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Nymphomania in female dogs, also known as hypersexuality, is a relatively rare behavioral condition. It’s important to understand its causes, symptoms, and potential treatments.
Causes
Hormonal Imbalance: One of the most common causes of nymphomania in female dogs is hormonal imbalance. This can be due to irregularities in estrogen and progesterone levels, often linked to the estrous cycle.Medical Conditions: Certain medical conditions, such as ovarian cysts or tumors, can cause symptoms of nymphomania. These conditions can alter hormone levels, leading to behavioral changes.
Psychological Factors: In some cases, the behavior might be driven by psychological factors such as stress, anxiety, or a lack of socialization and training.
Environmental Triggers: Overstimulation or inappropriate interactions with humans or other animals can sometimes contribute to hypersexual behaviors.
Symptoms
Excessive Mounting: This can be directed towards objects, humans, or other animals.Persistent Genital Licking: Excessive and obsessive licking of the genital area is a common symptom.
Restlessness and Agitation: The dog may seem unable to settle, showing signs of agitation or restlessness.
Atypical Estrous Behavior: Displaying signs of being in heat even when not in the typical estrous cycle.
Treatments
Veterinary Evaluation: A thorough veterinary examination is essential to rule out medical causes such as hormonal imbalances or tumors.Spaying: If the condition is hormone-related, spaying (ovariohysterectomy) can be an effective treatment by removing the source of the hormones causing the behavior.
Behavioral Therapy: Working with a canine behaviorist can help. Techniques might include positive reinforcement training, desensitization, and counterconditioning strategies.
Environmental Management: Altering the dog’s environment to reduce stressors and providing appropriate outlets for energy and stimulation can help manage the behavior.
Medication: In some cases, medications to manage underlying anxiety or hormonal treatments may be prescribed by a veterinarian.
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Nymphomania in female dogs is a complex condition that can have multiple causes. It’s important to approach treatment holistically, considering both medical and behavioral aspects. Consulting with a veterinarian and a qualified canine behaviorist is crucial for a tailored approach to treatment. -
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my female chihuahua has been letting my male mate her since the second day of starting bleeding. shes on day 13 now and still standing for him..they tie..I have never seen this in a bitch before..I used to raise whippets
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Please let me know what calcium to give my nother dog of one week wealping. She had tremmers and hid from her 5 week olg [i[[i.(.
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We are keeping our puppies at premium prices with continued training and have found that in this market, more people want a puppy that is potty trained (or somewhat trained in general) buyers are willing to pay more than the normal price for a trained puppy rightnow. We start training our puppies once they’re with us past the 10 week old age and raise the price once they’ve had at least 2 weeks of potty and other basic trainings
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Hi Talina
Yes Yes YES! Basic training is a great way to keep the value of older puppies. In fact, if you have a good website, you can get very high prices for those puppies. It’s all about the right people being able to find you.
If you’d like to see how that works, watch the free Marketing for Breeders masterclass here: https://elitebreederformula.com/freebreedermasterclass
Enjoy
Meg
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I didn’t see a screenshot of the calcium you use to prevent eclampsia in a lactating bitch. My girl’s non-pregnant weight is 95 lbs.
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There are many excellent products designed for dogs on the market including tablets, gels and syrups. Syrups work the fastest. Tablets can take up to 40 minutes e.g. Troy Calcium Syrup. Check whelping supply stores. The recommended dosage for lactating bitches is 25-50mg of elemental calcium/kg/day.
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I have a Chihuahua she’s 4 years old she doesn’t like cottage cheese she loves eggs but she doesn’t like cottage cheese what else can I give her besides cottage cheese?
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Dear Meg Would you be able to explain to me how to access your webinair. My computor is a Hewlitt Packard Laptop. Also what is a URL. Thanking you Lillian Cooke T
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Hi Lillian
You can access the Free Webinar training at this link:
https://elitebreederformula.com/freebreedermasterclass/
Just either double click on it, or copy and paste it into your browser.
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Sure Lillian. Just go to https://elitebreederformula.com/freebreedermasterclass
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Can anyone please point me towards the Arizona State University study? Would love to read more
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Love your content. I would love your blueprint to improve my website. It would be great not to have to advertise so much. 🙂
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I am a new breeder of Italian Greyhounds. Based in South Africa. I would love to learn fr you. I do not yet have a website.
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I am a newer breeder of AKC registered Cocker Spaniels. I can turn out wonderful puppies who are happy, healthy, and great lifetime loves! I just can’t seem to sell them. I’m in South Carolina. People only want these dogs for dirt cheap, I can’t even break even if I took $500 for them! I have no idea how to develop a website that can get good buyers. I know they are worth the price I’m asking, probably a lot more! I need to win this!! Help!
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I am very interested in a chance to find out more about your program thanks Cathy
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I’d love to have the chance to win!
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I’m in need of an upgrade!
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Thanks for your excellent advice, Definitely need help building our program. This video was very timely and appreciated.
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Thanks for this wonderful opportunity !
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I sat down this morning to try to build a website not really knowing how to start and you showed up on our email! Prayers have been answered as who to follow. We have built a beautiful herd of Pembroke Welsh Corgis that we are soo proud of.
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Just what I’ve been wanting, an upgrade on my website!
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This sounds like a wonderful opportunity for breeders, Thank You.
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Thank you for the interesting article Dr. Howe, I live in the Ozarks, which is a hilly area in the central part of America. We have a lot of ticks and when I say a lot, I mean a lot. I treat for ticks every month except a couple of months in the winter when it is freezing hard. What would you recommend for tick treatment and are their the same risks with tick medicines.
