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the healthy Samoyed...
The Healthy Dog from the American Kennel Club
Puppy Guide by Patti Rasmussen
Temperature Adaptation in Northern Dogs by Ted Greenlee - including the reasons you do not want to shave your Samoyed's coat
holistic/alternative medicine:
American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association
Complementary, Alternative, and Holistic Veterinary Medicine
International Veterinary Acupuncture Society and How to Locate a Practitioner
American Veterinary Chiropractic Association and How to Locate a Practitioner
vaccination information:
2006 AAHA Canine Vaccine Guidelines - pdf
New Vaccine Protocols by Dr. Bob Rogers, DVM
Vaccinations for the New Puppy by Susan Thorpe Vargas Ph.D.
The Vaccination Website for Dogs and Cats by Richard B. Ford, DVM, MS
nutrition:
Dog Food Analysis - an independent site for dog food information and reviews
How to Choose a Food by Nancy Kerns on the Whole Dog Journal website
The Dog Food Comparison Charts
Samoyed Barf yahoo group - This is a discussion group for Samoyed lovers who feed a raw (Barf) diet or are thinking of going to this way of feeding. An exchange of ideas, supplements, how to feed "on the road", how to feed when pregnant, whelping litters, etc.
Information on Prescription Diets
toxic plants and poisons:
Nestle Purina has a basic list of toxic plants on their website.
There are more detailed listings on the University of California, Davis website. They list plants generally believed to be poisonous to animals in the U.S.
If you have a plant in your yard and are not sure what it is, check out the University of Illinois, Champaign website. They provide an extensive online photo catalog of plants.
Poisonous Plants affecting Dogs on the Cornell website where you can search these pages by the plant's common name or scientific name or by plant category.
ASPCA Poison Control 1-888-426-4435. A $60 consultation fee may be applied to your credit card.
Kansas State Poison Control hotline - 785-532-5679 (free)
