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► Orphaned Puppies: How to Raise Them 
Description: Puppies are usually orphaned when the mother (dam) is not able to adequately care for her puppies. This may be because she cannot produce milk (a condition called agalactia) or because she has behavioral or psychological abnormalities, which prevent her from adequately caring for her puppies. In rare instances, the mother may actually not be present due to death, injury, or complications arising from a difficult birthing. Some puppies may be several weeks old before their mother becomes unable to care for them.

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Added on: 03-Aug-2009
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► PRE-BREEDING EXAM FOR THE BITCH 
Description: PRE-BREEDING EXAM FOR THE BITCH A few procedures performed before the bitch comes in heat may make all the difference in producing a litter of live healthy puppies. These procedures will contribute to the continued good health of your bitch. Also, they ensure the safety of the stud dog if a natural breeding should desired, and they can help protect the stud dog's reputation by preventing unnecessary breeding failures. We like to start about one month before the coming heat, in order to have time to treat any problems found. The most common factor in missed litters is the condition of the uterus. Changes to the uterus occur because of low grade bacterial infection, and the progesterone stimulation that occurs in the 'false pregnancy' experienced by every bitch following her heat. Progesterone causes changes in the uterine lining and additionally lowers resistance to bacterial infections. The full breeding cycle in the bitch not 3 weeks, but 4 months, due to the hormonal false pregnancy. Some bitches show outward physical and behavioral signs of a false pregnancy, others don't, but they all have elevated progesterone levels that affect disease resistance and the uterine lining. If a bitch cycles once a year, every 8 months, or every 6 months, she has time for the uterine lining to rest and normalize. Bitches that cycle every 4 months have no such rest period. These short-cyclers, therefore, are more likely to have the condition known as cystic hyperplasia. They are also, for the same reasons, more likely to suffer chronic low grade infection and inflammation in the uterus. The result of these latter two conditions is a build up of diffuse scar tissue in the endometrium. It also follows that every year older the bitch is, the greater the build up of damage from these causes.

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Added on: 07-Jan-2009
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► Reproduction & Breeding Information for Dogs 
Description: Reproduction & Breeding Information for Dogs Reproduction in the dog is much more complex than it may first appear. Learn about the dog reproductive system, normal heat cycles, breeding, infertility, pregnancy and its complications, birth, and care and feeding of the pregnant dog and puppies.

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Added on: 04-Nov-2008
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► Reproduction Problems in the Bitch 
Description: Reproduction Problems in the Bitch by Karen Hedberg BVSc

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Added on: 28-Mar-2010
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► SO YOU WANT TO BREED DOGS DO YOU? 
Description: SO YOU WANT TO BREED DOGS DO YOU? Are you sure? These are the true experiences of fellow breeders. Breeding is NOT for the faint of heart. BREEDER #1 Bitch 1 had her last puppy on a Friday morning. This was her first litter. Owner was concerned when the bitch started growling at her offspring, not allowing them to nurse. He and his wife had to take turns sleeping next to the box to make sure mom nursed the puppies every 2 hours. They had to force her in and hold her muzzle to make sure she didn’t savage her pups. She refused to eat. Sunday afternoon they noticed a slight increase in temperature. Worried that there might be a puppy still in the uterus, they made an emergency phone call to their vet. As with most Sundays, the vet wasn’t in and they left the message on the clinic answering machine. As the day went on, the temperature of the bitch continued to rise. They noticed a black, smelly discharge now coming from their bitch. They wondered if they could give the bitch a shot of Oxytocin this far from having the pups to see if she was indeed cleaned out. Can you? Do you know? The breeder’s own words: “Well there is a lot more to all this than really meets the eye, with Prue, she was in hard labor for 2 hours, 2 1/2 is my limit before calling the vet, Deb stretched her cervix to help get her started, a puppy 15 minutes later

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Added on: 01-Sep-2008
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► The Canine Estrous Cycle / Vaginal Cytological Examination 
Description: The Canine Estrous Cycle / Vaginal Cytological Examination - University of Georgia, College of Veterinary Medicine by Valerie R. Beimborn, DVM; Heather L. Tarpley, DVM; Perry J. Bain, DVM, PhD; and Kenneth S. Latimer, DVM, PhD Describes the canine estrous cycle and the appearance of the cells during the various stages of estrous, including abnormal

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Added on: 19-Dec-2010
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► The Newborn Nursery 
Description: The Newborn Nursery

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Added on: 03-Aug-2009
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► Timing Is Everything: Breeding Strategies and the Estrous Cycle 
Description: Timing Is Everything: Breeding Strategies and the Estrous Cycle By Arliss Paddock Part one of this article took an overview of the bitch’s estrous or heat cycle, with a look at the physical and behavioral characteristics of its four stages: proestrus, estrus, diestrus, and anestrus. With the wide variation among “normal” bitches in both the outward signs and timing of cycling, dog breeders can be left guessing when trying to determine the best time to breed their bitch. Poor timing is the major cause of missed breedings.

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Added on: 01-Sep-2008
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► Treating a Sick Newborn Puppy 
Description: Treating a Sick Newborn Puppy

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Added on: 03-Aug-2009
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► Tube Feeding a litter of Cavalier King Charles Spaniels 
Description: Cavalier Puppies are larger than Pomeranian Babies, so the amount of formula feed and the size of the syringe should be adjusted accordinngly.

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Added on: 06-Dec-2008
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