HOW WE RAISE OUR PUPPIES

At Yukon Samoyeds our journey begins with healthy, happy parents. All of our parent dogs are extremely well mannered, have great temperaments and undergo physical health testing.  A healthy puppy begins with healthy parents. It is important that our parent dogs are the best examples of what a Samoyed should be in order to breed the best puppies, therefore our parents are CKC registered and hold/working towards CKC championships. Our parents have participated in obedience, show and trick classes.

At Yukon Samoyeds our dams are given the best care throughout their pregnancy. From vet visits, extra nutrition, on-call vet services, and more, our Moms are well prepared to bring their puppies into the world. Once their due date approaches Moms are integrated into their whelping area. At this point they receive daily massages and grooming care. During whelping our moms receive delivery assistance as needed.

At 3 weeks old we move into a more advanced curriculum with our puppies set forth by Jeanette Forrey with 4E Kennels. We begin a “10 step puppy massage” every day and increase pressure weekly. We use our 10 step handling exercises to ensure our puppies are exposed to various types of touch, handling and sensation. This includes eyes, nose, inside mouth, around collar, tummy, down back, pull tail, tug on ears, and tapping nails.

At 3 weeks we also begin socializing our puppies to different sounds, sights, textures, things to climb on, run through and more. We believe in empowering over enabling our puppies. We set them up to conquer physical and mental challenges every day. By doing this we build our puppies nerve strength and confidence as well as problem solving skills. Our goal is provide our puppies with a stable and enriching environment for the first 8 weeks of their lives.