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Hi Roger. Yeah, it’s not easy to do without the harmful chemicals. Recommend keeping your dog’s coat short during tick season. Check and remove any ticks daily. There are some natural repellents purported to help. I haven’t tried them so I cannot verify. Here is a link for more info: https://animalwellnessmagazine.com/natural-tick-repellents-dogs/
Cheers, Meg
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Thanks for sharing- I listened to the 1hr video earlier.
Learnt alot; am curating a bloodline more as a passion.
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You’re welcome Zachary, glad you found it helpful 🙂
What breed are you curating?
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it seems to me what you’re saying here is that when you are fully aware of the myriad of serious problems in many breeds, that unquestionably dramatically impacts their welfare, and you are also consistently encouraged and pushed to do something proactive to fix the problem, but in spite of all of that you decide to do virtually nothing, that when somebody else acts proactively you think it’s unfair!
Anyone with any integrity would have to agree that the blame falls directly on the breeders, breed clubs and the canine organisations.
Everybody, and I do mean everybody without exception, knows that the breeders, breed clubs and canine organisations could have, and should have acted a decade or more ago and the problem you are complaining about would not even exist.
Interesting that your priority is to interfere with those trying to be proactive, rather than trying to address the welfare problems of the dogs.
Also interesting how you grossly underplay the problems that many of these breeds have due to the grotesque breed standards and breeding practices. Very disappointing!-
Hi there,
You seem to have misunderstood me quite thoroughly!
In this post I am simply reporting the facts. And actually agree with much you say.
I have written on the topic of “munted” breeds previously. and called attention to the health implications of selective breeding for exaggerated physical traits.
Regards
Meg
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Have’nt we been saying for many a long year, that the Kennel Club should become more involved in breed standards? They have done very little in UK to reverse the health decline in flat faced breeds and others. It is very sad that Animal Rights and Welfare groups have become involved, as in Norway!
As it is, welfare groups and more recent legislation has had a profound effect on many small hobby breeders in UK, putting them out of business and allowing puppy farms with plenty income to have Council Licencing. Again, the Kennel Club do not seem to have any say in the matter. It was a good idea in principal but local councils interperet their own rules, putting many small breeders out of pocket!-
Hi Barbara
It’s an unfortunate fact that many of the emerging restrictions over breeders actually penalize the truly ethical ones more than the puppy mills. The public has been groomed to think all breeders are bad and paint us all with the same brush, when nothing could be further from the truth. You and I know that how successful a dog becomes as a pet depends heavily on those first 8 weeks with its breeder, and of course whether it was bred with health in mind in the first place.
And yes, the Kennel Clubs had plenty of opportunity to show leadership in helping breeders to improve health outcomes for our beloved canines. The UK Kennel Club is better than most to be honest Barbara! At least they make use of their pedigree database to help breeders improve COI, and therefore the chance of a healthy life for our puppies. But in general Kennel Clubs have been stuck in the dark ages, rewarding increasingly extreme body deformities with ribbons in the show ring. Instead they should have opened up the stud books and given guidance and support to breeders to breed out these deformities and restore healthy function to our dogs.
Regards,
Meg
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Not too shocking considering some breeds health challenges but why not mandate breeders to health test and get their breeding stock licensed or approved? Way too extreme, and what an uneducated decision all in the name of being humane. This does nothing to bring a corrective measure to any of their issues. Just another way yo “feel good” about a tough issue without actually helping anyone.
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According to Carol Beachat of the Institute of Canine Biology there are two problems with health testing our way out of this Kristy:
1. Health tests do not exist for most of the issue in many breeds (e.g. my breed, the Miniature Schnauzer).
2. A small and ever-shrinking gene pool is behind worsening health outcomes for many breeds. Testing and removing “positve” dogs from the gene pool only shrinks it further (so the ones we can’t test for pop up more often). So as a long-term strategy it is only going to make the situation worse.
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I find your blog very interesting I love the fact that you’re willing to share so much information I have a small group of 400 on facebook I breed afghan hounds great Pyrenees and boys always and I would love for you to join my group I know it’s not that big of a group but anyways you have a great day thanks for all the information that I learned from you
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Nearly each email I receive for years asks “HOW MUCH” and I know they need a puppy mill baby.
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You must make make a lot of money selling your dogs so I guess finances aren’t a factor when making decisions for you. Why not just be transparent and list the price that you sell your dogs for like any other legitimate business (which you ultimately are).
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[…] While every breed has its “typical” temperament, every dog is an individual just like people are, and a range of personality types within breeds is the norm just as it is within human races. Â This was in fact one of the main findings from the Q-BARQ survey conducted by Professor James Serpell which surveyed the behavior of thousands of dogs. Â You can listen to and read about it in the interview I did with Professor Serpell about choosing a dog here. […]
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Hi my girl is pregnant vet said last Saturday she was ready to drop and today its a week scence and buthing has happen yet her temperature is going up and down was 37.0c
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Just read many of the very satisfied customers comments. You sure know your business. I am very happy you have considered me for a foster dad ….
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I’m looking for a female tri color
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I so appreciate your common sense, fact based information.
I would love to purchase the Pregnancy Care Guide and Whelping Temperature Guide, How do I go about the purchase?
Thank you for your excellent presentation.
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I so appreciate your common sense, fact based information. I would love to purchase the Pregnancy Care Guide and Whelping Temperature Guide, How do I go about the purchase?
