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Today’s question is on dams who refuse to eat when pregnant: ‌“Ok friends, I’m having a REALLY difficult time getting my girl to eat… I have mixing pumpkin purée, we currently have three different dog foods that I have been trying different combinations of. She was eating Badlands Ranch and Orijen really well, before that it was Royal Canin, but all of these she eventually has stopped eating. I ha...

Today’s question is a fan request for an episode on teenagers: “I wonder if you could do a podcast covering what you have learned works best regarding how to frame the adolescents mind and some general guidelines around training and general standards we should be aware of at this time in her development. You know, like with the puppies at their different stages.” “Adolescent dogs” is a huge topic...

This week’s star question is from a puppy owner who’s puppy is drooling and throwing up in the car. They’re wondering, is it general anxiety or carsickness?   It’s very troublesome because these puppy owners have lots of big plans for travel with their pet and it’s important that their puppy ride well in the car.  What can they do to fix this situation? In this episode I answer these questions and...

Today’s question comes to us from a breeder who’s having a large litter and wondering how she’s going to get everything done: “Help, I am actually freaking out…just confirmed 11 via x-ray…have got a really bad feeling that I am going to be short on time for individual work. How do those of you who have big litters work?”   In this episode, I talk about:   My Five key tips to save time when working...

Today’s question comes from a viewer who has a puppy that wakes up at 5AM and screams her head off.  They’ve been ignoring the screaming but it’s not going away...what should she do? This is a common problem that both puppy owners and breeders regularly write in about.  In this episode I cover: Why puppies scream at seemingly odd hours of the morning What you should do to stop “early risers” from...

Today’s question comes from a person who’s thinking about taking in rescue litters. She’s thinking that a good early start could help rescue puppies, but she’s wondering if she’ll be able to use Puppy Culture. She’s worried that, because the dams are stressed, she might not be able to do some of the protocols. What should she do? Are there any special considerations for doing Puppy Culture with a...

Today’s question comes from a viewer who’s wondering how early puppies need to be separated from their littermates to avoid the dreaded “Littermate Syndrome.” In this episode, I tackle that question and discuss key issues around “littermate syndrome.”‌ Is littermate syndrome a real thing?‌ Is it ever a good idea to keep two littermates?‌ If you do keep two littermates, how can you successfully rai...

​In a brand new Madcap Radio podcast series, Jane grabs a question from the Puppy Culture discussion group that sparked interested and talks about it on air. In this first episode, the person asking the question finds herself torn… she’s very attached to a particular puppy in a litter, but also feels like that puppy does not interact a lot with the rest of the litter. This person has previous expe...

Dietary Choline for Lactating Dams In this episode, Jane is joined by Magda Chiarella to review dietary supplements and food sources that can help prevent mastitis in lactating dams.  Although sunflower lecithin is often recommended, sunflower lecithin has some potentially serious side effects and there are many far superior dietary sources of the active ingredient in sunflower lecithin, which is...

Why It Hurts So Bad to Be Wrong   Why is it so threatening to realize that you might have been wrong about something?  Turns out there's an evolutionary basis for this. Plot spoiler: that evolutionary strategy was awesome in the stone ages, but maybe not so much now.  

Act One: Low Birthweight Puppies How our "stories" can blind us to what's before our eyes and potentially keep us from learning something new.

Act Two: Food Wars   Nothing forms strongly-defended tribes better than food ideology.  But what if you learned something new that made the picture bigger and changed the considerations? Would you be willing to challenge your food tribe's assumptions?  

Act Three: Early Off-Premises Socialization Sometimes you really were right.  But then the circumstances changed.  How changing your mind about something does not always. mean you were wrong in the first place.