Breeding Small Dogs Archives

How Many Calories Do Pregnant Dogs Need?

There are many ways to contribute to a healthy canine pregnancy and one of the most important criteria is proper nutrition. Beside getting the correct nutritional requirements needed to ensure healthy pregnancy and strengthened her fetus, her puppies will also get the best possible start in life. Having said, getting the ...

Physical and Behavior Development: Newborn Puppies

From the moment of birth, a puppy is changing and developing day by day, week by week, in many different ways. Whether you are a seasonal breeder caring for a litter of newborn puppies, or first-time owner of a diminutive puppy, there’s no denying that this experience will somehow influence ...

How To Treat Canine False Pregnancy Once and For All

Actually the "best" form of treatment for dogs experiencing false pregnancy is to give her some young pups to suckle, using her as a surrogate mother. Opportunities like this, however, are extremely rare. Not many dog owners will have several female dogs going through whelping periods in a rotating fashion. ...

What Happens When a Dog Goes Through a False Pregnancy?

Canine false pregnancy is a term used to describe female dogs showing signs of pregnancy, nursing, and lactation, and yet produce no puppies; either there was no mating occurred or have any fertilized eggs. This sign usually occurs after her estrus stage is over (about a month or two), and ...

What you Need to Know about Pedigree Dogs and Breeders?

I hope this Frequently Asked Question on pedigree dogs will help enlighten some doubts for those potential dog owners. What is a pedigree dog? Loosely term it; is a dog with papers - birth certificate called pedigree certificate. How does a dog owner obtain a pedigree certificate? First the breed of the dog has ...

How to Distinguish Reputable Breeders from any other Dog Breeders?

In general, there are three types of dog breeders. Reputable Breeders Backyard Breeders Commercial Breeders Reputable breeders don’t breed for profit. They only breed to improve the breed by cohering to the breed standard in order to produce the best dogs possible. They don’t always have puppies available. Many reputable breeders have long waiting ...

6 crucial tips on breeding and rearing small dogs for beginners

Before anyone start breeding dogs, or any purebred small dog par se, is never to breed from an animal whose pedigree is not authenticated beyond a shadow of a doubt. Most importantly, remember that while like may beget like, the inevitable tendency is to throw back to former generations.

Dog Breeders Secrets - How to keep your Yorkshire Terrier coat in show quality?

Without any doubt, all successful dog breeders and exhibitors of the Yorkshire Terrier have their little secrets and their peculiar methods of inducing the growth of hair and keeping in an immaculate condition. These die-hard breeders regulate Yorkshire Terrier diet with extreme particularity. First is keeping the dog lean rather than ...