This is the second of a two-part article series excerpted from a teleseminar

interview which Barb graciously provided to better explain the expertise she

needed and developed to perfect her Foolproof Puppy Weaning System:

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I was then really fortunate because that first master breeder that I worked

with - Maureen Gunderson at Fraka Kennels, she's passed away now - but

she said to me, "I will not let you have a litter of puppies until I have

taught you everything I can teach you." And at that time Maureen had been

in breeding - she'd been breeding horses since she was a little girl -

but breeding Australian Cattle dogs and Siberian Huskies for over 30 years.

So it took six years for her to teach me everything she knew and she arranged

for me to go to other breeders' homes when puppies were being born and I

would go over every week to help with the puppies and to learn about the

whelping, weaning and the raising of these puppies. And finally after 6

years of doing that Maureen gave me the seal of approval and said it was OK

for me to start breeding a litter of puppies.

From that start I continued on with my own breeding program, I've been very

successful with Champion show dogs, Obedience Champions, and Sled dog

Champions. I'm most proud of producing very healthy dogs and have really

gotten to be known in the dog circles as somebody who knows a lot about the

weaning, raising and whelping of puppies.

And so when other people have issues, I am the one that they come to.

What I found was that especially people that were either new into breeding or

people who maybe haven't had a litter in 5 or 10 years, that they needed a

mentor that they could go to and that mentors were a little bit more

difficult to find these days than maybe they used to be. So I developed this

weaning puppies program.

It's the Foolproof Puppy Weaning System and the program was developed to

really help people through each step in a way that supports their puppies and

the mother the best, and in a way that they can ensure the health of the

puppies, the health of the mother, the socialization - can prevent issues

such as food aggression - and that brings us here today!

L: Well great! I didn't realize the incredible depth of experience you

have and kudos to Maureen for "putting you through the ringer" so to

speak and making sure that you were ready. That's just a wonderful gift to

be able to share with people.