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	BREEDING DOGS FOR DUMMIES by Richard Beauchamp Breeding puppies involves many responsibilities, but it can also be one of the most enjoyable and rewarding experiences you ever have. This helpful guide gives new and experienced breeders expert advice on how to breed dogs and raise puppies successfully. It's packed with tips on everything from selecting the best dogs and keeping pedigree records to prenatal care and whelping. All the information you need to create a positive breeding environment for your dogs so that they produce happy, healthy offspring.
	WHELPING HEALTHY PUPPIES by Sylvia Oldes Provides the secrets of professional breeders, which will enable you to produce healthy puppies. Includes prebreeding screening, prenatal and postnatal nutrition, whelping and possible complications, resuscitation, dewclaw removal, tube feeding puppies, and the answers to common questions from beginners. Author: Sylvia Oldes
	PUPPY PUZZLE: EVALUATING STRUCTURAL QUALITY by Pat & Bob Hastings Outlines the structural evaluation process developed by the author and her husband. It will help develop your "eye" for the puppy that belongs in a breeding program and the show ring. It can help in choosing a puppy for obedience, agility, harness work or field trials. It can also assist in recognizing which puppies are better suited to a "couch potato" lifestyle and should not be bred.
	SUCCESSFUL DOG BREEDING by Chris Walkowicz & Bonnie Wilcox Practical information that covers virtually every contingency associated with breeding and whelping. Topics covered: planning the breeding (should I or shouldn't I?), care of the brood bitch and stud dog, problems encountered in breeding, delivery and neonatal care, extensive appendices on breed idiosyncrasies. Presented with humor that makes even the most serious information easier to understand! Authors Chris Walkowicz and Bonnie Wilcox, DVM, are veteran fanciers who bring a wealth of personal and professional experience to the subject.
	Breeding a Litter By Beth J Finder Harris Up-to-date and inclusive guide to breeding, whelping and placing puppies. Focus on making the most of the breeding experience in order to produce puppies who are physically and emotionally sound and go on to enjoy life and enrich the lives of the humans around them. Shows anyone who is thinking about breeding a litter how to create the best possible environment for dogs, puppies and owners alike. Detailed information on selecting breeding stock, neonatal care, puppy dvelopment, social conditioning, and also fully addresses the aspects of breeders' responsibilitis, contracts and puppy care instructions. Author: Beth J. Finder Harris.
	TRICKS OF THE TRADE: FROM BEST INTENTIONS TO BEST IN SHOW by Pat Hastings Learn the "Tricks of the Trade" from Pat Hastings, popular seminar speaker and producer of the best-selling "Puppy Puzzle" video. From the whelping box to the group ring, at home and on the road, everyone who is involved in the sport of dogs can learn something from this book. If you are a breeder or exhibitor of show dogs, "Tricks of the Trade" will be a valuable resource for years to come. Author: Pat Hastings
	BORN TO WIN: BREED TO SUCCEED by Patricia Craige *Now in paperback! The philosophy and experiences of a breeder-exhibitor having some practical ideas based on a lifetime in dogs. For the breeder, just breeding a good animal is not enough. The puppy must be nourished properly long before the dam is bred, the litter born into the absolute ultimate environment and the puppies raised, trained and conditioned like Olympic athletes! Contents: Winning Takes a Plan--genetics, breeding programs; Winning Means Putting Your Plan into Action-- breeding stock, writing a pedigree; Winning Means Hard Work --kennelling, picking and raising puppies, conditioning, time management, record; Winning Means Having Fun--dog shows, handling, sportsmanship, Westminster KC; Winning Means Special People--mentors, families; Winning Means Factoring in the Future--breed changes, tomorrow's breeders.
	BREEDING BETTER DOGS by Carmen Battaglia If you are trying to develop a breeding program, here's a technique that works. Includes all the information needed to set up, has a clear, concise approach to the principles of breeding, with a basic color chart pedigree system that's practical. Dr. Battaglia has been active in breeding and canine research for more than 25 years.
	Music: Music for Dogs This is a great CD! We play it whenever we want our dogs to calm down. It works well in the car. We like the music enough to play it for ourselves!