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Curious as to how long you have raised dogs? Since you are offering a “masterclass” one can only presume you consider yourself a “master” dog breeder.
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I have a problem with mine, he won’t stop Humping me does anyone know what this means or does he have, a crush on me
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I would love to know what all you put in your email to inquiries that really pulls them in!
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I don’t have a clue, people are seeking designer breeds and really don’t have a clue as to a breed standard if looking for a registered purebred dog. Marketing is not the answer the only thing I think helps some is educating the buyer about the breed they seek. Many people are sold designer bred puppies and don’t have a clue to how they have been scammed.
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This all sounds to good to be true!!!!
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Thank you for the incredible article you have wrote detailing the importance of early socialization. As a reputable doodle breeder raising Goldendoodle and Bernedoodle puppies, I can only attest to the very things that you have stated in this article are absolutely true!
Too many breeders underestimate the importance of making sure to properly socialize their puppies and the devastating effects it can have on there puppies when they go to their forever homes. Thank you again for writing this important article and making more dog breeders aware of the importance of early socialization! -
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Picked up 3 feral rescue puppies at 4-5 weeks old and they seem to be socialising well. My husband stayed overnight with them in a bedroom area for their quarantine period (2.5 weeks) and since then they have been in the family home with other dogs, people and general household things. Picking them up before the 5+ week socialisation phase and keeping them company with handling, play and household and garden experience has meant they are currently fearless and friendly. (mum wasnt to be found so we needed to take them at that age). Obviously this is not an ideal puppy rearing experience but i do feel our little feral pups are likely to be better adjusted than their poor puppy farmed cousins. Have to support the home breeder for super pups and we are trying to mimic that best practice as closely as we can with our little ferals.
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This is a great article. I breed my pug 2 xs a year. I sleep on the couch next to the whelping area for 6 weeks . I hold and cuddle each puppy several times a day When they have their eyes open I let them move around I let them out in my living room .they are so cute playing with each other I introduce toys and watch them play not sharing the toy LOL
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The breeder who we bought our boy ( mini Schnauser) from quizzed me for about an hour on our personalities/experience/family structure etc.
He is THE BEST BOY ever. We love him dearly and are grateful that his breeder had many years experience and matched up perfectly fly with Hughie. -
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Well written. I sometimes wonder if we would have been turned down, had the shelter been aware of the issues that our rescue has. Certainly, a rescue group would have turned us down- he is our first dog, and based on the behavioralist’s assessment, likely a puppy mill stud dumped on the side of the highway at age 5. Untrained, unsocialized, and afraid of the world. We have put two years of rehabilitation into him so far, and are about to start another round with a mobile trainer, for his fear of dogs approaching him on the streets. The shelter, I think was counting on my experience with dogs growing up to be enough to deal with any issues that arose. But my Dad always had Purebred retrievers. This has been a much bigger adventure.
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Hello i have been attempting to get my order! Seems i inputed the incorrect info how can i fix this
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See also the National Animal Interest Alliance shelter study completed in 2015 that involved a nationwide research of shelters with conclusions that are nearly exactly the same and are backed up by the 2018 Arizona State study: http://www.shelterproject.naiaonline.org/purebred/
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Due to the fact that raw diets do not exposure the meat to any high temperatures, the chance of the maillard reaction happening is greatly decreased. This means that the amino groups of the amino acids in the meat will be unbound and nutritionally available to the dog for use. However, the risk assumed by not cooking or processing meat is an increased chance of bacterial infections to the pet or the owner handling the food.
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wonderful article!
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Dr Meg,
I purchased the microscope to test the sperm but the DVD does not work. It looks like it has nothing recorded. Can you please help?
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Amazing Information… Thank You for Sharing This Information… I Was Searching for Dog Breed Dictionary From So Long… It is Very Helpful article …!
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Is there any specific instructions on how to use the michroscope?
Having a hard time getting anything to focous on it. I know how to rotate to adjust the level.
Plesase help, since I bought have not been able to use once.
Yvette
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Wao I really love the speech but please I have a problem with my dog she is not coming on heat ever since she had miscarriage it now almost a year. Any help please
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No works cited? Okay.
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Was very useful for me
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Hi I would rather love to visit with you one on one and pay for personal consultation. I liked what I read about puppy prices and advertising on puppy sites. I have Australian cattle dogs and live in Oklahoma. I’ve imported some acds from Australia. Unfortunately many back yard breeders here have junked up our breed and lowered prices. I’m seriously thinking if getting completely out of this “game” Looking forward to hearing from you and getting to know you. As we speak I am preparing to rehome most of my breeding program. Frieda
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Hi Frieda
You sound passionate about your dogs :). The great thing is you never have to compete with less committed breeders if you stand out online and become good at communicating the value of your pups. There are a growing mass of fussy buyers looking for the ideal fur-kids. They do their homework but have a hard time of finding the right breeder. I have a Masterclass available that is currently free to attend that shows how to deal with this exact issue. So before you give up and take the drastic step of rehoming your wonderful dogs, give yourself 45 minutes to watch it. You can register for it here:
https://events.genndi.com/register/818720503324740527/0a347195e6
All the best
Dr Meg
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It’s not “backyard breeders”, it’s just that people want cheap dogs. The animal shelters have been undercutting us breeders for years and now that they can legally walk in and take top stock and sell it for peanuts, where do we go? Can breeders compete? Not really, at least not us small timers. In order to be competitive you have to own big commercial kennels. I guess that’s where I have to go now, I don’t want to leave the business, but I have to be competitive and this is your customer speaking. I can’t sell a pup worth $2k for $16k… but when I list $800 people buy. The customer is always right as they say.
