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Badass Breeder
Jeanette Forrey is the Badass Breeder. She has quickly been recognized as one of the industry-leading dog breeders, trainers, and educators. Through her highly successful breeding program, 4E Kennels, Jeanette has raised and placed over two hundred service, facility and therapy dogs, as well as numerous loving, reliable family companions. Recently, she launched a renowned non-profit organization, Healing Hearts, which is placing fully trained working dogs in deserving homes. Additionally, Jeanette has also started her own therapy dog team, bringing the healing comfort of a dog to those who need it most. Jeanette has been featured on many local and national media outlets, including Good Morning America. Along with her rich history in dog rearing, Jeanette is also an experienced educator. Having successfully taught regular and at-risk students in the Las Vegas public school system, she combined these diverse worlds to develop the Badass Breeder Mentorship Program. Again, showing her pedigree as an industry disruptor, she has been sharing her secrets related to breeding, puppy curriculum and evaluation techniques, combined with her business ethics. She is relentlessly focused on promoting ethical and dog-centered breeding practices and educating the public to buy smarter to defund puppy mills and ill-intentioned backyard breeders. Jeanette is not only successful but is truly elevating the way the breeding business is done by not only changing breeding from bad to badass but healing hearts and changing lives through the power of a dog. She is taking hundreds of breeders on this mission and journey with her.
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EP 10: Our Curriculum for Week Five Onwards - Part 1
As we move into our fifth class of the mentorship, we will be covering the curriculum that breeders should be following with their puppies from week five onwards. A major point we make early on is that it is extremely important to keep in sync with the program. Being behind or ahead of time by even a day or two can make a big difference to a puppy whose development occurs so rapidly during this period of its life. We get into all the considerations over the puppy’s environment, talk about tactile objects and surfaces, how to build confidence by using the dam in training, how to develop tolerance using different handling techniques, and more. Our class covers tips for puppy evaluation and a twelve-point scorecard that we use for all our puppies. You will hear our strategies around pairing owners with puppies who suit them, why we are so open to returns, and how to educate owners so that they are best equipped to continue training once the puppies leave our facility. Additionally, we cover our policy around health checks and vet clearances and speak about why it is important that all our owners need to worry about at their first vet visit is a wellness exam. Tune in today!
Key Points From This Episode:
- How much of a difference it makes to be out of sync with your curriculum by a day or two.
- Recommendations for what to focus on in the curriculum at the five-week mark.
- Props and tactile surfaces to use such as balls, triangles, grates, and bridges with slats.
- How changing the environment while keeping a puppy in the same room is bad practice.
- The value of using the mother as a resource for building confidence.
- Soaking kibble in probiotic, pectolin, and dry pumpkin.
- Building tolerance to handling by exposing puppies to slightly uncomfortable petting.
- A demonstration of the handling training Jeanette does on a six-week-old puppy.
- When to evaluate toy breeds versus standards and moyens.
- Benefits and shortcomings of the Wendy Volhard aptitude test.
- Different traits to assess, and the need to assess using a person the puppy knows.
- Using the word ‘yes’ to show the puppy it can be confident and keep exploring.
- What to continue and ramp-up leading into week seven.
- Why it is important to let clients choose their own puppies.
- The twelve important traits Jeanette evaluates her puppies by.
- Making sure that as an owner, your lifestyle suits the personality of your puppy.
- Vetting potential owners and why Jeanette is so open to owners returning puppies.
- Perspectives on whether balance boards cause hip and knee issues.
- A description of Jeanette’s typical day with a six or seven-week-old puppy.
- Jeanette’s approach t
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Jeanette Forrey
Webinars (classes and training)
The Ultimate Badass Breeder's Guide
Raising the Empowered Puppy Guide for Clients
YouTube Playlist