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A Quick Overview of Our Crate Training
Crate training is an important skill for all puppies and dogs to have. Dogs are den animals and instinctively feel secure in a small, cozy s


Why some of your dogs may be failing OFA/PennHip hip evaluations and what you can do about it.
I want to go over why we often seem to emphasize weight and body condition score in our puppies and dogs and why it is so important.


Selling and Marketing Puppies for New Breeders
There's some important information that all new breeders need to know


How to dry a very young puppy after a bath
If at all possible, we avoid bathing young puppies because they aren't able to regulate their body temperatures yet and can get chilled very


Got milk? A guide to calcium during and after whelping
There's a lot of misinformation about the best source of calcium and not much about how much to give during whelping


The Tres Amigos: Calcium, oxytocin, and glucose
There are three substances that work together for a healthy delivery. I like to think of them as the Tres Amigos: Calcium, oxytocin, and glu


Dogs and Fireworks
When they are frightened or disoriented by these noises they can do things out of character, like destroy property, pee and poop on the floo


8 strategies for feeding picky breeding dogs
I have a sort of ”escalation” of tactics I use to try to get them to eat. My escalation list starts with things that are most easy, less lik


Entropion and ectropion
Entropion and ectropion are both genetic conditions. There haven’t been any specific genes yet identified with it, but it has been clearly e
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