These calculations are used to plan each Wayeh litter. Co-efficient of Inbreeding (COI) COI is how inbred the pedigree of a particular dog is. It is a mathematical estimate of inbreeding, but we have not yet mapped the genome in a practical way for breeders, so it’s still a calculation, not a fact — but…
Malamutes need fences.
Bare with me here. I don’t x-ray or ultrasound for puppies for 2 reasons. We x-rayed once and ultrasounded once, the counts were both wrong. My vet taught me to check the bitch when I thought the whelp was over, and that has always been accurate. And Why subject infants to either x-rays or ultrasounds…
“The coat is thick with a coarse guard coat of sufficient length to protect a woolly undercoat.” “The Malamute has a thick, coarse guard coat, never long and soft. The undercoat is dense, from one to two inches in depth, oily and woolly. The coarse guard coat varies in length as does the undercoat. The…
See Also Nicole Royer’s excellent & definitive Malamute Coat Color Genetics “The usual colors range from light gray through intermediate shadings to black, sable, and shadings of sable to red. Color combinations are acceptable in undercoats, points, and trimmings. The only solid color allowable is all white. White is always the predominant color on underbody,…
Pat Hastings, AKC judge and author of The Puppy Puzzle offers these hints for socializing very young puppies, and we follow them here at Wayeh with each litter. By the time a puppy is 7 weeks old it should have: Been on 7 different surfaces, such as: carpet, concrete, wood, vinyl, grass, dirt, gravel, wood…
