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Jun 1, 2020

Predicting Adult Temperaments in Puppies

Puppy temperament testing has been an important fixture for decades in determining suitability of dogs for service work, therapy work,...

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Oct 2, 2019

What to Look for When You Buy a Puppy

You need to perform your own due diligence when you find a breeder you are interested in. Like every other industry, there are scammers,...

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Jul 2, 2019

Food rotation for your dog

We cycle the food of our dogs and recommend that most families do the same, providing there’s no veterinary reason not to. Food rotation...

Emotional Responsibility and Self-fulfilling Prophecies (“Expectancy Effect”)

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Jun 21, 2019

Emotional Responsibility and Self-fulfilling Prophecies (“Expectancy Effect”)

Anyone who has spent more than five minutes talking to us knows that we are big proponents of puppy parental responsibility—we all need...

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Jun 1, 2019

Balancing your puppy's food and weight

As your puppy grows, you will need to increase his food. The best way to know when to increase his food is to run your hands down his...

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Jun 1, 2019

Puppy pyoderma

Puppies are often in contact with the ground, have sensitive skin, and don’t have fully developed immune systems. For some, this can be a...

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May 19, 2019

Puppy vaginitis

Female puppies can exhibit a clear or creamy vaginal discharge or have sticky or dirty hair around their vulva. You may notice them...

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Apr 14, 2019

Puppy umbilical hernias

An umbilical hernia is an opening in the muscle under the skin where the umbilical cord was. We breed no dogs known or suspected to have...

Puppy urinary tract infections and bladder stones

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Mar 11, 2019

Puppy urinary tract infections and bladder stones

Puppies are like kids, they can get several conditions that need attention but aren’t anything to panic over. One of those is UTIs. UTIs...

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Mar 4, 2019

Clicker training

Clicker training is strongly based in behavioral science and is known as a form of “operant conditioning.” The point of this section...

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Feb 21, 2019

Toys and chewing

We had initially titled this post “Unwanted Chewing” but chewing is such a natural activity for a dog we didn’t want the title to color...

Puppy training and socialization schedule

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Feb 14, 2019

Puppy training and socialization schedule

Here is our suggested schedule for minimum training and socialization for your puppy. If you are an overachiever, there’s a whole world...

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Jan 2, 2019

Puppy heart murmurs

It’s not unusual for growing puppies to have low-grade (1 or 2 on a scale of 6) murmurs. Most puppy murmurs are innocent and not...

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Dec 1, 2018

When should I spay or neuter my dog?

We support the recommendation from the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) that “due to the varied incidence and severity of...

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Nov 1, 2018

Kenneling

We strongly do NOT believe in kenneling as a way of life for pet, companion, and service dogs. (We are talking about kenneling, not crate...

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Oct 9, 2018

Teaching your dog to love the vet

A good breeder will start teaching your puppy to have fun and positive interactions with a veterinarian, and also to tolerate restraint....

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Oct 5, 2018

Torsion or bloat

Bloat is an immediate medical emergency for a dog. A dog with bloat will first show signs after eating or drinking, which will cause...

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Sep 22, 2018

Puppy motion sickness

The inner ears of puppies aren’t fully developed. If your puppy starts to salivate or even vomit in the car, place the crate as low and...

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Sep 14, 2018

Identifying stress in your dog

You’ll want to learn the signs of stress in your dog so you can support her if she isn’t feeling comfortable. Provide support without...

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Sep 2, 2018

Impulse control

Impulse control is the ability to control thoughts and behaviors in a way that allows good decision making. We expect this of all...

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