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FAQ - Sample Calendar from breeding to Go-Home
This is a general schedule for all litters, details will vary somewhat.
 | Plan a litter -- make sure sire and dam have Brucellosis, vaccinations,
fecal checks, and vet exam before she comes in season. Put mom on
Eukanuba Sporting 30/20 for the extra nutrition she will soon need.
She should not be FAT or even PUDGY, but she have plenty of muscle before
she is bred. |
| Dam comes in season - 3 days of Panacur, this is a preventive measure |
| Breeding takes place - mark calendar, everyone but Storm will deliver in
63 days |
| Pregnancy - (see pregnancy calendar) |
| Day 55 (due in 1 week) dam moves into the house full time if she's not
already there |
| Day 60 dam is walked on leash with towel over my shoulder from here on in |
| Day 63 - Birth - mom gets 3 days of Panacur, again because her system is
most vulnerable now and since starting this I have had no worms in puppies |
| Birth to 2w - pups are in the house with mom
 | handled many times/day ENS - Early Neurological Stimulation begins, birth to 21 days |
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| 10-14 days - Eyes start to open |
| 2 weeks - New Knowledge of Dog Behavior
| 2w-3w-4w-6w-8w-10w - Pyrantal Pomoate dewormer (Nemex II is one brand) |
| 5w-7w-9w-11w Interceptor, then monthly |
| 7w 2x/day for 5 days Ditrim |
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| 3 weeks (21 days) - Ears are fully open |
| 4 weeks
| pups are offered Eukanuba Large Breed Puppy 26/14 - dry kibble soaked in water |
| pups are really eating on their own, free feeder with dry kibble, water is offered all the time separately |
| Rules of 7 |
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| 5 weeks
| Vet Visit for weights & fecal checks |
| start to have visitors |
| Pryor's Clicker litter - Sit for attention, sit for food bowl, come
when called |
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| 6 weeks
| Lead Dog Training for 3 days. Sometimes 3 days in a row, sometimes every other day, but three short walks, with obstacles, in a new area, notes recorded
in litternotes |
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| 7 weeks
| Temperament Tests & Aptitude Tests - & results posted to the web, call puppy buyers in order of deposits and make "picks". Evaluator
should NOT be the breeder, it should be a stranger in a strange place. |
| CERF eye exams Dr. Morgan (Knoxville's Village Vet) |
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| 8 weeks
| Health Certificates, litter records, vaccinations with NO Lepto, weights & fecals |
| Trip to Sonic for ice cream & chicken nuggets, a TASTE, not a meal |
| Trip to mailbox |
| Baths |
| Call for flight reservations Delta |
| Trip to mom's house |
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| 9 Weeks - GO HOME!
| Shipping via Delta's Pets First |
| local buyers can pick up |
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After puppy arrives, you have a lot of things to accomplish in the next 60
days
| 2 months - Puppy Arrives in her new home NO PARTIES YET
| Initial Vet Visit to review health records, examine puppy, schedule
remaining vaccinations appointments, and purchase heartworm prevention,
and flea/tick prevention. Unless your vet specifically says
othewise, the dog should be on heartworm prevention YEAR ROUND. |
| Housetraining -- see FAQs |
| Leash training |
| Sitting for attention instead of jumping up |
| Bite Inhibition |
| Teach Take it, Leave it, Drop it, Drop it NOW!!!!!! |
| Teach the puppy to lie in your lap QUIETLY while you examine belly,
ears, eyes, nose, teeth |
| Put your hand in the puppies food bowl every day because it belongs to
YOU |
| Toe nail trims |
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| 3 months
| Puppy Socialization classes -- schedule these before puppy comes home! |
| Meeting other vaccinated dogs now that you have at least 2
vaccinations |
| Housetraining and sleeping through the night should be going well |
| PUPPY SHOULD NOT PUT TEETH ON ANY HUMAN AT ANY TIME |
| Begin teaching sit & stay, down & stay, stand for exam by your
vet |
| Teach spin left, spin right, back up, play bow, shake, high 5, wag the
tail, sneeze, speak |
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| 4 months (16 weeks)
| Everything you have taught the puppy (taught them well) before now is
imprinted in their brains forever. Everything you have forgotten
to teach before now will be 10 times harder to teach. A puppy that
learns to sit for attention before 16 weeks will ALWAYS know how to sit
for attention and it will be one of his fall-back behaviors. If
you have taught the puppy to jump up, bark in his crate, soil in the
house, and bite your hands -- those things will also be automatic
behaviors from now on. |
| Many vets do not want you to socialize your puppy with ANY dogs before
the full series of vaccinations happens. That's a good idea from a
medical point of view. It is a complete DISASTER from a
socialization point of view. Your puppy has a JOB TO
ACCOMPLISH before 16 weeks, it's now or never. So find a
PUPPY socialization class that requires vaccines and be smart.
