Why Boxer dog's die young

raisins are no good also. every day when we feed our birds our dogs get some carrots, snap peas, string beans and the occasional broccoli...when my black and tan coonhound refused to eat dog food, out vet said to go down the produce aisle, so at least he had something in his stomach. after a few days mixed in some ground beef/turkey/chicken and then mix in dog food after a few days. he was back on dog food after a few weeks. when our one cattle dog developed problems, we would boil a whole chicken with some rice, pick the chicken clean, mix it in with the rice. he loved it....