Initiatives such as the American Kennel Club’s Breeder of Merit and Bred with HEART programs and the Cat Fanciers’ Association’s Approved Cattery Environment Program are good places to start your search for a reputable breeder. Local veterinarians, groomers, and trainers can also tell you ...
Finding the first female and male dogs for your kennel may be a stressful stage of starting your dog breeding kennel. Indeed, the founding breeding stock will be the very start of your very own bloodline and therefore should start the right way. This means buying a very high-quality female...
Distemper is most likely to strike dogs as puppies between nine to twelve weeks old, especially if they come from an environment with several other dogs (animal shelter, pet store, breeding kennel). If your dog is diagnosed with distemper, your veterinarian will give her intravenous fluids to ...
Puppies who start small soon grow up to match other puppies in their litter and may end up as the best show dogs of the litter. If a puppy is sick and can’t grow normally, it must never be sold as a pet. Regarding “pick of the litter,” this is irrelevant if you’re buying a...
At Hepper, we advocate for adopting before shopping, but we understand there are many reasons for becoming a breeder, so we encourage it to be done the right way. Learn more about our position here. There’s likely to be a solid reason you got into breeding. You fell in love with a ...
Chow Chow breeding is generally not hard thanks to its overall good health. However, there are at times required c-sections mainly due to puppies that are too big to pass through the female’s birth canal. Puppies should always be handled with care and Chow Chows have a guarding instinct ...
ofraising rabbits for food.I went over the cages, food, separation of male and female, breeding, babies and use for rabbit poop. Now it is time to discuss how to take that cute cuddly rabbit and turn it into a meal.Follow these steps, and you'll know how to butcher a rabbit in ...
If you're breeding dogs that are American Kennel Club registered, then the litter can also be AKC registered. If the dogs are AKC registered, then you can have more of an understanding of thegenetics and pedigreeof each parent so you can make choices to ensure you aren't breeding with a...
Create a healthy and inviting kennel Implement the right breeding strategies Market your dogs online and via social media Write and sign puppy contracts with prospective clients Enjoy your puppies before you sell them As you can see, there’s a lot of things you’ll need to do to become a ...
If you have no records or knowledge of your pet being altered, make sure this is the first thing you do. Why? Because there’s a $million puppy farming industry that gets its breeding stock by duping people like you out of their unsterilized animals to breed them for profit. ...