Category: Puppy Culture Potluck Series

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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 39 - Yeast-Based Probiotic Supplements for Brood Bitches: When They Make Sense and When They Don't

1/20/2026

One of our fans wrote to me recently about a webinar she attended on the veterinary use of probiotics:

“The thing that intrigued me was… a study where one group of pregnant bitches was on a yeast-based probiotic, and the control group on no probiotic. There were benefits to both bitches and puppies, such as more stable GI tract and stool quality during whelping in the mothers on the probiotic, and they were less likely to have puppies of low birth weight.

I know Jane works a lot at supporting the gut biome, but interesting info about a specific yeast and a specific time."

Episode 37 - Puppies That Shiver After First Solid Foods - Are They Cold or Calibrating?

12/23/2025

This episode is about the possible reasons why very young puppies sometimes shiver after big sensory experiences, especially after eating food from a dish for the first few times.

Episode 30 - Is It A Fear Period? Recognizing and Navigating Fear Periods in Puppies

3/17/2025

This episode’s question is about fear periods.

“What are the critical fear stages in puppies from 8 weeks on? Is it best to keep up their socialization during these periods or back off for a few days and then resume?”

Episode 29 - Teaching Puppies to Share: Dog-Dog Resource Guarding Prevention

2/26/2025

This episode’s question is about preventing dog-to-dog resource guarding:

“Can’t seem to find it in the video; what is the protocol to work against food aggression within the litter? We have been doing marrow bones and resource guard training with people, but a few puppies are showing aggression to the other puppies at meal times. Any info appreciated, thanks!”

Episode 28 - Is It All In How We Raise Them? Re-thinking the Nature vs Nurture Debate.

12/9/2024

This week’s question is about whether doing Puppy Culture or any other early socialization program can guarantee good outcomes for puppies.

“…I was talking to a breeder about Puppy Culture and I told her that if she would just adopt the program, she would eliminate any temperament issues with her puppies. Am I right about this? Isn’t Puppy Culture a guarantee that puppies will have good outcomes?”

Episode 27 - How “Hands On” Should You Be With Neonate Puppies? Finding the Line Between Supporting and Interfering.

11/12/2024

This week’s question is about whether you’re supporting or interfering when you help mom with her neonate puppies:

“…I've noticed that you lay in the box with Velvet and provide significant assistance to her. Among many groups of breeders, there is a faction who strongly advise to essentially let Mom alone in the first days as she has instincts and knows what to do, and that the presence, participation, and assistance of humans may be bothersome to her.

So, I'm wondering if this is breed dependent? Or an individual preference?”

Episode 26 - Raw Feeding? You Might Be Over-Thinking This. Raw Diets for Puppies - Part Two

10/29/2024

This is part two of my podcast, answering many questions one of our fans sent in about raw feeding puppies.

Episode 25 - Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Raw Food? Raw Diets for Puppies - Part One

10/22/2024

This week’s episode is a fan request on feeding puppies a raw diet:

My breeder uses and recommended Puppy Culture as a resource for my partner and I, in preparation for our Toy Poodle pup that we'll be picking up in a week or so. We've completed your Puppy Owners Course, the Puppy Culture and Attention is the Mother films, and have started binging your podcast- love your stuff!

I'm wondering if you could make an episode on feeding dogs raw food. We plan to feed our pup raw (the breeder currently feeds raw) but it is a bit intimidating for people who are new to this diet! I'm wondering if you could cover a few things:

Episode 24 - Puppy Play Groups: Benefits and Realities

10/7/2024

This week’s conversation is the result of an interview that I did with Jean Donaldson a few weeks ago.

In it, Jean mentioned that it’s now a “thing” not to offer puppy play groups for puppies. The thought is that allowing puppies to play will make them less likely to pay attention to their owners.

Episode 23 - How Early Can You See a Puppy’s Personality? Breeder Observations and Advice

10/2/2024

This week’s question asks what the earliest is that breeders have observed consistent personality traits in a puppy:

“Out of curiosity, how early have you noticed personality traits developing in your litters that did stick around until the time they went to new homes or even beyond?

(Caveat: I know a puppy's personality truly doesn't settle until they are much older which is why temperament tests aren't predictive of adult temperament as we learn in PC.

This is just for fun / curiosity and because my current litter seem to be showing consistent temperaments at only 3 weeks and my last litter didn't really start to show that until around 5 weeks!)”

Author

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.

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