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…
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…
At Wayeh, we expose our puppies to a wide variety of experiences, following the Rule of 7 and the New Knowledge of Dog Behavior. We socialize our puppies with (safe) outings and visits with new people and animals, and introduce them to novel situations that a dog in a whelping box would not experience. This…
Malamutes are aggressive, except when it’s hierarchy, or dominance, or a perceived lack of leadership. In which case Mals will attempt to be boss. And they suck at it.
The New Knowledge of Dog Behavior by Clarence Pffafenberger outlines how to grow the puppy’s brain by exposing him to specific stimulus in order to illicit specific neurological responses. This means the puppy is happy, confident, and curious. Pffafenberger sited 4 critical periods of development. Day 1-19, baby puppies need warmth, food, massage, sleep Day…
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…
