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How much calcium your nursing dam actually needs, what’s in your cabinet right now, and why one tablet is never enough. You call the vet. Your dam is panting, won’t settle, something feels wrong. “Just give her some Tums,” they say.

I recently sent home a thriving litter of seven naturally reared, raw-fed, fourth-generation unvaccinated puppies whose mother had given her all in raising them. We live in the southern United States, where hookworm is endemic in the soil. I

Breeders and rescues carry the enormous responsibility of protecting puppies during the most vulnerable weeks of life. For decades, the only widely promoted method was a repeating vaccine schedule—6, 9, 12, 16 weeks—regardless of the puppy’s

As both a veterinarian and breeder mentor, I’m often asked: “WHY DID MY BITCH RESORB HER PUPPIES?” Fetal resorption is more common than most breeders realize. It occurs when an embryo or early fetus dies before the bones have