The Good Dog Pod

Nicole is joined by Good Breeder Karen Yapp, as well as one of Karen's recent puppy buyers, Susan. Karen and Susan share their experience working together and discuss all that goes into applying and eventually bringing your puppy home from a breeder.

Karen runs Autumn Harvest Dood Ranch in Oregon and Susan lives in New York City with her husband. With the transition to working from home, Susan realized she finally had the time needed to raise a puppy - and so, Susan connected with Karen to get an Australian Labradoodle puppy.

Listen to the process Susan went through to get her puppy from Karen, and what Karen, as a breeder, expects from the process. The breeder-buyer puppy connection is a huge part of a breeder's life: listen to the episode to get some deep insight on this relationship!

Cat and Monica go over their favorite things that happened this year: from launching the Good Dog Store, to the Club Grant Program, to this podcast, and more! Let's take a look back at the highlights from 2021 as well as some sneak peaks into our plans for 2022! The Good Dog Pod will resume on January 12th. Happy Holidays!

Nicole interviews Melissa Farmer of Farmer Doodles to get her tips and tricks to keep your dogs safe and comfortable during the holiday season: whether you're taking them with you on a trip, staying at home, or having someone watch them while you're away.

The second half of this episode features Dr. Nate Ritter and Dr. Mikel Delgado, who discuss common holiday hazards for your pups. The holidays can be a bit hectic, so it's good to know what's hazardous for your dogs beforehand so you're able to prepare your home and educate your friends and family on basic safety measures to keep everyone safe. Listen to the episode to learn more about the dangers of decorations, holiday plants, human food, and more.

America’s Vet, Dr. Marty Becker, DVM, joined us on this episode of The Good Dog Pod to talk about the Fear Free Movement. Developed by hundreds of experts in behavior, medicine, and handling, Fear Free has become one of the most transformative initiatives in the history of companion animal practice.

Over the last four decades, Dr. Becker has owned or co-owned seven veterinary hospitals, lectured across six continents, became an adjunct professor at three colleges of veterinary medicine, and wrote 25 books, his most recent being From Fearful to Fear Free: A Positive Program to Free Your Dog from Anxiety, Fears, and Phobias.

Good Dog’s Health, Standards & Research Team answer some frequently asked questions about hips: what hip dysplasia is, what causes it, what the process for testing for hip dysplasia looks like, whether you can do genetic tests to determine hip dysplasia, and more!

This episode is an adaptation of a webinar we had with Dr. Chris Zink. Dr. Zink introduces a new survey looking at how reproductive status affects health outcomes in dogs. We’re interested in learning more about alternatives to spay/neuter surgery, but we need ALL dog owners to participate. You can fill out the survey HERE!

Dr. Zink wears many hats. She is a veterinarian who specializes in canine sports medicine. She is the owner of Canine Sports Productions and competes in several dog sports including Agility, Obedience, Conformation, and Rally. Dr. Zink is an accomplished researcher and author of dozens of scientific papers. She is the Director of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology and a Professor at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. And we are very grateful to say that she also takes time out of her very busy life to serve on Good Dog’s Advisory Board!

Nicole is joined by Sarah Hartwig, the person behind the Puppy Training Program! The Puppy Training Program is a free benefit for buyers (and breeders) who use Good Dog's payment system.

Raising a puppy is the equivalent of homeschooling a child, except in this case, you are the teacher and your puppy is your student — one who doesn’t speak your language. Luckily, Good Dog's Puppy Training Program was created to help you translate — from 8 weeks, to 15 months.

Sarah walks through some of the main features of the Puppy Training Program, including the courses that are included, as well as the community support that comes with it. The Training Program goes over important skills for both the humans and pups, from socialization to house training to health & wellness.

The Puppy Training Program also includes useful training guides, including checklists, worksheets, and a sample planner.

If you're a breeder and have a Good Dog account, you can access the Puppy Training Program for free here!

This is part 2 of a webinar we did with Dr. James Serpell, world-renowned leading canine behaviorist and co-creator of C-BARQ, and veterinary specialist, Vet of the Year, Dr. Chris Zink, DVM. Listen to the experts discuss how breeders can use C-BARQ to breed for behavior as well as recent research on the effects of early spay/neuter.

Director at PennVet’s Center for the Interaction of Animals and Society, co-creator of C-BARQ (vetapps.vet.upenn.edu/cbarq/), author of The Domestic Dog, founder of the International Society for Anthrozoology, committed to the scientific study of human-animal interactions, Professor of Animal Ethics & Welfare at UPenn, and has published many studies and articles on canine behavior, health, and welfare.

Vet of the Year, award-winning author, has put over 125 titles, Co-Founder of Avidog-Zink Ventures, and expert in canine sports medicine and rehab (instrumental in establishing this as the newest specialty in veterinary medicine).

In this special episode, we adapted a webinar we did with Dr. James Serpell, world-renowned leading canine behaviorist and co-creator of C-BARQ, and veterinary specialist, Vet of the Year, Dr. Chris Zink, DVM. Listen to the experts discuss how breeders can use C-BARQ to breed for behavior as well as recent research on the effects of early spay/neuter.

Director at PennVet’s Center for the Interaction of Animals and Society, co-creator of C-BARQ (vetapps.vet.upenn.edu/cbarq/), author of The Domestic Dog, founder of the International Society for Anthrozoology, committed to the scientific study of human-animal interactions, Professor of Animal Ethics & Welfare at UPenn, and has published many studies and articles on canine behavior, health, and welfare.

Vet of the Year, award-winning author, has put over 125 titles, Co-Founder of Avidog-Zink Ventures, and expert in canine sports medicine and rehab (instrumental in establishing this as the newest specialty in veterinary medicine).

This is a rebroadcasting of an episode that originally aired July 22nd, 2020.

The two most common problems with fertility are timing (with respect to the female) and having good quality semen that’s delivered into the uterus. Another problem that’s becoming increasingly important is the nutrition of the bitch and stud dog.

About Dr. Greer: Dr. Greer is a renowned author, speaker, veterinarian, and canine reproduction specialist. In addition to being the Director of Veterinary Services at Revival Animal Health, she is on the board of the National Animal Interest Alliance (NAIA), the Society for Veterinary Medical Ethics, American Veterinary Medical Law Association, and the Society for Theriogenology.

Laura and Marty start by discussing the importance of nutrition - what people feed their dogs, how they feed, and what consequences those factors can have on the success of a breeding.

There is likely a nutritional component to the quality of a stud dog’s semen in addition to fertility and the female - this is something that hasn’t been very explored, but is becoming more evident.

They then talk about the importance of progesterone timing and how using frozen vs fresh semen interacts with that.

There’s a narrow window of time during which the puppies need to come out - they also discuss the downsides of reverse progesterone testing (done at the end of pregnancy).

Last, they discuss the importance of having your bitch in good physical condition - fit but not too lean. You also want your bitch to have good dental health. Overall, you want your dog to be in top notch shape for breeding.