Awesome Paws Pet Centre
Grooming, Raw Food Products, Pet Supplies & Greyhound Boarding
Raw Food Resources & Holistic Health Supports
Raw Paws is a great place to start learning about improving your pet's diet. While some Yahoo Groups tend to be very ideologically strict, Raw Paws is flexible and they also have great quick start guides so you can immediately improve upon your pet's diet without doing enough reading to get a degree in animal nutrition!
This group is dedicated to the "Whole Prey'" or "Franken-prey"model of raw feeding, which we subscribe to here. There's a lot of information in these archives!
A site dedicated to the raw feeding and holistic care of greyhounds.
A community of animal lovers devoted to using medicinal silver in conjunction with other alternative and standard approaches to keeping our pets healthy and happy. Colloidal Silver is available through Awesome Paws.
A great website that explains the many uses of this product. We recommend it's use for a natural alternative to worming and flea control. We will be offering this product for sale sometime later in 2008. You can also view the history of the use of this product, and what McGill university thinks of it, right here.
Use this site to find out what nutrients are in the food you're feeding. For example, if you enter "raw lung" you'll pull up entries for beef, pork, veal and lamb, and you can see exactly what nutrients your dog will be getting.
An Alternate View
Listen to what this vet thinks about heartworm meds, lyme disease and annual vaccinations.
Camp Greyhound Approved Pet Professionals
Here at Awesome Paws and Camp Greyhound we are of an alternative frame of mind. Our rule is to do no harm, and we've found that using holistic practitioners for our pets as well as ourselves really supports this philosophy in a way that western medicine does not. The great thing about holistic care is that you can, if you chose, combine it with your current allopathic care to lessen any harmful effects from drugs or invasive procedures.With that in mind, we have started to compile a list of holistic practitioners that we've used and like. Our practioners are all fully qualified in their fields, and have earned the Camp Greyhound Seal of Approval for doing a great job with our pets.
Chiropractors
DIES-KEYS, JUNE, DC ; Chiropractor practices in Newmarket and in Ballentrae, Ontario and can be reached at: Tel: 905-252-0314 or via email : thekeys@rogers.com ; Rates for pets: $50 initial consult, $35 for follow-ups. Also has a practice for humans. Familiar with Retired racing greyhounds.
OFFEN, D.C., (Chiropractic), STOUFFVILLE, ONTARIO; 905-888-1207 ; Trained in animal chiropractic, he works on both competitive horses and dogs. Retired from his clinic, he now practices animal chiropractic out of his home in Stouffville. Familiar with retired racing greyhounds.
Classical Homeopath
Anna Borenstein
Consultations by appointment
Saturdays at Brave Art
19118 Centre Street. Mount Albert, ON, L0G 1M0
905-473-6066
or send email to
info@homeopathyforall.com
Rates: Dogs/Cats (sessions are done in your home) $75 for the first appointment plus follow-up,(1 hour initial consultation plus 1/2 hour follow-up)$35 for each subsequent follow-up appointment (1/2 hour) , Anna also has a human practice. Website: www.homeopathyforall.com
Links for Greyhound Owners and Prospective Owners
Medical information that your veterinarian should have about Greyhounds - You can print these articles out and take them to your vet and/or the local E-vet, so they have them on hand.
We also recommend the following books for prospective owners doing their research prior to adoption:
Retired Racing Greyhounds For Dummies
Childproofing Your Dog: A Complete Guide to Preparing Your Dog for the Children in Your Life
Playtime For The Hounds
In the GTA and looking for something to do with your hound? There are a few playgroups you can attend, to give your hound the exercise and socialization he/she needs, and to meet some fun people.
South Simcoe Greyhound Playgroup
Meets just north of Bradford, come and join us on Yahoo Groups to find out more.
Meets in Durham Region, at Windham Farms barn during the more inclement weather.
For wonderful photographs of your greyhound, check out
Adoption Links
This link goes to the GRA Forum, where you can view the current adoptable greyhounds.
Greyhounds In Need of Adoption: this group fosters their greyhounds prior to adopting them out.
Animal Welfare VS Animal Rights - Do you know the difference?
These two positions are like night and day - it's important when you're deciding where your donation dollars go to make sure you know where the recipient of those dollars stands, and where you stand. Many people give donations based on inflammatory stories or based on a celebrity spokesperson. Make sure you do your research before donating.
A good explanatory website is here: Animal Rights vs. Animal Welfare