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I gave my 2 females pg 600. They both came in heat. I AI both of them through the cycle. Neither one got pregnant. What can I do now? The stud dog was tested and was great.
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Hi Lana
Use of hormones to induce heat can reduce the fertility and likelihood of success of the mating. I suggest you wait until your bitches have normal heats and try again. Also check your AI technique and timing.
Better luck next time!
Dr Meg
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5 star information
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I purchased both male and female boerbull puppies in November 2017. I have arranged that they do not come in close contact to avoid in breeding but as I speak the female has not entered a heating cycle. I feed them mostly cooked meat. Your advice Doctor.
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Hi Sydney. Yes, your bitch should have had a heat by now. There are two possibilities: she has had a heat and you missed it, or she hasn’t had a heat. I would start by leaving them together most of the time so you can monitor your boy’s behavior and interest around her. Secondly I would have a serious and urgent review of their diet. Where for example does the calcium come from in the diet? Here is a link to some dietary information I support. I have been feeding my dogs a raw, biologically appropriate diet for about 20 years and they are very healthy and fertile.
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You forgot dr dodds. Her research has helped many breeds with hereditary issues.
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“I am a great supporter of Millan and his methods. I think extremists in the “non-confrontational” camp take the gentle approach a bit too far, with methods more akin to bribery than training.”
I used to think this too but don’t any more. Modern behavioural training is firmly rooted in science and it isn’t about bribery – it’s about building a trusting relationship with your dog.
I’ve had obedient dogs before using less positive methods. (When I trained my first Flatcoat, a ‘drop’ was taught by literally prising open the dog’s jaws!) But the first dog I trained modern methods was a revelation. I’ve never had a dog that was so engaged; so ready and so wanting to learn. She brought joy and enthusiasm to every training session. I’ve trained many since (I run a rescue) . A ‘drop’ or ‘out’ is now taught via an incredibly effective game, not from man-handling the dog, and in fact it’s quicker. . It’s the difference between the dog wanting to let go, rather than being forced to let go, and it creates a different spirit.
There are rubbish positive trainers out there but once you’ve seen how it works with a good trainer – and moreover *felt* how it works – it is really hard to go back. I very much hope you get the opportunity to explore more fully yourself.
Most of the people you name above with their feet in the behavioural camp would advocate the same (and this certainly includes Paul and James who I know personally.)
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If you’re unsure about feeding during this important time, chat to your vet about what to feed your pregnant dog throughout all stages of pregnancy and nursing.
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[…] Be careful with calcium in pregnant bitches though! It’s important not to supplement during the last 6 weeks of pregnancy or you could be setting her up for eclampsia, also known as milk fever, hypocalcemia or milk tetany any time from late pregnancy to when the pups are a few weeks old. More info on feeding pregnant bitches here. […]
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Thank you for this article! I am a “backyard breeder” who has been anxious and slightly even ashamed of it because of all the negativity…until reading your article. We carefully and lovingly selected our breeding dogs (I even travelled all over the world to get them!), and they live in our home with us – they’re our fur babies! Thanks for putting wind back into my sail ?
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[…] While every breed has its “typical” temperament, every dog is an individual just like people are, and a range of personality types within breeds is the norm just as it is within human races. Â This was in fact one of the main findings from the Q-BARQ survey conducted by Professor James Serpell which surveyed the behavior of thousands of dogs. Â You can listen to and read about it in the interview I did with Professor Serpell about choosing a dog here. […]
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Dogs are like people in a way. They respond to different kinds of training in similar ways. One child may not respond well to discipline, just like the article says a dog might not. It would be good to raise a puppy to learn some of these teaching methods. No wonder some couples get a dog before having kids. http://bluelycan.com/
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Great article, Meg. In our area they truck in thousands of dogs from Mexico every year. “Overpopulation” my ass. North Shore Animal League and “Save a Sato” and countless other groups even brings them in from other countries to supply the New England states.
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I don’t think I’ve seen so much completely false information, all in one spot, in my life. And it is totally irresponsible for you to claim that there is a “Dog Supply Crisis”, and to encourage more breeding, when 3 to 4 MILLION pets are still being killed in US shelters. Absolutely irresponsible.
And following up on Melissa’s comment, a quick search of PetFinder.com shows 904 Schnauzers up for adoption. That is certainly not all of the Schnauzers that are currently in rescue groups and shelters in the US, and that need homes. Shall I forward your contact information to those 904 rescuers so that they can hook you up with one of those homeless Schnauzers??
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Why don’t those rescue people do the JOB they claim they love, and find homes for these homeless dogs among the over 23 MILLION people who adopt new pets each and every year?
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Shelters have a difficult job. There are lots of people wanting to adopt from a shelter, but an actual shortage of suitable dogs for them to adopt. Sadly many shelter dogs have been damaged by the poor rearing they suffered in the hands of their irresponsible or ignorant owners (and sometimes breeders!). Damaged dogs need special experienced homes with people who both understand how best to help them, and are willing to put the time in to do it. While damaged dogs are in big supply, the homes that can take them in are not! So while there are irresponsible or ignorant owners, there will always be dogs that are difficult to rehome.
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To put your comment in perspective, 180,000 dogs are adopted each DAY in the US alone. I’ll bet those schnauzers get snapped up pretty fast by grateful new owners. In Australia rehome schnauzers are in such short supply that schnauzer rescue groups no longer take applications. Just take an honest stroll through any shelter and tell me how many purebred dogs you see. The vast majority will be working dog cross breeds bred by irresponsible owners.
