Thank you so much Abby & Dondi for sending me the photos. Both of em grew up well! very healthy and well socialized. And i am also glad that i was able to bring love & happiness into your family.

Yesterday, Fluffy gave birth one adorable male tiny-teacup cafe’ au lait poodle ( No, he is not for sale ). At first, i thought he will not be able to survive but thanks a lot to Doc Ric of Dog’s Land Veterinary Clinic ( my official vet ) for doing such a great job pulling my Milo out without performing a ceasarian. Here’s his short video @ 1 day old.

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Kamuning police precinct commander Carlito Feliciano said around 10 armed men barged into a compound along Road 8 in Barangay Pag-asa, wednesday evening and stole four Chihuahua studs owned by Allan Alamo.

Feliciano said earlier in the day, 2 men told Alamo they are looking for studs woch to breed their dogs and said they would be back that evening.

When the men returned, one of them pretended to inspect the dogs while the other opened the gate for the other suspects, who went in with dawn pistols, police said.

” Their targets are the Chihuahua studs, which are kept inside the dog breeding-station.” The suspects hogtied Alamo and fled on board a red Toyota was waiting outside, he added.

Quezon City Police District director Senior Superintendent Magtangol Gatdula said the group has been operating in various parts of Metro Manila and this is the first time its members hit a Dog Breeding Station in Quezon City.

Police said the gang’s modus operandi is to look advertisements in newspapers claiming to be looking for studs to breed their pet dogs.

Gatdula urged the public particularly pet owners who own miniature dogs to be careful when responding with their advertisements.

The first heat is manifested between the first 7 or 8 months, according to the size of the adult (the smaller breeds start earlier). We can observe the vulva gets swollen and leaves traces of blood. The female dog attracts the males. This lasts about 5 to 15 days, and is shown by the posture and acceptance of the male. The female is in heat 2 times a year. It is important for the owner to keep control of the dates in their health book. The owner’s control of the female dog’s heat and reproduction is essential of the dog’s hygiene. Different products exist as pills that have a hormone for the prevention of this stage, as well as for the males that experiment excessive sexual excitation.

The Prevention of Heat

In order to prevent this, we must start this treatment, 7 to 15 days before the stage begins. Therefore, we must not intervene during the first heat. Most of the heat inhibitors contain megesterol acetate. If administered daily during 32 days we can have four to six months of tranquility. This hormone has very few secondary effects if they are respected according to the instructions. The presentation usually comes in the form of sugar and has a great advantage since the female dog likes it a lot.

The Interruption of the Dog’s Heat

This is not a system of contraception and must only be used in exceptional circumstances. It is obligatory to intervene between the second and third day when the first manifestations of heat appear. If this does not happen, there is a high risk of failure. The treatment is based on the same products that are used for the prevention, but in more important doses. We increase the dose during 3 days, then we
administer it normally during 3 more days and at last we half the dose for the next 7 days. The next time that the dog is in heat we will have to control the dates in order to guarantee prevention so that we don’t interrupt it again. We can also sterilize the dog through a surgical procedure.

Vaginal Fluid Anomalies

Every vaginal fluid must be observed. The metritis or infection to the uterus is manifested with intense thirst and the emission of fluid is not clear. The female licks herself without stopping. If we give the female dog a contraceptive in the form of a pill or shot, it increases the risk of an infection. The cases of the inefficiency of antibiotics are not rare. In such cases it is necessary to remove the body of the uterus (hysterectomy). The care of the reproductive organs is limited to the cleaning of them with a gynecological solution if the flow is abundant, even though female dogs clean themselves in a natural way. On the contrary, female dogs in gestation or in the period of breeding require special attention.

Dog’s False Gestation

It is not an illness; it is a problem whose prevention and treatment are included by having in mind the dog’s hygiene. The false gestation is caused by a hormonal mix up, which is manifested with the rise of milk, associated or not to the behavioral alterations; the female is sad, takes property of determined objects and is scared or aggressive. This usually happens about 1 month and a half after heat. The teats swell up and after some days they secrete milk. It is necessary to stop the milking when the first symptoms are observed. The sooner we intervene the faster the secretion of milk will be stopped. If we proceed with any treatment, the teats can get more swollen and this can lead to a case of mastitis.

This problem deals with a series of hygienic measures and with the administration of pills. Other measures should be applied, like a water diet for 48 hours, with frequent outings and the confiscation of all the toys. All of these will favor the psychological change that will help make the dog’s behavior normal. The medical treatments consist in stopping the mil secretion through the hormones. These hormones act directly on the central nervous system and permit the decongestion of the teats. After 4 days we will observe a recuperation of the normal behavior and the reduction of the teats. Logically, the first step, previous to any type of treatment is to make sure that the dog is not pregnant.

