Category: APAW Dogs
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A Look at a Nomograph
A nomograph is a blood exam of the dam which determines her titer levels (immunity) towards specific diseases. The titer levels are then assessed to determine at what age the maternal antibodies passed on through the dam’s colostrum will no longer provide protection to her pups.
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Why I Don’t Show in AKC Conformation
In this article I explain what the sport of conformation is, why I don’t show in AKC at this time, why I do show in UKC, and why it’s important to me to breed towards the Breed Standard.
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ESA, Psych SD or Pet??
Which one do you need? This post will help you understand the differences between Emotional Support Animals (or Dogs), Psychiatric Service Dogs, and good ol’ fashioned pets. What they each can do and how to go about getting each type.
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2023 in Review!
Additions to our program, litters, new working dogs and title holders – we’ve got a lot to be proud of this past year!
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What is a “Performance Prospect”?
‘Performance’ refers to sports (such as agility, scent work, dock diving, etc), and ‘prospect’ indicates that the dog demonstrates aptitudes that are likely to make them enjoy and be successful in sports if the handler cultivates those aptitudes. But what exactly are these traits? And what happens if the handler…
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How do I raise my puppy for…?
… Service? Therapy? Sports? A great companion? Actually, there is very little required raising specific to any one career – the big thing is teaching basic manners, socialization around many stimuli, and teaching the dog to remain responsive to their handler despite distractions.
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Why the Litter ‘Letter’?
You may have noticed each of our litters is assigned a letter from the alphabet, and most pups receive a name beginning with that letter – this helps in a variety of ways for us to track relationships and hereditary characteristics as we move through the generations.
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Training is Not Linear
While training your dog it is easy to feel like there should be constant (or at least regular) improvements in the areas you focus on teaching. But this is not how learning works – in most cases you will instead see fluctuation and occasional leaps ahead, and sometimes it’ll feel…
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The Importance of Names
Every APAW dog has a very special and unique name that is carefully selected for them; a name that wouldn’t even be _appropriate_ for the vast majority of other dogs in the program, never mind _perfect_ for another.
APAW - Poodle Pups for Working Roles 