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Here are some rescue groups for Schnauzers since you seem to not know they exist. http://www.schnauzerrescuecincinnati.org/
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“In Australia rehome schnauzers are in such short supply that schnauzer rescue groups no longer take applications.”
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nice going Meg grat article
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Nymphomania in female dogs, also known as hypersexuality, is a relatively rare behavioral condition. It’s important to understand its causes, symptoms, and potential treatments.
Causes
Hormonal Imbalance: One of the most common causes of nymphomania in female dogs is hormonal imbalance. This can be due to irregularities in estrogen and progesterone levels, often linked to the estrous cycle.
Medical Conditions: Certain medical conditions, such as ovarian cysts or tumors, can cause symptoms of nymphomania. These conditions can alter hormone levels, leading to behavioral changes.
Psychological Factors: In some cases, the behavior might be driven by psychological factors such as stress, anxiety, or a lack of socialization and training.
Environmental Triggers: Overstimulation or inappropriate interactions with humans or other animals can sometimes contribute to hypersexual behaviors.
Symptoms
Excessive Mounting: This can be directed towards objects, humans, or other animals.
Persistent Genital Licking: Excessive and obsessive licking of the genital area is a common symptom.
Restlessness and Agitation: The dog may seem unable to settle, showing signs of agitation or restlessness.
Atypical Estrous Behavior: Displaying signs of being in heat even when not in the typical estrous cycle.
Treatments
Veterinary Evaluation: A thorough veterinary examination is essential to rule out medical causes such as hormonal imbalances or tumors.
Spaying: If the condition is hormone-related, spaying (ovariohysterectomy) can be an effective treatment by removing the source of the hormones causing the behavior.
Behavioral Therapy: Working with a canine behaviorist can help. Techniques might include positive reinforcement training, desensitization, and counterconditioning strategies.
Environmental Management: Altering the dog’s environment to reduce stressors and providing appropriate outlets for energy and stimulation can help manage the behavior.
Medication: In some cases, medications to manage underlying anxiety or hormonal treatments may be prescribed by a veterinarian.
Conclusion
Nymphomania in female dogs is a complex condition that can have multiple causes. It’s important to approach treatment holistically, considering both medical and behavioral aspects. Consulting with a veterinarian and a qualified canine behaviorist is crucial for a tailored approach to treatment.
my female chihuahua has been letting my male mate her since the second day of starting bleeding. shes on day 13 now and still standing for him..they tie..I have never seen this in a bitch before..I used to raise whippets
What do you think,
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Please let me know what calcium to give my nother dog of one week wealping. She had tremmers and hid from her 5 week olg [i[[i.(.
carendear@gmail.es.
What food and calcium for her? (She is terrier and dashhoind ,
We are keeping our puppies at premium prices with continued training and have found that in this market, more people want a puppy that is potty trained (or somewhat trained in general) buyers are willing to pay more than the normal price for a trained puppy rightnow. We start training our puppies once they’re with us past the 10 week old age and raise the price once they’ve had at least 2 weeks of potty and other basic trainings
Hi Talina
Yes Yes YES! Basic training is a great way to keep the value of older puppies. In fact, if you have a good website, you can get very high prices for those puppies. It’s all about the right people being able to find you.
If you’d like to see how that works, watch the free Marketing for Breeders masterclass here: https://elitebreederformula.com/freebreedermasterclass
Enjoy
Meg
I didn’t see a screenshot of the calcium you use to prevent eclampsia in a lactating bitch. My girl’s non-pregnant weight is 95 lbs.
What calcium product(s) should I be using, please?
There are many excellent products designed for dogs on the market including tablets, gels and syrups. Syrups work the fastest. Tablets can take up to 40 minutes e.g. Troy Calcium Syrup. Check whelping supply stores. The recommended dosage for lactating bitches is 25-50mg of elemental calcium/kg/day.
I have a Chihuahua she’s 4 years old she doesn’t like cottage cheese she loves eggs but she doesn’t like cottage cheese what else can I give her besides cottage cheese?
Dear Meg Would you be able to explain to me how to access your webinair. My computor is a Hewlitt Packard Laptop. Also what is a URL. Thanking you Lillian Cooke T
Hi Lillian
You can access the Free Webinar training at this link:
https://elitebreederformula.com/freebreedermasterclass/
Just either double click on it, or copy and paste it into your browser.
Enjoy!
Meg
Sure Lillian. Just go to https://elitebreederformula.com/freebreedermasterclass
Can anyone please point me towards the Arizona State University study? Would love to read more
Hi Kat. Here it is https://news.asu.edu/20180823-discoveries-shelter-dog-genotyping-reveals-inaccuracy-breed-assignments
Love your content. I would love your blueprint to improve my website. It would be great not to have to advertise so much. 🙂
I am a new breeder of Italian Greyhounds. Based in South Africa. I would love to learn fr you. I do not yet have a website.
I am a newer breeder of AKC registered Cocker Spaniels. I can turn out wonderful puppies who are happy, healthy, and great lifetime loves! I just can’t seem to sell them. I’m in South Carolina. People only want these dogs for dirt cheap, I can’t even break even if I took $500 for them! I have no idea how to develop a website that can get good buyers. I know they are worth the price I’m asking, probably a lot more! I need to win this!! Help!
I am very interested in a chance to find out more about your program thanks Cathy
I’d love to have the chance to win!
I’m in need of an upgrade!
Thanks for your excellent advice, Definitely need help building our program. This video was very timely and appreciated.
