Gold Leaf Farm

04/29/2024

My pack awaits. ❤️❤️

04/01/2024

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03/03/2024

Great song about his lagotto

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02/16/2024

HEARTWORM EXPLANATION... To infect your dog, you need mosquitoes (so you need warm temperatures and standing water). More specifically, you need a hungry female mosquito of an appropriate species. Female mosquitoes act as airborne incubators for premature baby heartworms (called microfilariae). Without the proper mosquito, dogs can't get heartworms.
That means dogs can’t “catch" heartworms from other dogs or mammals or from dog park lawns. Puppies can't “catch" heartworms from their mothers and moms can't pass heartworm immunity to pups.

Step 2. Our hungry mosquito needs access to a dog already infected with s*xually mature male and female heartworms that have produced babies.

Step 3. The heartworm babies must be at the L1 stage of development when the mosquito bites the dog and withdraws blood.

Step 4. Ten to fourteen days later
— if the temperature is right
– the microfilariae mature inside the mosquito to the infective L3 stage then migrate to the mosquitos mouth. (Yum!)

Step 5. Madame mosquito transmits the L3′s to your dog's skin with a bite. Then, if all conditions are right, the L3's develop in the skin for three to four months (to the L5 stage) before making their way into your dog's blood. But your dog still isn't doomed.

Step 6. Only if the dog’s immune system doesn't rid the dog of these worms do the heartworms develop to adulthood.

Step 7. It takes approximately six months for the surviving larvae to achieve maturity. At this point, the adult heartworms may produce babies if there are both males and females, but the kiddies will die unless a mosquito carrying L3′s intervenes. Otherwise, the adults will live several years then die.

In summation, a particular species of mosquito must bite a dog infected with circulating L1 heartworm babies, must carry the babies to stage L3 and then must bite your dog. The adult worms and babies will eventually die off in the dog unless your dog is bitten again! Oh, and one more thing.

In Step 4 above I wrote that heartworm larvae develop
“if the temperature is right."
The University of Pennsylvania vet school (in a study funded by Merial) found:
“Development in the mosquito is temperature dependent, requiring approximately two weeks of temperature at or above 27C (80F). Below a threshold temperature of 14C (57F), development cannot occur, and the cycle will be halted. As a result, transmission is limited to warm months, and duration of the transmission season varies geographically."

CREDIT- LANGSLEY T RUSSELL (Beloved Bulldogs)

Here is Heart worm information that should set you more at ease. This was written by an expert in dog health and nutrition and based on her experience.
“It is sad that people are taught that ALL and ANY mosquitos carry heartworms” That is the biggest fallacy. The simple facts are that no heartworms can be developed in a mosquito unless there is a dog with active heartworms within 2 acres of wherever you are. Second, the temps during the day or night have to be OVER 57 degrees for the larvae to develop inside the mosquito. Third, IF the mosquito has bitten a dog with active heartworms, then it has to somehow suck up a microfilaria. They are not that abundant in most dogs so that every bite will end up in sucking up a microfilaria. Even if it does suck one up, the second point then applies. Fourth, it takes a minimum of 10 days for the larvae to develop inside the mosquito. If the mosquito lives that long. They normally live 30 days, if lucky. Only after those 10 days of development inside of the mosquito can a larvae be transported onto a dog. Then if the dog's immune system cannot fight off the larvae, then and only then it has a few months to develop fully into a heartworm.

Even after that, it takes two of the opposite s*x to make more microfilaria. And the cycle used by the mosquito still has to continue to bite and re-bite THAT same dog that is now infected in order to make more adult heartworms within that dog. Microfilaria inside the dog, made by mating, does not make more adult heartworms. The mosquito is required for that.

Even if this now-infected dog is not treated with the awful arsenic Immiticide, the adult heartworms can and will die off within two years, if no more adults are added to its system. During this time, natural methods can and will work easily and rid the dog of the adults it has, and keep others from forming"

02/13/2024

Raw food is the best!

