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Puppy Culture Potluck: Ep41 - Freestyling Mother's Pudding

This episode is about using mother’s pudding for lactating dams: “I was just wondering what brand of cool and serve vanilla pudding mix you are all using for mother’s pudding…The last litter I had, the puppies got diarrhea on day 3 (nightmare) and we never got it fully resolved until they got onto food at 3 weeks... We ruled out EVERYTHING we could think of…the only thing we could come up with was the mother’s pudding…[this dam is about to have another litter and] I want to use it because they do so much better on it with the calories. Help!” In this episode, I explore: * Allergens that are theoretically possible to be passed through mother’s milk * Homemade mother’s pudding and switching up ingredients in mother’s pudding for different situations * Whether or not you should be concerned about mother’s pudding for your dams Visit our website www.madcapradio.com [https://www.madcapradio.com/puppy-culture-potluck-podcast/episode-41-freestyling-mothers-pudding] for further reading.

Puppy Culture Potluck: Ep40 - Why and When to Give Egg Yolks to Pregnant Dogs

This episode is a follow-up question about one of our most popular episodes, “An Egg Yolk A Day Keeps Mastitis Away” [https://madcapradiolearning.podbean.com/e/episode-3-an-egg-yolk-a-day-keeps-mastitis-away-1683809772/]: “At what point in the pregnancy should I begin giving my dam egg yolk to help prevent mastitis?” In this episode, I discuss: * Why egg yolks are a benefit for pregnant and lactating dogs * Best practices for when to begin feeding egg yolks to your brood bitches * Cooked vs Raw egg yolks and egg whites Visit our website www.madcapradio.com [https://www.madcapradio.com/puppy-culture-potluck-podcast/episode-40-why-and-when-to-give-egg-yolks-to-pregnant-dogs] for further reading.

Puppy Culture Potluck: Ep39 - Yeast-Based Probiotic Supplements for Brood Bitches: When They Make Sense and When They Don't

One of our fans wrote to me recently about a webinar she attended on the veterinary use of probiotics: "The thing that intrigued me was…a study where one group of pregnant bitches was on a yeast-based probiotic, and the control group on no probiotic. There were benefits to both bitches and puppies, such as more stable GI tract and stool quality during whelping in the mothers on the probiotic, and they were less likely to have puppies of low birth weight. I know Jane works a lot at supporting the gut biome, but interesting info about a specific yeast and a specific time." This podcast untangles: * The difference between yeast and bacteria-based probiotics * How yeast-based probiotic supplements might help or harm a pregnant bitch, depending on the context * How to decide if a yeast or other probiotic is appropriate for your pregnant dam Visit our website www.madcapradio.com [https://www.madcapradio.com/puppy-culture-potluck-podcast/episode-39-yeast-based-probiotic-supplements-for-brood-bitches-when-they-make-sense-and-when-they-dont] for further reading.

Puppy Culture Potluck: Ep38 - Puppies Who Demand Bark: Why Puppy Owners Fail and How We Can Help Them Succeed

This episode is a fan request: "Looking for a podcast - My co-owner needs help. I’ve worked with them on training behaviors, and they’ve done a masterful job at teaching puppy (who’s about 3 months old now…) that barking gets attention. They wait until they just can’t take it anymore but then cave in just as extinction burst really ramps up. Is there a podcast that will guide them through navigating this? To be fair, one of them works nights and NEEDS their sleep! I can understand how they got here. But just like parenting - pay now or pay later, and this one is gonna sting! They do have PC curriculum - I told them to start looking through it again." This podcast unpacks: * Straightforward advice for handling confinement and demand barking * Why that straightforward advice often fails to help puppy owners * How we can re-frame the emotional component of this issue for puppy owners and help them succeed. Visit our website www.madcapradio.com [https://www.madcapradio.com/puppy-culture-potluck-podcast/episode-38-puppies-who-demand-bark-why-puppy-owners-fail-and-how-we-can-help-them-succeed] for further reading.

Puppy Culture Potluck: Ep37 - Puppies That Shiver After First Solid Foods: Are They Cold or Calibrating?

This episode is about the possible reasons why very young puppies sometimes shiver after big sensory experiences, especially after eating food from a dish for the first few times. We discuss: * The neurological organization function of shivering * Different theories about shivering after new experiences, such as being put in a new room or eating food for the first time * How shivering may prime the puppies' sensory system for “wonder” Visit our website www.madcapradio.com [https://www.madcapradio.com/puppy-culture-potluck-podcast/episode-37-puppies-that-shiver-after-first-solid-foods-are-they-cold-or-calibrating] for further reading.