Thanks for this wonderful opportunity !
I sat down this morning to try to build a website not really knowing how to start and you showed up on our email! Prayers have been answered as who to follow. We have built a beautiful herd of Pembroke Welsh Corgis that we are soo proud of.
We need help.! Sincerely, Paul &Kristi
Just what I’ve been wanting, an upgrade on my website!
This sounds like a wonderful opportunity for breeders, Thank You.
Thank you for the interesting article Dr. Howe, I live in the Ozarks, which is a hilly area in the central part of America. We have a lot of ticks and when I say a lot, I mean a lot. I treat for ticks every month except a couple of months in the winter when it is freezing hard. What would you recommend for tick treatment and are their the same risks with tick medicines.
Hi Roger. Yeah, it’s not easy to do without the harmful chemicals. Recommend keeping your dog’s coat short during tick season. Check and remove any ticks daily. There are some natural repellents purported to help. I haven’t tried them so I cannot verify. Here is a link for more info: https://animalwellnessmagazine.com/natural-tick-repellents-dogs/
Cheers, Meg
Thanks for sharing- I listened to the 1hr video earlier.
Learnt alot; am curating a bloodline more as a passion.
You’re welcome Zachary, glad you found it helpful 🙂
What breed are you curating?
it seems to me what you’re saying here is that when you are fully aware of the myriad of serious problems in many breeds, that unquestionably dramatically impacts their welfare, and you are also consistently encouraged and pushed to do something proactive to fix the problem, but in spite of all of that you decide to do virtually nothing, that when somebody else acts proactively you think it’s unfair!
Anyone with any integrity would have to agree that the blame falls directly on the breeders, breed clubs and the canine organisations.
Everybody, and I do mean everybody without exception, knows that the breeders, breed clubs and canine organisations could have, and should have acted a decade or more ago and the problem you are complaining about would not even exist.
Interesting that your priority is to interfere with those trying to be proactive, rather than trying to address the welfare problems of the dogs.
Also interesting how you grossly underplay the problems that many of these breeds have due to the grotesque breed standards and breeding practices. Very disappointing!
Hi there,
You seem to have misunderstood me quite thoroughly!
In this post I am simply reporting the facts. And actually agree with much you say.
I have written on the topic of “munted” breeds previously. and called attention to the health implications of selective breeding for exaggerated physical traits.
Regards
Meg
Have’nt we been saying for many a long year, that the Kennel Club should become more involved in breed standards? They have done very little in UK to reverse the health decline in flat faced breeds and others. It is very sad that Animal Rights and Welfare groups have become involved, as in Norway!
As it is, welfare groups and more recent legislation has had a profound effect on many small hobby breeders in UK, putting them out of business and allowing puppy farms with plenty income to have Council Licencing. Again, the Kennel Club do not seem to have any say in the matter. It was a good idea in principal but local councils interperet their own rules, putting many small breeders out of pocket!
Hi Barbara
It’s an unfortunate fact that many of the emerging restrictions over breeders actually penalize the truly ethical ones more than the puppy mills. The public has been groomed to think all breeders are bad and paint us all with the same brush, when nothing could be further from the truth. You and I know that how successful a dog becomes as a pet depends heavily on those first 8 weeks with its breeder, and of course whether it was bred with health in mind in the first place.
And yes, the Kennel Clubs had plenty of opportunity to show leadership in helping breeders to improve health outcomes for our beloved canines. The UK Kennel Club is better than most to be honest Barbara! At least they make use of their pedigree database to help breeders improve COI, and therefore the chance of a healthy life for our puppies. But in general Kennel Clubs have been stuck in the dark ages, rewarding increasingly extreme body deformities with ribbons in the show ring. Instead they should have opened up the stud books and given guidance and support to breeders to breed out these deformities and restore healthy function to our dogs.
Regards,
Meg
Not too shocking considering some breeds health challenges but why not mandate breeders to health test and get their breeding stock licensed or approved? Way too extreme, and what an uneducated decision all in the name of being humane. This does nothing to bring a corrective measure to any of their issues. Just another way yo “feel good” about a tough issue without actually helping anyone.
According to Carol Beachat of the Institute of Canine Biology there are two problems with health testing our way out of this Kristy:
1. Health tests do not exist for most of the issue in many breeds (e.g. my breed, the Miniature Schnauzer).
2. A small and ever-shrinking gene pool is behind worsening health outcomes for many breeds. Testing and removing “positve” dogs from the gene pool only shrinks it further (so the ones we can’t test for pop up more often). So as a long-term strategy it is only going to make the situation worse.
I find your blog very interesting I love the fact that you’re willing to share so much information I have a small group of 400 on facebook I breed afghan hounds great Pyrenees and boys always and I would love for you to join my group I know it’s not that big of a group but anyways you have a great day thanks for all the information that I learned from you
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Nearly each email I receive for years asks “HOW MUCH” and I know they need a puppy mill baby.
You must make make a lot of money selling your dogs so I guess finances aren’t a factor when making decisions for you. Why not just be transparent and list the price that you sell your dogs for like any other legitimate business (which you ultimately are).
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Hi my girl is pregnant vet said last Saturday she was ready to drop and today its a week scence and buthing has happen yet her temperature is going up and down was 37.0c
Then 36.6c now 36.7
Just read many of the very satisfied customers comments. You sure know your business. I am very happy you have considered me for a foster dad ….
She will get nothing but the best of everything !
I’m looking for a female tri color
I so appreciate your common sense, fact based information.
