As owner, it is your responsibility to maintain the maximum health of your Boxer dogs. Maintaining your dog's health can be done in a lot of ways. One of the most effective ways is by feeding the right kind of foods. But feeding your Boxer dogs with either high quality store-bought dog foods or homemade dog food is not enough to power them and help them do their daily activities. Dog owners should realize that not all foods considered safe for humans are also safe for dogs to consume. There are a number of human foods that can poison a dog especially when taken in large amounts. The list below will guide you on what human food to avoid to prevent your Boxer dogs from being poisoned.

Chocolate Almost everybody loves chocolate, right? It is not ironic therefore when dogs love it too. The rich and chocolatey goodness of this stuff made everybody crave for more. However, chocolate should not be fed to dogs because it contains theobromine, a compound that is a cardiac stimulant and a diuretic. Eating large quantity of chocolates may cause your dog to become excited and hyperactive. And since it is diuretic, he may eliminate large volumes of urine and will be unusually thirsty. Other symptoms include staggering, labored breathing, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, tremors, fever, heart rate increase, coma and even death.

Onions and Garlic The toxic ingredient thiosulphate is what makes onion and garlic dangerous. Onion toxicity will cause haemolytic anemia, a condition in which the pet's red blood cells burst while circulating in the body. Symptoms of haemolytic anemia are labored breathing, liver damage, vomiting, diarrhea and discolored urine. All forms of onion (dehydrated, raw, cooked and even table scraps containing onions) should be avoided. Though garlic also contains thiosulphate, it is less dangerous and would need to eat large amounts to cause health problems.

Grapes Grapes contain an unknown substance which is toxic to dogs and may cause abdomnal pain, drooling, liver damage, kidney damage, vomiting, diarrhea, convulsions, coma and death.

Macadamia Nuts Along with most other kinds of nuts, macadamia nuts contain high phophorus that may cause bladder stones and locomotor difficulties. Tremor of the skeletal muscles and weakness or paralysis of the hindquarters can be seen in dogs poisoned by macadamia nuts. Other effects are swollen limbs, pain when the limbs are manipulated, inability to rise and distress.

Other potential dangers: Bones- they can splinter and cause laceration or obstruction of the digestive system. Coffee, tea, softdrinks Beer, wine, alcohol Milk and other dairy products Raw fish and raw eggs Salt, baking soda, baking powder Excessive fatty foods Avocado