rawhide products and treats come from China. The chews are made from cattle or horse hides and their journey starts with the hides being soaked in a toxic sodium sulphide to remove the hair and fat. More chemicals are used in order to split the hide into layers which is then washed with hydrogen peroxide to give the white "pure" look and remove the rancid smell.
Now comes the pretty festive colors and the glue to form cute shapes. On testing, these chews have shown traces of arsenic, mercury, chromium and formaldehyde.
If that wasn't bad enough, they regularly cause intestinal blockages, poisoning from chemical residue and choking.
The chews go slippery when wet and are near impossible to get hold of to save a choking dog.
Leave them in the store where they belong or if some well meaning person buys them for your dog put them safely away for later, then discard them in the trash can!
For more information and natural chew alternatives: https://www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com/rawhide-dangerous-for-dogs
Please be safe with your dogs!

12/16/2022

12/14/2022

you're welcome!

11/30/2022

11/30/2022

Very nice idea!

Good job Moose! 🐾🐾

11/30/2022

(Psssst.....pass it on!)
SALT DOUGH ORNAMENTS ARE TOXIC TO DOGS
Not all dog-owners are aware of this danger. Often, families will make these ornaments as a holiday activity together, or they will come home from school with the kids. Some people make paw prints in salt dough as keepsakes.
They are made from flour, water, and lots of salt, and dogs may be tempted to eat them like a cookie. You think they taste terrible, but that does not stop some dogs from ingesting them. Same holds true for craft-dough which has a lot of salt too.
Best to keep them out of the home if you have pets, or, at least, way out of reach, but why take chances.
Excess salt intake in dogs results in vomiting within several hours of ingestion. There is great thirst and urination. The clinical signs of salt poisoning can progress to weakness, diarrhea, muscle tremors, seizures, coma. Depending on the size of the dog and the amount ingested, it can result in brain damage, organ failure, even death, or the heartbreaking decision to euthanize.
If ingested, contact a vet immediately; this could qualify as an emergency, and make sure to relay how much dough was eaten and that the vet clinic understands right off the hop that it was not a typical cookie or regular dough eaten, but salt dough with a high concentration of salt.
Be aware. Be safe.

11/19/2022

Keep that "J" in the leash!