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Puppy Culture Potluck Series

You bring the topics, we bring the discussion.

No time to read our Puppy Culture Discussion group every day? No problem! Now you can get highlights of the discussion group in podcast format.

I’m going to be grabbing questions from the discussion group that sparked interesting discussion and talk about them on air.

Who knows, some guests may drop in as well…

Episode 52 - Avoiding Getting Puppies Back, Part One: Ideas for Better Placements

8/26/2026

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Puppy returns are an unpleasant reality of being a breeder. At the end of the day, no matter how well you screen, you're going to get puppies back if you breed dogs.

This week's episode is a response to a breeder who got a puppy back from a puppy owner who ignored the breeder’s explicit written instructions regarding training and veterinary care/medication, and disaster ensued. The puppy is going to be OK but the breeder is wondering, could she (the breeder) have done something differently? The people seemed so nice, how could the breeder have gotten this placement so wrong?

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Episode 51 - Teaching Show Puppies to Sit: Will The Real Show Stack Please Stand Up?

8/11/2026

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This episode’s question is about teaching show prospect puppies to sit:

“What do you do with your show prospects for stacking? I am worried about the puppy automatically sitting in the ring and for the judge …”

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Jane Messineo Lindquist (Killion) is the director of "Puppy Culture the Powerful First Twelve Weeks That Can Shape Your Puppies' Future" as well as the author of "When Pigs Fly: Training Success With Impossible Dogs" and founder of Madcap University.

Jane has had Bull Terriers since 1982 and she and her husband, Mark Lindquist, breed Bull Terriers under the Madcap kennel name.

Her interests include dog shows, dog agility, gardening, and any cocktail that involves an infused simple syrup.

Puppy Culture Potluck Series

Episode 52 - Avoiding Getting Puppies Back, Part One: Ideas for Better Placements

Episode 51 - Teaching Show Puppies to Sit: Will The Real Show Stack Please Stand Up?

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