Manage Your Brood Female Part 2: Throughout Pregnancy to Repeat Breeding

In part two of Dr. Cheryl Lopate’s series on managing your brood female, she zeroes in on the pregnancy and lactation period, showing how to provide optimal care to wind up with healthy puppies. From dewormimg and nutrition tips for the brood female to whelping box considerations to thoughts on when to breed again, Dr. Lopate will provide comprehensive insight you won’t want to miss.

About Cheryl Lopate, MS, DVM, DACT:   

Cheryl Lopate, MS, DVM, DACT, completed a master’s degree in reproductive physiology and her veterinary degree at The Ohio State University. After a residency in comparative theriogenology at Purdue University, Dr. Lopate became a Diplomate of the American College of Theriogenologists. She continued at Purdue as a clinical instructor for two and a half years. During this time, she spent six months on sabbatical in Queensland, Australia, working at an equine and small-animal referral practice. Dr. Lopate opened her Reproductive Revolutions referral practice in Portland, Oregon, in 2003 and merged the practice with a general companion animal practice in 2011. She has a special interest in ultrasonography during pregnancy, high-risk pregnancy and male infertility. Dr. Lopate lives on a hobby farm with a Pembroke Welsh Corgi and an Australian Shepherd, a small flock of sheep for the dogs to herd, a Cleveland Bay gelding, two donkeys and a barn cat.

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