Your Litter A to Z, Module 17 - Your Litter's Eighth Week

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Module 17 Documents

• Eighth Week Checklist
• Module To-Do’s

What’s In This Module

• Week 8 Basics
• Download Your Pups’ Eighth Week Checklist
• Gather The Supplies
• Evaluate Your Pups’ Structure
• Keep Doing Adventure Walks
• If You Have Pups That Are Flying Home
• Accomplish These To-Dos

Week 8 Basics

• Read Your Litter’s Eighth Week — Days 50-56
• Read The 49 Day Myth

Watch Sensitive Puppy Challenges: Fears video

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• Transcript

Download Your Pups’ Eighth Week Checklist

• Your Litter’s Eighth Week Checklist

Gather The Supplies You Will Need For This Week

• Shopping List: Your Litter’s Eighth Week

Evaluate Structure

Keep Doing Adventure Walks

Off Leash Over Moderate Terrain To Reduce The Risk Of Canine Hip Dysplasia

• Norway Canine Hip Dysplasia study
• Housing- and exercise-related risk factors associated with the development of hip dysplasia as determined by radiographic evaluation in a prospective cohort of Newfoundlands, Labrador Retrievers, Leonbergers, and Irish Wolfhounds in Norway

If You Have Pups That Are Flying Home In The Cabin

Condition Them To The Sherpa This Week

Accomplish These To-Dos This Week

• Provide as much mental and physical stimulation as possible!
• Give each pup individual time exploring and training outside the pen
• Begin to take the pups out to potty morning and evening (if it is not too cold)
• Expand Adventures Walks to visits to riding arenas, etc.
• Continue to watch for resource guarding
• Do at least one car ride this week
• Continue crate training
• Continue recall training
• Be aware of barking at all times when interacting with the pups
• Have hunting retrievers? Introduce thawed or frozen birds to them in the pen

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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