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Raising Puppies

"Litters of puppies were isolated, with the bitch, in fenced acre fields from 2 to 14 weeks of age. They were removed indoors at...

Nutrition, Experience, & Epigenetics - What ancestors do & eat impacts subsequent generations

Compared to how much we are increasingly realizing we do not know, humans understand relatively little about the interplay of nurture...

The Well-tempered Drahthaar

Especially here in the USA, hunters increasingly require a dog with both hunting prowess for the field, and the inclination towards...

"Perfect Recall" - Training a Reliable Command

There are many ways to train a dog to reliably come back when called. It is perhaps more challenging to do this for hunting breeds that...

Hip Dysplasia - Genetic & Environmental Prevention Strategies

Canine hip dysplasia (CHD, hereafter HD) "is a developmental orthopedic disease marked by hip laxity and disconformity that leads to hip...