Northern Flyway Golden Retriever Club
proudly presents
FIT FOR LIFE
THE BOYS WE LOVE &
TIMING YOUR BREEDINGS
A 2-Day Seminar with
Gayle Watkins, Ph.D.
Avidog® International
SEMINAR DETAILS
This two-day seminar will focus on Avidog’s scientifically based breeding strategies for stud dogs, timing of breedings as well as fitness for breeding and non-breeding dogs:
Saturday (Fit For Life) – working dogs
Designed by Drs. Chris Zink and Dr. Gayle Watkins to improve the fitness, health and longevity of any dog from 6 months through the senior years. This program works for all dogs, from pets to top-flight athletes. We will start with how to evaluate your dog’s fitness and then focus on how to teach some of the exercises in the Fit for Life program.
Sunday (Stud Dogs & Timing Breedings)
Stud dogs are an essential part of the breeding process but much of what happens with them seems like Greek to many of us: morphology and motility, first fraction or second, bent tails and proximal droplets, chill tests and post-thaw results.
Canids, including domestic dogs, have some reproductive idiosyncrasies that can make breeding them challenging. Poor timing remains the top reason that bitches don’t get pregnant or have small litters.
Both days use lecture, videos and demonstrations to illustrate key concepts. After the seminar, all participants will have access to a private resource page on the Avidog website and be invited to join the closed Avidog® Facebook group where we continue the discussions started at the seminar.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
The seminar has something to offer any serious dog person but will have particular appeal to:
- present and future dog breeders of competition, working and pet dogs
- working dog owners and handlers
- performance dog owners
- dog trainers
MORE INFORMATION
For more information, please contact:
Deb Krebsbach
highfieldgoldens@gmail.com
NFGRC
nfgrc.com
November 14-15, 2020
Winnegamie Building
2043 Manitowoc Rd
Menasha, WI 54952
COMMENTS FROM PAST PARTICIPANTS
ABOUT GAYLE
GAYLE WATKINS
PhD
Dr. Gayle Watkins, co-founder of Avidog® International is a dynamic, engaging speaker and teacher who presents seminars and consults on dog breeding, puppy rearing and evaluations around the world. She works with pet, performance and working dog breeders and organizations globally to design and implement breeding strategies that produce healthy, stable, long-lived dogs.
Gayle serves on the boards of Cornell’s Baker Institute for Animal Health and Canine Health Events.
Gayle has actively shown and bred multi-purpose golden retrievers under the Gaylan’s kennel prefix since 1979. Her breeding program was honored in 2016, 2017 and 2018 when she was selected by the AKC as Sport Breeder of the Year, first for rally, then agility and finally tracking. She is an AKC Gold Breeder of Merit and has produced, owned and shown over 130 American and Canadian conformation, obedience, agility and tracking champions, as well as Master Hunters, Qualified All-Age, and mission-ready Search and Rescue dogs.
We combine science, art and over 40 years of dog breeding experience to create, develop and present puppy rearing courses, programs and equipment for puppy owners and dog breeders.
Avidog International II, LLC
PO Box 66
Highlands, NC 28741
info@avidog.com
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