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► Breeding Your Dog 
Description: Breeding Your Dog. Should I Breed My Dog? You may be wondering whether or not you should breed your dog. Here is some information. The summary is that if you want to do it right, and get healthy and happy puppies, it is very expensive and a lot of work. Many people have written several treatises on this subject including Ms Swedlow; this article compiles many similar points. Remember that you are going to need a vet that is familiar with whelping dogs. This will be your best resource, as well as any long-time breeders that you know. Not all vets are knowlegeable about whelping so be sure to ask around and especially look for recommendations from local breeders that you may know. I want to make some money! Breeding, and doing it right, is an expensive undertaking. By the time you've picked out a good bitch, waited for her to grow old enough (minimum age: two years before breeding), picked out the best dog to mate her with, gone through all the health checks she needs, ensured that the dog you want to use also passes the same health checks, you've invested a lot of time and effort. You still have to pay a stud fee (or give a puppy back), you have potential extra expenses during pregnancy, you have the time and expense of whelping (either you take time off from work or something goes wrong and you have to take her in to the vets). You need to keep the puppies for a minimum of 8 weeks before sending them to their homes; you need to advertise and find good homes for the puppies, you need to make sure they have had their shots before going. You may have possible vet bills if the puppies require extra attention. If some of the puppies die, or you have a smaller than usual litter, you may not get as much money from the sale of the puppies as you had though. There are even potential problems later on with dissatified customers! You are better off consulting with a financial wizard about investing the money you would otherwise spend and lose on breeding!

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Added on: 29-Apr-2008
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► Tube Feeding Videos 
Description: Tube Feeding Videos

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Added on: 29-Apr-2008
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► How to Hand-Raise Puppies 
Description: How to Hand-Raise Puppies

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Added on: 29-Apr-2008
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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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► 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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► Breeding Strategies and the Estrous Cycle-Part One 
Description: Timing Is Everything: Breeding Strategies and the Estrous Cycle Part One: Understanding the Cycle's Stages By Arliss Paddock The reproductive potential of the bitch is the cornerstone of any breeding program. If you as a breeder wish to optimize that potential, it’s important to have an accurate understanding of your bitch’s heat cycle. And as new technology makes increasingly available advanced reproductive techniques such as artificial insemination and the use of chilled or frozen semen, that knowledge becomes even more vital.

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Added on: 01-Sep-2008
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► Canine Reproduction and Whelping 
Description: Canine Reproduction and Whelping: This book gets down to the basics of breeding, explaining the characteristics of the sperm and the egg, the role that diet plays in whelping, and how to whelp your puppies. The book is intended to assist you in making sure your bitches get in whelp, stay in whelp and deliver healthy puppies. A clean, bloodless technique for the removal of dew claws is also taught to the layman dog breeder.

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Added on: 01-Sep-2008
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► Breeder's Handbook: Gestation 101 
Description: Breeder's Handbook: Gestation 101 Stages of Gestation Gestation begins from fertilization of the ovum by a spermatozoon, although a breeder can really only detect this much later, around 21 days. However, even though remaining invisible from the outside, early embryonic development and implantation are crucial phases for the future puppies. advantages accurately monitoring estrus If estrus is monitored by tests such as progesterone assays, the moment of ovulation can be determined fairly accurately. Breeders then very often find that whelping takes place exactly two months later. For example, a bitch mated on September 25—after careful monitoring of estrus and with ovulation on September 23—will most likely whelp on November 25. fertilization and implantation Fertilization, i.e., the union of a spermatozoon and an ovum, takes place very high up in the uterus, in the fallopian tubes. Toward the end of the first week that follows, the embryos migrate from the fallopian tubes toward the uterine horns. They then float and move around in the uterine fluid and can even switch from one horn to another (they can also have been conceived on the right-hand side of the uterus before implantation in the left horn).

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Added on: 01-Sep-2008
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► FAQs on Reproduction (Heats & Pregnancies) in Dogs 
Description: At what age can a dog have her first litter? Puberty (the age at which animals can reproduce) in the dog is usually between 5 and 12 months of age. This is when a dog will have her first heat. Some large breed dogs may not have their first heat until they are almost 2 years old. How often does a dog come into heat? Most dogs come into heat every 6 to 7 months. How can I tell if a dog is in heat? Just prior to coming into heat, the dogs' vulva and breasts may enlarge and a bloody discharge will be seen coming from the vulva. At this point, she is not yet ready to accept a male dog. When the vaginal discharge becomes more yellow in color, generally in 4 to 13 days, she will accept the male. She will accept the male for another 4 to 13 days. How long is pregnancy in the dog? Dogs generally have their puppies 58 to 68 days after they are bred. The average is 63 days.

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Added on: 04-Nov-2008
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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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