I would love to purchase the Pregnancy Care Guide and Whelping Temperature Guide, How do I go about the purchase?
Thank you for your excellent presentation.
I so appreciate your common sense, fact based information. I would love to purchase the Pregnancy Care Guide and Whelping Temperature Guide, How do I go about the purchase?
Curious as to how long you have raised dogs? Since you are offering a “masterclass” one can only presume you consider yourself a “master” dog breeder.
I have a problem with mine, he won’t stop Humping me does anyone know what this means or does he have, a crush on me
I would love to know what all you put in your email to inquiries that really pulls them in!
I don’t have a clue, people are seeking designer breeds and really don’t have a clue as to a breed standard if looking for a registered purebred dog. Marketing is not the answer the only thing I think helps some is educating the buyer about the breed they seek. Many people are sold designer bred puppies and don’t have a clue to how they have been scammed.
This all sounds to good to be true!!!!
Thank you for the incredible article you have wrote detailing the importance of early socialization. As a reputable doodle breeder raising Goldendoodle and Bernedoodle puppies, I can only attest to the very things that you have stated in this article are absolutely true!
Too many breeders underestimate the importance of making sure to properly socialize their puppies and the devastating effects it can have on there puppies when they go to their forever homes. Thank you again for writing this important article and making more dog breeders aware of the importance of early socialization!
Picked up 3 feral rescue puppies at 4-5 weeks old and they seem to be socialising well. My husband stayed overnight with them in a bedroom area for their quarantine period (2.5 weeks) and since then they have been in the family home with other dogs, people and general household things. Picking them up before the 5+ week socialisation phase and keeping them company with handling, play and household and garden experience has meant they are currently fearless and friendly. (mum wasnt to be found so we needed to take them at that age). Obviously this is not an ideal puppy rearing experience but i do feel our little feral pups are likely to be better adjusted than their poor puppy farmed cousins. Have to support the home breeder for super pups and we are trying to mimic that best practice as closely as we can with our little ferals.
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This is a great article. I breed my pug 2 xs a year. I sleep on the couch next to the whelping area for 6 weeks . I hold and cuddle each puppy several times a day When they have their eyes open I let them move around I let them out in my living room .they are so cute playing with each other I introduce toys and watch them play not sharing the toy LOL
The breeder who we bought our boy ( mini Schnauser) from quizzed me for about an hour on our personalities/experience/family structure etc.
He is THE BEST BOY ever. We love him dearly and are grateful that his breeder had many years experience and matched up perfectly fly with Hughie.
Well written. I sometimes wonder if we would have been turned down, had the shelter been aware of the issues that our rescue has. Certainly, a rescue group would have turned us down- he is our first dog, and based on the behavioralist’s assessment, likely a puppy mill stud dumped on the side of the highway at age 5. Untrained, unsocialized, and afraid of the world. We have put two years of rehabilitation into him so far, and are about to start another round with a mobile trainer, for his fear of dogs approaching him on the streets. The shelter, I think was counting on my experience with dogs growing up to be enough to deal with any issues that arose. But my Dad always had Purebred retrievers. This has been a much bigger adventure.
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See also the National Animal Interest Alliance shelter study completed in 2015 that involved a nationwide research of shelters with conclusions that are nearly exactly the same and are backed up by the 2018 Arizona State study: http://www.shelterproject.naiaonline.org/purebred/
Due to the fact that raw diets do not exposure the meat to any high temperatures, the chance of the maillard reaction happening is greatly decreased. This means that the amino groups of the amino acids in the meat will be unbound and nutritionally available to the dog for use. However, the risk assumed by not cooking or processing meat is an increased chance of bacterial infections to the pet or the owner handling the food.
wonderful article!
Dr Meg,
I purchased the microscope to test the sperm but the DVD does not work. It looks like it has nothing recorded. Can you please help?
Thank you
Yvette Hawtin
Amazing Information… Thank You for Sharing This Information… I Was Searching for Dog Breed Dictionary From So Long… It is Very Helpful article …!
Hi,
Is there any specific instructions on how to use the michroscope?
Having a hard time getting anything to focous on it. I know how to rotate to adjust the level.
Plesase help, since I bought have not been able to use once.
Yvette
Wao I really love the speech but please I have a problem with my dog she is not coming on heat ever since she had miscarriage it now almost a year. Any help please
No works cited? Okay.
Was very useful for me
Hi I would rather love to visit with you one on one and pay for personal consultation. I liked what I read about puppy prices and advertising on puppy sites. I have Australian cattle dogs and live in Oklahoma. I’ve imported some acds from Australia. Unfortunately many back yard breeders here have junked up our breed and lowered prices. I’m seriously thinking if getting completely out of this “game” Looking forward to hearing from you and getting to know you. As we speak I am preparing to rehome most of my breeding program. Frieda
Hi Frieda
You sound passionate about your dogs :). The great thing is you never have to compete with less committed breeders if you stand out online and become good at communicating the value of your pups. There are a growing mass of fussy buyers looking for the ideal fur-kids. They do their homework but have a hard time of finding the right breeder. I have a Masterclass available that is currently free to attend that shows how to deal with this exact issue. So before you give up and take the drastic step of rehoming your wonderful dogs, give yourself 45 minutes to watch it. You can register for it here:
https://events.genndi.com/register/818720503324740527/0a347195e6
All the best
Dr Meg
It’s not “backyard breeders”, it’s just that people want cheap dogs. The animal shelters have been undercutting us breeders for years and now that they can legally walk in and take top stock and sell it for peanuts, where do we go? Can breeders compete? Not really, at least not us small timers. In order to be competitive you have to own big commercial kennels. I guess that’s where I have to go now, I don’t want to leave the business, but I have to be competitive and this is your customer speaking. I can’t sell a pup worth $2k for $16k… but when I list $800 people buy. The customer is always right as they say.
