DOGGIE DOG BLOG

Written by: Cindy Jacobs (Cyd)
Well, to finish this progesterone testing series…. I was not able to get Candy in to the vet on that Tuesday morning and all seemed ok that morning.  Tuesday afternoon all the sudden things changed with Parker, so I took Candy in Wednesday morning for another progesterone test and requested a […]

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Written by: Cindy Jacobs (Cyd)
Ok I learned a new term today from the vet “split heat cycle“… oh and that was because Candy’s Saturday test came back at .5 so we are below the surge  hahahaha  sheeesh!  (David you never told me all this stuff..about breeding…did you want me just to experience it and learn […]

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Written By: Cindy Jacobs (Cyd)
Ok now that Brandy is done, of course that brought my girl Candy in heat, which I am driving 9 hours to where the German import stud now AKC registered is.  This male is owned by a vet and with even more research, there is tons out there… many vets say […]

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Written by: Cindy Jacobs (Cyd)
In doing German Shepherd breeding and wanting to produce a large healthy litter of German Shepherd puppies, I am researching the value of having progesterone test.  I really didn’t feel I needed to worry about it having a German Shepherd stud living here with my females.  Although, so far my German […]

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A lot of breeds moved up, the Lab is still #1 ….the German Shepherd is closing in and moved up to #2 … if you are looking for a German shepherd pup contact David Harris (502) 542-9747 as there is a new litter on the ground.  For the full AKC article click link below:
American Kennel […]

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Posted By: Cindy Jacobs (Cyd)
With doing some DNA research on the long haired German Shepherd, also called plush coat or long coat I found a site with this information:
There are 3 possible genotypes for coat length:
1) N/N Clear (those having 2 copies of the normal short-hair allele [N] and appear to be short-haired)
2) N/F Carrier […]

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Written By:  Cindy Jacobs (Cyd)

I got a new Flip Video Camera, great little camera for all of you thinking about Christmas gifts.  What I like most about the camera is the ability to pull good snapshots off the video.  They have a great software package on it.  I prefer to pull natural conformation […]

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Written By: Cindy Jacobs (Cyd)
As the pups are soon to be 12 weeks old, I was looking back over some of the video I had taken and never had put up.  German Shepherd Puppies are smart, I believe the breed is rated #3 of all dog breeds.  They are quite fun to watch.
When you start […]

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Posted By: Cindy Jacobs (Cyd)
My “B” litter was born on Monday August 17th, 2009.  I already had my “B” names chosen, each pup being named, weighed and a ribbon on them as they popped out.   Bandit was the “First Born”,  of course you never know until you are done just what the sizes, sexes, […]

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Posted by:  David Harris
I often get questions about neutering.  When, why, how old, and how will it effect behavior.
This is a questions I received today:
Hello there, have just read your article on crate training and thought it was brilliant, there is so much bad information out there.
My question is, would you get a male GSD […]

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