Elisa Hedman
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From fertilization to fetal development: the pregnancy timeline
The dog pregnancy timeline week by week — from fertilization and implantation through rapid fetal growth to final preparation for whelping.
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Early learning and a puppy’s first training
A puppy does not start learning when it starts classes at four months. The only question for a breeder is whether the first weeks were arranged on purpose.
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Frustration tolerance and problem-solving
A puppy raised where nothing is ever slightly difficult goes home with no experience of persisting. Everything here turns on the difference between a problem it can solve and one it cannot.
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Weighing and tracking growth
Why daily weighing is the earliest objective sign of a problem, expected growth rates, and how to read a weight curve properly.
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Neonatal weight chart
A ready-to-use daily weight tracking template for each puppy in a litter, with expected growth targets and how to read the curve.
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Colostrum and passive immunity
Why colostrum matters so much for puppies, the narrow absorption window in the first 24 hours, and when supplementation needs considering.
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Population genetics for breeders: managing a breed, not just a litter
Why effective population size, not headcount, is the real measure of a breed’s genetic health, and how individual mating choices add up.
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Preparing for whelping: the final two weeks
Why whelping preparation should start two weeks before the due date — setting up the space, letting the bitch settle in, and finalizing practical logistics.
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Coefficient of inbreeding: how to read and use it
What the coefficient of inbreeding actually measures, pedigree-based versus genetic COI, and how to use the number when comparing planned matings.
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Fear, recovery and building resilience
The aim is not a puppy that never startles — startling is a functioning nervous system — but a puppy that startles, checks and goes back to what it was doing.
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