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 Jessica Hekman | Jun 3, 2022 | Blog, The Library
Morrill, Kathleen, et al. “Ancestry-inclusive dog genomics challenges popular breed stereotypes.” Science 376.6592 (2022): eabk0639. PubMed Link | Full Text Link by Jessica Hekman, DVM, PhD (Note: the author of this summary is second author on the paper) ...
by Jacqueline George | Apr 8, 2022 | Blog, Puppy Seekers
What is Socialization? Technically “socialization” is the complex process that begins even before birth, by which an animal – including every human – becomes familiar and habituated to the environment in which it lives. For humans, it’s learning what is...
by Conny Kraus | Mar 6, 2022 | Blog, The Library
This post is part of a three-part series. See also: Summary of Packer et al. (2015) Summary of Liu et al. (2017) by Dr. Cornelia Kraus The papers by Packer et al. (2015, just Packer from here on) and Liu et al (2017, just Liu from here on) on risk factors for BOAS...
by Conny Kraus | Mar 6, 2022 | Blog, The Library
Packer, et al. “Impact of facial conformation on canine health: brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome”. PLOS One (2015) 10: e0137496. PubMed Link | Full Text Link This two-part study investigates risk factors for brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome (BOAS)...
