by Functional Dog Collaborative | Dec 4, 2022 | Position Statements
The Functional Dog Collaborative (FDC) recognizes that well-run breeding programs come in a variety of shapes and sizes. Blanket statements about kennel-based breeding programs leave no room for nuance and fail to distinguish between poorly managed “puppy mill”...
by Functional Dog Collaborative | Oct 9, 2022 | Podcast, Shelter/Rescue
Karen Hinchy: The Chinook Outcross Project Jessica Hekman: Welcome to the Functional Breeding Podcast. I’m Jessica Hekman, and I’m here interviewing folks about how to breed dogs for function and for health: behavioral and physical. This podcast is brought...
by Functional Dog Collaborative | Oct 9, 2022 | Podcast, Shelter/Rescue
Emily Bray, PhD: Maternal Care in Dogs Jessica Hekman: Welcome to the Functional Breeding Podcast. I’m Jessica Hekman, and I’m here interviewing folks about how to breed dogs for function and for health: behavioral and physical. This podcast is brought to...
by Functional Dog Collaborative | Mar 7, 2022 | Position Statements
The Functional Dog Collaborative (FDC) has been asked: Do you think shelters should breed dogs? In short, no – FDC is not calling for animal shelters to breed dogs. The FDC does seek collaboration between shelters and breeders at the community level. Shelters...
by Functional Dog Collaborative | Feb 23, 2022 | Position Statements
The mission of the Functional Dog Collaborative (FDC) is to support the ethical breeding of healthy, behaviorally sound dogs. We have been asked: Don’t you want people to adopt shelter dogs?The answer? Yes, we do want people to adopt shelter dogs! We see shelters and...
