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The human gestation period spans approximately nine months, giving us ample time to prepare for a little bundle of joy.
Unfortunately, our canine companions don’t get off so easily. Their gestation period spans approximately 60–64 days, with 62 days being the average. We’ve got a lot of work to do to prepare!

Ensuring a healthy litter of puppies does not start with feeding the pups a quality food, but feeding the dam a quality food for life, especially during the pre-breeding and pregnancy periods. Many commercial dog foods are less than adequate for companion dogs, let alone pregnant or nursing dams

The importance of early-puppy handling cannot be stressed enough. Many breeders of the top-performing dogs today agree and use a system that is known as the Biosensor Routine. The Routine was discovered by the U.S. military during wartime and was instituted into our own military canine training program.

Curb bad behaviors by training your dog early on in life.

What determines when a dam is “ready” for breeding? It depends on many different factors.