I gave my 2 females pg 600. They both came in heat. I AI both of them through the cycle. Neither one got pregnant. What can I do now? The stud dog was tested and was great.
Help please.
Hi Lana
Use of hormones to induce heat can reduce the fertility and likelihood of success of the mating. I suggest you wait until your bitches have normal heats and try again. Also check your AI technique and timing.
Better luck next time!
Dr Meg
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This information was exactly what I needed thank you
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I purchased both male and female boerbull puppies in November 2017. I have arranged that they do not come in close contact to avoid in breeding but as I speak the female has not entered a heating cycle. I feed them mostly cooked meat. Your advice Doctor.
Hi Sydney. Yes, your bitch should have had a heat by now. There are two possibilities: she has had a heat and you missed it, or she hasn’t had a heat. I would start by leaving them together most of the time so you can monitor your boy’s behavior and interest around her. Secondly I would have a serious and urgent review of their diet. Where for example does the calcium come from in the diet? Here is a link to some dietary information I support. I have been feeding my dogs a raw, biologically appropriate diet for about 20 years and they are very healthy and fertile.
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You forgot dr dodds. Her research has helped many breeds with hereditary issues.
“I am a great supporter of Millan and his methods. I think extremists in the “non-confrontational” camp take the gentle approach a bit too far, with methods more akin to bribery than training.”
I used to think this too but don’t any more. Modern behavioural training is firmly rooted in science and it isn’t about bribery – it’s about building a trusting relationship with your dog.
I’ve had obedient dogs before using less positive methods. (When I trained my first Flatcoat, a ‘drop’ was taught by literally prising open the dog’s jaws!) But the first dog I trained modern methods was a revelation. I’ve never had a dog that was so engaged; so ready and so wanting to learn. She brought joy and enthusiasm to every training session. I’ve trained many since (I run a rescue) . A ‘drop’ or ‘out’ is now taught via an incredibly effective game, not from man-handling the dog, and in fact it’s quicker. . It’s the difference between the dog wanting to let go, rather than being forced to let go, and it creates a different spirit.
There are rubbish positive trainers out there but once you’ve seen how it works with a good trainer – and moreover *felt* how it works – it is really hard to go back. I very much hope you get the opportunity to explore more fully yourself.
Most of the people you name above with their feet in the behavioural camp would advocate the same (and this certainly includes Paul and James who I know personally.)
If you’re unsure about feeding during this important time, chat to your vet about what to feed your pregnant dog throughout all stages of pregnancy and nursing.
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Thank you for this article! I am a “backyard breeder” who has been anxious and slightly even ashamed of it because of all the negativity…until reading your article. We carefully and lovingly selected our breeding dogs (I even travelled all over the world to get them!), and they live in our home with us – they’re our fur babies! Thanks for putting wind back into my sail ?
Awesome information
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Dogs are like people in a way. They respond to different kinds of training in similar ways. One child may not respond well to discipline, just like the article says a dog might not. It would be good to raise a puppy to learn some of these teaching methods. No wonder some couples get a dog before having kids. http://bluelycan.com/
Great article, Meg. In our area they truck in thousands of dogs from Mexico every year. “Overpopulation” my ass. North Shore Animal League and “Save a Sato” and countless other groups even brings them in from other countries to supply the New England states.
I don’t think I’ve seen so much completely false information, all in one spot, in my life. And it is totally irresponsible for you to claim that there is a “Dog Supply Crisis”, and to encourage more breeding, when 3 to 4 MILLION pets are still being killed in US shelters. Absolutely irresponsible.
And following up on Melissa’s comment, a quick search of PetFinder.com shows 904 Schnauzers up for adoption. That is certainly not all of the Schnauzers that are currently in rescue groups and shelters in the US, and that need homes. Shall I forward your contact information to those 904 rescuers so that they can hook you up with one of those homeless Schnauzers??
Why don’t those rescue people do the JOB they claim they love, and find homes for these homeless dogs among the over 23 MILLION people who adopt new pets each and every year?
Shelters have a difficult job. There are lots of people wanting to adopt from a shelter, but an actual shortage of suitable dogs for them to adopt. Sadly many shelter dogs have been damaged by the poor rearing they suffered in the hands of their irresponsible or ignorant owners (and sometimes breeders!). Damaged dogs need special experienced homes with people who both understand how best to help them, and are willing to put the time in to do it. While damaged dogs are in big supply, the homes that can take them in are not! So while there are irresponsible or ignorant owners, there will always be dogs that are difficult to rehome.
To put your comment in perspective, 180,000 dogs are adopted each DAY in the US alone. I’ll bet those schnauzers get snapped up pretty fast by grateful new owners. In Australia rehome schnauzers are in such short supply that schnauzer rescue groups no longer take applications. Just take an honest stroll through any shelter and tell me how many purebred dogs you see. The vast majority will be working dog cross breeds bred by irresponsible owners.
Here are some rescue groups for Schnauzers since you seem to not know they exist. http://www.schnauzerrescuecincinnati.org/
http://www.schnauzerrescueofthecarolinas.org
http://schnauzerrescue.net
“In Australia rehome schnauzers are in such short supply that schnauzer rescue groups no longer take applications.”
nice going Meg grat article
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