Showing posts with label NURSING. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NURSING. Show all posts

Thursday, August 26, 2010

DEXT-ORR BULLMASTIFFS PUPPIES NURSING ANNIE'S PUPS BORN 9-2-08

DEXT-ORR BULLMASTIFFS-IZZY'S LITTER, I DO A LOT OF WORK WITH THE PUPPIES STARTING AT DAY 2 DOING EXERCISES DAILY FROM C. BATTAGLIA, MS, PhD DESIGNED TO CREATE DOGS THAT ADAPT TO CHANGES EASILY AND CONNECT DENDRITES IN THEIR BRAND NEW BABY BRAINS, IF THESE DENDRITES AREN'T CONNECTED AT THIS YOUNG AGE THE BRAIN CELLS ACTUALLY DIE OFF. STUDIES SHOW ONLY 35% OF DOGS INTELLIGENCE & ABILITY TO ADAPT READILY TO NEW SITUATIONS IS HERITABLE (GENETIC) 65% IS LEARNED, SO REALLY RESPONSIBLE BREEDERS WHO ACTUALLY STUDY REPRODUCTION, GENETICS, AND CANINE LEARNING AND BEHAVIOR SHOULD BE DOING THESE EXERCISES. AS A CANINE BEHAVIORIST WHO HAS ALSO BEEN IN THE VETERINARY FIELD (MY PARTNER IS A VET) FOR 30 YEARS THE STATS SAY THERE ARE MORE THAN 4 MILLION DOG BITES A YEAR AND IN THE VET FIELD WE SEE THE PAIN AND SUFFERING THAT BAD BREEDERS CAUSE NOT ONLY THE POOR PUPPIES BUT THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE THEM, THEY AREN'T GOING TO RETURN THEM LIKE THEY WERE A TOASTER OR SOMETHING, THERE ARE A LOT OF EMOTIONS INVOLVED AND SADLY TOO MANY BREEDERS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT FACT. I THINK AKC JUDGES SHOULD NOT ONLY BE JUDGING FOR CONFORMATION THAT FITS THE STANDARD FOR THE BREED BUT ALSO BE JUDGING TO SEE IF THE DOG CAN ACTUALLY DO WHAT THEY WERE ORIGINALLY BRED TO DO (SHOW BREEDERS TYPICALLY INBREED OR LINE BREED) WHICH IS JUST A GENETIC NIGHTMARE! THE JUDGES SHOULD MOST OF ALL GIVE OUT BLUE RIBBONS FOR THE DOGS THAT ALLOW YOU (BETTE YET A 2 YR OLD CHILD) TO TAKE A BONE OUT OF THEIR MOUTHS, YOU COULD TAKE A ...