Don't go to puppy parks, daycare, or walking down the street where any
sick dog can walk. Don't let your puppy eliminate in the grass
outside the petstore -- go to the furthest corner of asphalt (heat kills
germs) and lay down a wee-pad. Once puppy eliminates, reward, pick
them up and put them in a buggy. Your puppy must be SAFE and
SOCIALIZED by 16 weeks. |
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| 5 months
| Vaccination series should be completed, do intensive socialization
from now on. At my house, anyone under a year old goes to a public
park for 5 minutes of training each and every week. It's NOT an
effort to teach sit, down, stay. It's an effort to get them used
to car rides, new and public spaces, and other people. NOTE: I do
not let my dogs meet other dogs in a public park -- how do you know he
hasn't killed the last puppy he saw? How do you know he is
vaccinated? How do you know he hasn't bitten the last human he
saw? Puppy playdates are arranged through daycare or training
classes -- not chance meetings of Jeffrey Daumer and his psycho dog. |
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| 6 months
| Girls will be spayed at 6m. There are medical and practical
reasons for spaying at 6m. Practically, she's not going to spot
blood on your carpets or accidentally get bred if you spay her before
her first heat cycle. Medically her chances of mammary cancer drop
significantly if she never comes into season. |
| While she is under for the surgery, request an OFA preliminary
x-ray. You want your vet's opinion of the x-ray as well as sending
it in so Dr. Greg can look at it -- he reviews all preliminary x-rays so
he has seen ALL the Wayeh dogs, and he has vast experience to call on
when evaluating Alaskan Malamute puppy x-rays. |
| Boys will be neutered between 6m and 25m. There are significant
structural advantages to waiting to neuter a boy, neutered early they
may become taller and lankier than their intact brothers. This is
why there is an age range for neutering. However, teenaged
Malamute boys are a PAIN and most people don't get passed 10 months
before they start seeing unacceptable behavior and schedule a
neuter. DO NOT ALLOW unacceptable behaviors merely to wait on a
neuter. Snip-snip can save your sanity. |
| Boys also receive an OFA preliminary x-ray. If the dog is going
to be neutered after 24m, than it will be a regular OFA x-ray. |
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| 6m-1y
| Beginner's Obedience class |
| You can now compete in AKC obedience and try for the AKC Canine Good
Citizenship certification. |
| You should not be weightpulling any significant weights at this point,
but a milk jog makes a good play weight and if you will be weightpulling
later, PRACTICE now is crucial |
| Backpacking should be with empty packs or minor weights over short
distances. WORK up your distance. Remember if puppy tires
out, you get to carry them back to the car. |
| Harness training for a cart, scooter, or sled can begin after
6m. You'll want to fit harnesses now because they are not done
growing yet, but they need to start practicing wearing, putting on, and
taking off the harness -- and going short distances. |
| On-going intensive socialization. A dog who is socialized the
first year stands out in a crowd. He is mellow no matter what
comes his way. He is accepting of strangers, human and canine, and
he rides well in a car. You can not fix these things later.
It's now or never. |
| I require 2 classes, but that does not mean the dog will be perfectly
behaved at the end of 2 classes. In the first year I try to do the
following:
 | Puppy Socialization class |
| Beginner's Conformation class |
| Beginner's Obedience class |
| Beginner's Rally class |
| Weekly visits to public parks, drive-throughs |
| Regular vet visits for weights and fecals and a cookie from every
vet, tech, and receptionist who can spare 20 seconds |
| Meet 200 new people in 52 weeks |
| Visit 24 new places in 12 months |
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| 1 year
| Vet exam usually includes a heartworm test, annual vaccinations |
| You can now start beginner's agility training, some harness work on a
team, and short backpacking hikes with small weights |
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| 2 years
| For the purposes of creating a health baseline NOW for use later when
the dogs are seniors, you should get a CERF exam (eyes), Thyroid T4, and
full panel bloodwork |
| I don't require vaccinations after the first annual booster.
Your vet will know the local laws. |
| Neuter the boys that are still intact and get an OFA of their hips. |
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| 7 years
| Annual senior checkups to include thyroid T4, eyes, full panel
bloodwork & exam |
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For Training purposes:
| Obedience - start @ birth, competition @ 6m (Rally Novice, CGC),
jumping after 1y (Rally Advanced) |
| Sledding/carting/scootering - start @ 6m, running on a team after 1y
| you want the hips to be fully formed before putting a strain on them |
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| Weightpulling - start @ 6m, pulling for real after 18m
| Adult height and weight before stressing them with extreme weights |
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| Backpacking - start @ 6m, carrying 10% of their weight starting @ 1y, not
carrying the full 30% until they are 3y
| You want the shoulder assembly to be completely formed, muscular, and
strong before putting 30% of their body weight over the shoulders --
there is no skeletal support in the shoulder like their is in the hip,
it is a soft-tissue support system and you want a fully formed adult
carrying that much weight over long distances. |
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| Agility - start @ 6m, competition after 18m because this requires a
reliable RECALL off leash and it requires the dog to do a lot of practice
jumping on a young skeleton. |
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