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03/03/2025

NOT SURE IF YOUR PET NEEDS SHOTS? ALWAYS TITER YOUR PET FIRST BEFORE OVER-VACCINATING!

“Vaccinosis, the name for the chronic disease, is caused by continued use of vaccines. These symptoms mimic the original disease in parts.

Vaccines have achieved many important benefits for companion animals, however, after spending many years monitoring the results of vaccinosis, those in the animal healthcare field now have a duty to re-examine and improve the current vaccine protocols for the health and safety of their patients. This is especially true for animals with compromised immune systems, since vaccines represent one more stressor that could prove to be the tipping point between health and disease.

Side effects from dog vaccinations can occur anywhere from instantly up to several weeks or months later. Vaccines can even cause susceptibility to chronic diseases that appear much later in a dog’s life." - Dr. Jean Dodds, world-renowned veterinarian immunologist

TITER TEST:

A titer test (pronounced tight-errr) is a laboratory or in-house veterinary test measuring the existence and level of antibodies (necessary to fight off disease) in your pet’s blood. Basically, it’s a test that will tell you whether or not you actually need to vaccinate your pet.

It’s also super useful when making a decision about vaccinating a pet with an unknown vaccination history, or for determining if pets have received immunity from vaccination.

Rodney Habib - Pet Nutrition Blogger

03/03/2025

Many don’t know this information! Remember every second matters during a choking incident.
1. Place the dog on their back. Brace the back against the floor. Straddle the dog while adjusting yourself based on the size of the dog. Position the head in “in-line position” with the airway parallel to the floor.
2. Make an open diamond shape with your hands. Place your thumbs on either side of the trachea below the ball or object. Grip the “V” of the jaw using lip/cheek to protect fingers.
3. Push with a J-stroke down and out against the ball until it ejects from the mouth.
Both this method and the Heimlich method has been proven to work in these scenarios so don’t hesitate to save your dog.

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31/10/2024

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24/10/2024

🎗️Dog Conformation Shows⭐️

Have you been interested in diving into the world of dog shows, but don’t know where to start?

Dog shows are called Conformation—as in, the act of conforming or producing conformity to the breed. At dog shows, qualified judges examine potential breeding stock, and determine whether they are correct physical examples of the breed. Dog shows are a great place to learn about breeds you may be interested in, and speak to breeders/owners/handlers regarding those breeds.

If you’re interested in showing, we recommend going to a local AKC show and getting a feel for what a dog show entails. Your local AKC breed or all breed club may also offer conformation handling classes, which can be helpful in learning how to properly present your dog, along with making new connections with show dog folks.

👉If you’re an active competitor in dog shows, we’d love to hear what your first show experience was like! Feel free to leave a comment/photo of your days as a new handler.

22/10/2024

•Pet your dog, all the time
•Talk to your dog, all the time
•Allow your dog to follow you, all the time
•Allow your dog to be on your lap or laying on your feet, all the time
•Pet, soothe, comfort your dog when it whines or barks for attention...or is simply anxious
•Allow your dog to demand affection/interactions
•Be emotionally dependent on your dog to the point that unhealthy dependency and interactions are no longer noticed
•Allow your dog to do whatever it wants, whenever it wants—aka, provide no structure, rules, or accountability
•Foster an environment of chaos, stress, and anxiety
•Refuse to train and pattern calmness
•Refuse to crate train your dog
•Refuse to correct your dog when inappropriate behavior occurs
•Refuse to train your dog how to be independent/alone by using a “Place” command, “Downstay, and/or “away” time in the crate
•Let your dog out of the crate when it whines or barks
•Avoid training or anything that makes your dog temporarily uncomfortable or unhappy—in other words, cater to your dog’s every desire/need, designing your life around your dog, rather than having your dog fit into yours
•And many, many more...

Basically, baby, soothe, allow, enable, disable, lean on, omit teaching necessary life skills, prioritize what feels good for you rather than what does good for your dog, and through this master plan of leadership-free chaos, and systematic cultivation of creating a toxic dependency between dog and human...you’ll ensure that when you leave, your dog will be a true emotional mess, because you haven’t prepared them to be calm, obedient, strong, resilient, robust, independent, and alone.

16/09/2024

💭 Let’s discuss…SIZE

❓ Many GSP pet owners commonly wonder, is my GSP too small (or too big)?

📖 Well let’s put that issue to rest (so to speak 🤪).

The GSP is a MEDIUM sized dog.

💙Males (dogs) should weigh between 55-70 pounds and stand 23-25 inches tall (measured at the withers).

🩷Females (bi***es) should weigh between 45-60 pounds and stand 21-23 inches tall (measured at the withers).

Does your GSP fit within our standard’s size description? 🤔
(If not, we still love them 💘!)

15/09/2024

With form comes function.

Saying it again, loud and clear for the folks in the back!!

🗣🗣🗣...ANGULATION AFFECTS ALL… 🗣🗣🗣

Horse people will attest that the forehand is key to the conformation of a horse, and in canines it is no different.

The front – more specifically, the length and placement of the scapula (shoulder blade) – does not exist in isolation.

👩‍🏫👩‍🏫This one pivotal conformational trait DIRECTLY determines the placement of the neck, the carriage of the head, the depth of the chest; and, in the gait, the dogs front leg extension along with the soundness of the down and back. 👩‍🏫👩‍🏫

No trait is harder to breed for, or easier to lose, than a good front.
A good front, once lost, can take generations to recover, if at all.

✨️✨️NEVER EVER SACRIFICE THE MOST DIFFICULT FEATURE TO REPAIR. ✨️✨️

Many established breeders, owners, exhibitors and even judges lack foundational knowledge of this area of anatomy, making it difficult for them to evaluate it properly 🤷‍♀️

29/08/2024

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