Your Litter A to Z, Module 15 - Your Litter's Seventh Week

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Module 15 Documents

• Seventh Week Checklist
• Module To-Do’s

What’s In This Module

• Week 7 Basics
• Gather The Supplies
• Take Your Pups To Their Vet Visits
• Focus on Socialization and Development
• Accomplish These To-Dos

Week 7 Basics

• Read Your Litter’s Seventh Week — Days 43-49
• Read The 49 Day Myth

Review Canine Development video

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Review About Sensitive Period Puppies video

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Gather The Supplies You Will Need For This Week

• Shopping List: Your Litter’s Seventh Week

Take Your Pups To Their Vet Visits

(GP, Specialist)

• Download Your Litter’s Health Check Tracking Form & Checklist
• Print and take with you these individual Puppy Health Certificates (Word Document) or Puppy Health Certificates (Fillable PDF)

Focus on Socialization and Development This Week

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Accomplish These To-Dos This Week

• Trim toenails every 3 days!
• Use vacuum around the puppies’ pen
• Stack puppies on the table
• Provide as much mental and physical stimulation as possible!
• Give them individual time to explore outside their pen
• Begin to take them out to potty morning, mid-day and evening (if it is not too cold)
• Continue Adventure Walks every few days
• Continue to watch for resource guarding
• Scent training can begin — have fun with this!
• Prepare for upcoming car rides — gather the equipment
• Continue crate training
• Be aware of barking at all times when interacting with the pups

Your Litter A to Z Table of Contents

Section 1: Pre-Breeding

• Intro to Your Litter A to Z
• Module 1: Preparing Your Dogs For the Breeding
• Module 2: She’s In Season

Section 2: Pregnancy & Whelping

• Module 3: The First Trimester (From ovulation to Day 21)
• Module 4: The Second Trimester (Day 22-42)
• Module 5: Placing Your Puppies
• Module 6: The Third Trimester (Day 43-whelping)
• Module 7: Labor & Whelping

Section 3: Litter Management: Month 1

• Module 8: The First 48 Hours (Birth to 48 hours)
• Module 9: Your Litter’s First Week (Birth to Day 7)
• Module 10: Your Litter’s Second Week (Day 8-14)
• Module 11: Your Litter’s Third Week (Day 15-21)
• Module 12: Your Litter’s Fourth Week (Day 22-28)

Section 4: Litter Management: Month 2

• Module 13: Your Litter’s Fifth Week (Day 29-35)
• Module 14: Your Litter’s Sixth Week (Day 36-42)
• Module 15: Your Litter’s Seventh Week (Day 43-49)
• Module 16: Sending Puppies Home
• Module 17: Your Litter’s Eighth Week (Day 50-56)
• Module 18: After the Eighth Week (Day 57 and beyond)

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