The Complete Book of Dog Breeding - Softcover

Dan Rice

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9780812096040: The Complete Book of Dog Breeding

Synopsis

Among the many facets of dog breeding that are explained in detail are the seasonality of heats, choosing and conditioning breeding stock, potential breeding problems, the actual breeding process, normal and Cesarean-section births, lactation, neonatal puppy care, and much more. Full-color photos and line art.

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A veterinarian with many years of canine practice experience offers guidance to novice and professional dog breeders, emphasizing their responsibilities to their dogs and to the buyers of the puppies they produce. Topics covered include:

  • Choosing brood stock based on health, quality, and conditioning
  • Practical DNA use, and Canine Health Information Center (CHIC) surveys and data storage to improve the selection of healthy brood stock and puppies
  • Potential breeding problems
  • Artificial insemination
  • Pregnancy and its duration
  • Stages of labor
  • Normal and Cesarean-section births, and how to assist in both
  • Nutrition of dams and puppies
  • Neonatal puppy care . . . and much more

    Filled with color photos and line art
  • About the Author

    DAN RICE, DVM, spent several decades at the Denver Small Animal Hospital, specializing in small animal medicine and surgery. He has also been the house veterinarian for an Iditarod team and a kennel of hunting dogs. Rice has written books about companion animals for adults and children.

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