Winner of Dog Writers Association of America's Dogwise Best Book
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This book focuses on the veterinarian's responsibilities for managing
the problem pregnancy, insemination, collecting, storing and shipping
semen, and all of the diseases and vaccination protocols that may
involve the bitch and the stud dog. It is also a very practical guide
for the non-veterinarian breeder and kennel owner.
The book provides step by step guidelines for husbandry and nutrition as
they relate to the bitch and her puppies, an excellent and concise
description of breeding genetics and the implications of that knowledge
for long term preservation of the breed line, and it focuses squarely on
the relationship that must exist between the veterinarian and breeder
clients.
This practical guide is the ideal resource for veterinarians as well as
for breeders, kennel operators and others with a financial or humane
interest in the breeding and maintenance of dogs.