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02/03/2024

Amber on her way to her forever home. ❤️❤️

02/01/2024

The tip of the iceberg

01/30/2024

My girl, Maya had an o***y sparing spay. Wow! I can't recommend it enough. My boy, Liam will be having a vasectomy, in the future. Dogs need their hormones.

Lower incidence of hemangiosarcoma (cancer usually found in the spleen or heart)

Lower incidence of osteosarcoma (bone cancer)

Lower risk of transitional cell carcinoma (bladder cancer)

Lower incidence of obesity, which may be due at least partly to increased metabolic rate

Lower incidence of urinary incontinence (equivocal if females are spayed after 5 months but before their first heat)

Lower incidence of urinary tract infection

Lower incidence of autoimmune thyroiditis and hypothyroidism

A reduced incidence of cranial cruciate rupture

A reduced incidence of hip dysplasia in female dogs that are not spayed before 5 months of age

Anesthesia and surgery are not appropriate for some patients with high-risk medical conditions

Lower incidence of adverse reactions to vaccines

Evidence of increased lifespan in females left intact past puberty.

David J. Waters, associate director of Purdue University's Center on Aging and the Life Course and a professor in the Department of Clinical Sciences says: "Taking away ovaries during the first 4 years of life completely erased the female survival advantage. We found that female Rottweilers that kept their ovaries for at least 6 years were 4 times more likely to reach exceptional longevity compared to females who had the shortest lifetime o***y exposure."

01/24/2024

Good Information
The Lagotto Romagnolo is a medium-sized dog that originates from Italy. Originally bred to help hunt and retrieve waterfowl, it’s been classed as a member of the sporting group and is now mainly used — in a working capacity, that is — to seek out truffles. In fact, the Lagotto Romagnolo is believed to be the only dog bred for the specific task of hunting truffles and so, much like the culinary delicacy it sniffs out, it’s highly valued and sought after. So, if you’re hoping to welcome this Italian water dog into your home on a permanent basis, be aware that it won’t come cheap. The American Kennel Club carries a list of reputable breeders of Lagotto Romagnolo puppies, so this is your best starting point. Because they’re a relatively rare breed, the Lagotto Romagnolo price tag can be higher than other dogs; some pet parents have paid up to $6,000 for theirs. An increasingly popular breed, interest in Lagottis grew further after Orca became the first ever Lagotto Romagnolo to win the coveted Best in Show at the world-famous Crufts dog show

01/21/2024

Mica going home to SC, what a sweet boy ❤️

01/21/2024

Flint on his way to Connecticut. Love him ❤️

01/20/2024

She's a sweetheart ❤️ ❤️

01/20/2024

Amber and her lamb.

01/20/2024

Jade and her new owners. ❤️💔

01/19/2024

This is Mica, he has generated a lot of interest but must be a perfect fit. He is playful and loving. Reserved

01/19/2024

Lunch time 😋

01/19/2024

Amber is a sweetheart. She really likes to play and cuddle. Very smart baby.

01/13/2024

Playtime ❤️

01/10/2024

Puppies

12/31/2023

Sunning themselves. ☀️

12/13/2023

I have puppies available.❤️ If interested please complete a puppy application. Message me with your email and I will send one. 😄

12/12/2023

Playtime!

12/04/2023

Puppy Spam

11/24/2023

Find the 5 puppies, 😆

11/08/2023

As a geologist, I've wanted this theme. I present The Rock Hound litter.
Males: Mica and Flint
Females: Amber, Jade and Bijou

11/08/2023

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"The results suggested that … g***d retention during the first 24 months of life—are strongly associated with lifelong avoidance of bilateral CCL rupture…Risk for CCL rupture was not influenced when g***d removal took place after the 24-month developmental period."

CCL injuries are one of the most common causes of pain and arthritis in dogs. Today at 12pm ET we're discussing how to prevent injury and available CCL treatment options.

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11/08/2023

Inga had 5 healthy puppies.