However, it is also true that dogs assimilate our problems, adversities, and sadness to the point where they sometimes live as stressed as their owners. There are many cases in which a domestic animal has had psychological problems because of the type of relationship it had with its owner and it then caused the animal to have behavioral problems. Some of the most common problems that have been observed in domestic animals are stress, phobias, fear, and aggressiveness, causing there to be a rupture in the animal’s psychological equilibrium. Animals cannot tell us what they feel so it is our job to observe their behavior very attentively every day in order to determine what it is that is causing the behavior problem. It is possible for dogs to be perturbed in well defined cases where no physical problems or pathological problems are evident, meaning that it could be a psychosomatic problem that must be taken seriously.

The best way to treat dogs with psychosomatic problems, besides taking them to the veterinarian, is to give them lots of love. These dogs need a lot of affection, care, distractions and walks in order to feel safe and protected. These dogs need their owner to treat them gently, talk to them softly, make them feel wanted and understood so that the owner is them able to find and relieve the dogs problem. Unfortunately, in many cases we the own owners are directly responsible or not able capable of understanding the symptoms that started the emotional problem. Dogs that are continually submitted to a lot of stress, screaming, locked up in small spaces, always tied up on a leash, and that do not get enough or any physical or mental exercise, can actually change their conduct and way of behaving by becoming extremely depressed or even aggressive.

Facing the psychological development and of conduct of the dog, this stage is as important as the ones exposed in the previous chapter, the adoption. This lasts from the pup’s seventh or eighth week of life until approximately the eleventh week. Its beginning coincides with him being separated from the mother and its litter.

As a maximum exponent of this very important stage we can quote the case of the guide dog for blinds. Because these dogs have to be completely sociable in order to avoid any trouble with its master, they are given to previously selected families under a very strict criteria, with the object of exposing the pup to all kinds of situations and stimulus. This is done since its sixth week of life. Once this stage is overcome in a satisfactory manner, it will go back to the dog school to receive his education as a guide dog for blinds. Due to that , this stage begins when the dog arrives to your home. It is convenient to explain how this entry must take place.

Independently than from whom you acquire the pup, as a first step we recommend to make three previous visits, including the one in which you will take the pup home. This visit will be useful not only to discover the character of each pup in the litter, but also for the breeder to orient you in the way you should behave with the chosen exemplar. Equally, these visits will allow the chosen pup to get acquainted to our presence and our tone of voice. In amiable circumstances: one must caress him, talk to him smoothly, give him toys that will be used as a positive reference for when it goes home with us, etc. In spite of the great power to adapt himself to the new environment (approximately 72 hours), it is also recommended to make his arrival to its new home to coincide with a weekend or a period of vacation. This way, during the first days at his new home, we will be able to give him a little bit more of attention. This stage is perfect for the pup to get acquainted with his new family environment. It’s in this period of socialization when the dog must learn to subordinate himself to the people in the house.

This would be like starting school at twenty years of age, adducing lack of maturity for learning. Kids would probably love this idea, but we all know it’s not the right way. The most adequate age for learning is youth, though it’s necessary to adapt lessons to the possibilities of a developing mind. When young, the dog also discovers the hierarchic order within the pack, the puppy learns there is a boss, and status differences. If the animal does not accept rules from his first months of age, and does not learn to respect superiors, then he becomes an unsettled being, unable to live in groups. When puppies enter home for the first time, they instinctively tend to evaluate the “hierarchic ranks” of the family members, to identify the leader, to know who can he trust, who to follow, and with whom can he only play, without expecting something in reward. The puppy needs the leader’s figure to give him confidence and security. That figure is a human being that replaces the mother first, and the pack leader afterwards. It’s like a ten years old kid having to do the job of city major, assuming all the responsibilities of that position. Obviously he won’t be a happy person, but all the opposite, the poor kid will become deeply confused, will not sleep at nights, overwhelmed by his job. This explains why a puppy must be directed and educated. It also explains why he must be trained in the basic house rules, like potty training. What he can and can’t do while in the house.

Bringing a new puppy home

So here you come all excited and enthusiastic thinking about the big surprise this little thing in your arms is going to be for your family! A new puppy! Is there anything more exciting than that? Take it easy though and learn the basic of puppy dog care and how to house train puppies. You now have in your hands a little and defenseless living being that must be valued and taken care of with special and extra attention. Remember that a puppy is not a toy for the children, and because of this, they must not handle it. Everything around the puppy is new and strange and he probably feels frightened. This little fellow has just been taken from his mother, brothers and sisters, from his commodity, being forced to now face a new, strange and unknown environment, feeling intimidated by so much noise and words that do not mean anything to him. Before bringing a puppy into your house, you will need to have gotten the place ready for him. Your new puppy will need a comfortable, quiet, warm, and private place to live in, free of air drafts and humidity. Put the puppy in his new bed and leave him alone so he can adapt and readjust from the trauma he has just been through. Don’t worry though, a normal healthy puppy will soon come out of his private space ready to explore the new environment that now surrounds him and he will go after the person that first brought him to his new home by instinct.