dog breeding

The Sibz have a special guest on this week, the hottest gay man from Down Under, Marty McCarthy. He's also done a lot of really cool other stuff but they mostly just ask him about silly Australian words, like how they call rosé, Bitch Diesel!? They also learn what a spotted quoll is, discuss their first cuss words, and Nic tells the story about how he ended up at Stannis Baratheon's for dinner one night. 

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Planning to make a quick buck by selling pups? Fancy getting your latest trendy cross breed cocker-labra-pug-doodle bitch pregnant? Think again. Abby tells us about just *some* of the things that can go wrong in the 'puppy trade'. These poor animals are living beings, and as such can (and will) attract large vet bills and welfare disasters. Don't get caught up by inexperience and dubious advice. If you are planning to breed, do your research.  And by that, I mean ask your vet. Not some random social media group.

Lucy's Law: The beginning of the end of puppy farming

More about this episode and about Abby's hobby farming (not puppy farming!), including photographs of her cows (and a pink wheelbarrow!) on Abby's own episode webpage.

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Kristin Lucas is the V.P. of Client Relations, Training and Veterinary Operations for Marin County based Guide Dogs for the Blind. Since 1942 this organization that is dedicated to providing guide dogs for the sight impaired. We get deep into the way this organization functions as a singly focused well run non profit. From breeding, to naming , to placing the puppies into homes and then making the hard decisions around whether the dog will even advance to the final goal of giving the blind the freedom to move about in society. 

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Cockapoo, Havapoo, Newfypoo and Siberpoo.  No, although it may look like it, I'm not talking about different names to call a bodily function. These are names of designer dogs, and over the next two episodes we'll be deep diving into this disturbing and exploitive world. 

There will not be a pet peeves section this episode, but it will be back again in Episode 15. 

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Selective breeding of dogs currently helps meet the high demand for purebred dogs, but there are concerns about the ethicality of this practice.

In this podcast, Dr. Candace C. Croney of Purdue University talks about commercial breeding practices in the United States, social opposition to the practice, and the potential consequences of its outright abolition on the beings central to the discussion: dogs themselves. Her discussion is an extension of her paper “Turning up the Volume on Man’s Best Friend: Ethical Issues Associated with Commercial Dog Breeding,” which is published in Brill’s Journal of Applied Animal Ethics Research.

Guest: Candace Croney

Host: Emily Tamkin

The Little Red Dog Co-Founders Steve McClain and PJ Rosch talk about pet breeding in the United States. They discuss "reputable" breeding vs puppy mills and backyard breeders; the statistics come as a surprise to both of them! 

Adopt don't shop this holiday season as The Little Red Dog begins its Home For the Holidays initiative. Help us reach our goal of raising $25,000 and saving another 20 dogs from local shelters before the New Year! Go to thelittlereddog.org for more information on how to volunteer, donate or join our elite team of dog fosters.

Good Dog Nation premieres by introducing co-hosts, Michelle McCarthy, CDBC, CTAC, of K9HomeSchooling.com and Kim Meritt, co-founder of GoodDogInABox.com and GoodDogPro.com. Kim and Michelle describe the weekly, one hour format, with the first thirty minutes focused on the dog owner/lover or someone who is interested in getting a dog, while the second thirty minutes is aimed at the dog professional and is only available through a subscription to GoodDogPro.com. The rotating themes will cover veterinary and health related issues, reward based dog training, service and therapy dogs, dog breeding, puppies, dog bite prevention and dog safety. The podcast is also available in video format through GoodDoginaBox.com and GoodDogPro.com websites.

This weeks pet health questions are all about:

• The treatment of kennel cough in dogs - what is the best medication (01:15)
• Anal gland problems in cats - why do they develop them and what can you do about it (04:35)
• How to help a stressed-out male cat - this one is really aggressive (09:45)
• My thoughts on line breeding in pedigree dogs - specifically regarding father-daughter mating (14:14)
• Are raw diets safe for dogs and cats? - I'll save the rest of the raw diet argument for another day! (18:46)

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Today on Animal Instinct, we're joined by documentary filmmaker Yeray Lopez Portillo, who's working on a film about hunting dog culture in Spain. Yo Galgo tells the story of the galgo, a greyhound breed treated like goods rather than creatures. Used for hunting down hare, a strong hunting dog has a short shelf life, such that thousands are abandoned or killed at the end of each hunting season. Yeray tells us about his journey sharing the plight of the galgo on camera.