A veterinarian's protocol for natural dog breeding: how to time ovulation, prepare the environment, space matings, protect the stud's os penis, and spot the red flags before they cost you a litter or a breeding career.
Category: Canine Health
Dive into the essentials of canine health, focusing on preventive care, common reproductive conditions, and veterinary insights for breeding dogs and their offspring. Essential for breeders aiming to uphold the highest health standards in their breeding practices and ensure the vitality of their dogs.
How to Turn DNA Data Into Breeding Decisions
A genetic pairing decision matrix transforms raw DNA data into structured breeding decisions. Learn the five-step framework integrating genomic COI, carrier overlap, offspring COI projection, and phenotype scoring for both dogs and cats.
Why Is Canine Herpes So Hard to Eliminate?
CHV-1 seroprevalence is 30-100% in dogs. Eradication is biologically impossible, but thermal management, vaccination, and evidence-based prevention reduce neonatal mortality from 50% to under 10%. Learn why 37°C is the critical threshold.
The Ovulation Timing Worksheet: Track Every Cycle Detail That Matters
Stop guessing. Start tracking. The worksheet that turns your progesterone results into breeding decisions.
Canine Ovulation Timing: Beyond the Progesterone Number
Your lab says 5 ng/mL. But which assay? Which unit? The number alone doesn't tell you when to breed.
How Many Litters Can a Dog Safely Have?
Discover how many litters your dog can safely have — and when to retire her.
Your Dog’s Behavior Is Brain Structure: What Breeders Must Know
Your dog's temperament is built into its brain structure. Learn which fears are genetic deal-breakers and which ones training can fix.
What COI Really Tells You (And What It Hides)
Are you relying on 5-generation pedigree calculations to ensure genetic health? You might be navigating by a map that hides the territory. This guide deconstructs the critical difference between Pedigree COI (a prediction of probability) and Genomic Diversity (a measurement of reality). We explain why these two metrics often contradict each other and what it means when your "low COI" dog actually has low genetic diversity. Learn how to identify metric discordance, why you must calculate 10-generation pedigrees, and how to use the Genetic Risk Matrix to make safer breeding decisions. Stop guessing at your breed’s genetic debt and start managing it with the integrated toolkit for sustainable precision breeding.
Why Your Dog Cat Feeding Timeline Is Backwards?
Discover how optimal body condition and nutrition impact fertility, litter size, and offspring health in both dogs and cats.
Is Progesterone Testing About to Go Blood-Free?
Discover new saliva, app and wearable options set to replace blood draws for progesterone testing in dogs and cats.
DR. EMMANUEL FONTAINE 