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Disinfecting For Dog Breeders: Beating Both Parvovirus and Coronavirus
What an interesting turn of events! Usually, dog breeders focus their biosecurity efforts on protecting their pups from viruses, like parvo and distemper, that might be brought in by other people or dogs.
Today breeders are also trying to protect themselves and other people from this the novel coronavirus that might be brought into their homes by visitors and buyers. Although we don’t know for sure, there is also the risk that it might be spread on our dogs’ coats.
Let’s talk about breeder biosecurity during this pandemic, specifically disinfecting our homes and kennels.
Safe Vet Care During the Coronavirus Pandemic
As more and more of society shuts down due to coronavirus, you may be wondering whether you should take your puppy, litters, or dogs to the veterinarian right now. As you make that decision, you must balance your animal's health with that of you and your vet team....
Our New Puppy Room and Tools
Check out our new puppy room and a dozen tools we used to make raising our recent litter much easier! Our most recent litter was the first one raised in our new home, with its separate puppy room. In fact, this is the first time in 40 years that we had a room in our...
Dogs Don’t Have Due Dates, They Have Whelping Windows
Recently, I heard about a litter supposedly born prematurely. The breeder said the pup were born on “Day 59, four days before their due date.” This statement prodded me to tackle the concept of due dates in dogs because that concept causes both undue stress and inappropriate inaction in dog breeders, and often the loss of puppies.
How Much Exercise Do Puppies Need?
There seem to be two approaches to exercising puppies by well-meaning owners. There are those who do too much too soon with their pups, doing concussive exercises often as early as 6 months of age. Then there are those who minimize their pups’ activity, almost wrapping them in cotton until their growth plates have closed. So what is the right balance of physical activity for your puppy? What kind of exercises should you do? Can you walk, jog or hike with your puppy?
One Easy Way to Improve Your Breeding Success
One of the easiest ways to improve your breeding success is by enhancing your dog’s physical fitness because fitness and fertility go hand-in-hand. As simple as that sounds, getting your dogs in optimal breeding condition will have broad benefits to your breeding program and will improve your puppies’ health in both the short-term, as well as over their lifetime.
All of us are told that before we breed our dogs, we should get them fit. But what exactly does “getting them fit” mean? Should you take them for longer walks or put them on the treadmill? NO!
Bowls, Biofilms, and Pyometra
Several bloggers have been making seemingly outlandish claims relating biofilm to a huge array of dog problems. To check these claims out, I had been digging into biofilm when I came across new research from the AKC Canine Health Foundation linking biofilm to pyometra. That got my attention!
Be Ready to Go!
Emergency Preparedness for Your Dog As much as we don't want to think about them, natural disasters requiring evacuation, from fires to floods, are more common these days. If you are a dog owner or breeder, you must prepare to evacuate your dogs, as well as your...
The Top 10 Dog Breeding Supplies Dog Breeders Need In Their Freezers
Breeders and stud dog owners should have some unusual things stashed in their freezers besides meatloaf and frozen margaritas! Here are the 10 most important additions to a dog breeder’s freezer:
Four More Ways to Maximize Puppy Development With Your Adventure Box
In my final post in our Adventure Box series, let’s talk about how to ensure your pups get the most out of your Adventure Box. As I said in my last blog post, Adventure Boxes are intended to be challenging for puppies with noisy and unusual items that...
How To Maximize Puppy Development With Your Adventure Box
Are you looking to breed healthy, stable, resilient puppies? Then you need an Avidog Adventure Box for your litter! But Adventure Boxes are only beneficial if they are safe and designed properly. In our last blog post “The Top Five Ways to Make Sure Your...
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