Wayeh Kennels Thru the Years: 1995-2002
Wayeh Kennels through the years.
DIY Puppy Kennel
This plan is for a 15’x10′ puppy kennel with a concrete-block floor over gravel. A solid concrete pad is better, and pricier and requires a lot more work. Materials List Leather work gloves (this is not a job for a manicure) Wheelbarrow, shovel, mattock, metal rake, small sledge hammer, screwdriver, linesman’s wire-cutting pliers, rubber mallet…
How NOT to build a Kennel
Many bad kennel designs over the years.
DIY Puppy Palace
This dog house is a plywood 2’x4’x4′ with a removable lid for easy clean-out or adding cedar shavings. The dog house will easily hold an 85# mom and 9 puppies, or a pair of 10ys (a 100# male and his 90# sister), or 2 moms and 2 puppies. Skill level is moderate. If you can…
Skinny Working Weight
Skinny Working Weight, Show weight, & Pet Weight — can be 20# (or more) difference in the same adult Malamute.
Weight compared to littermates
Weight relative to littermates has more to do with GROWTH CLOCKS than birthweight.
Bathing Malamutes
How do you bathe a sled dog?
Diarrhea
Diarrhea can be caused by a lot of things at home. But when normal remedies don’t work, you may have to go to your vet!
Why do health checks on pets?
Why do I have to do health tests on my pet puppy — he’s never going to be bred?
Sample Calendar: planning to 8 years
This is a general schedule for all litters, details will vary somewhat. Plan a litter — Analyze potential pedigree for COI/COR, check half sibs, sibs, aunts, & uncles. Make sure sire and dam are UTD on medical before she comes in season. Put mom on extra Salmon Oil. She should not be FAT or even…