The Hidden Health Crisis in Purebred Dogs and the Breeders Trying to Fix It (w/Nicole Nelson)

Bre Drake welcomes natural rearing breeder Nicole Nelson to the Love Your Dogs podcast for a conversation about epigenetics, genetic diversity, and the future of dog breeding. Together they explore how the health of today’s dogs may be influenced by decisions made generations ago. This episode sheds light on an important conversation happening quietly within the dog world.

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Show Notes

Follow Nicole on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/puppies_from_truenorth/

Natural Rearing Breeder Connection: https://www.nrbreeder.com/

Wellspring HAA Puppy Search Guide: https://stan.store/WellspringHAA/p/puppy-search-guide

Natural Rearing by Jeannette Thomason (wonderful and important read for all dog parents): https://www.thedogbreederstore.com/Natural-Rearing--Breeding-and-Raising-Dogs-The-Way-Nature-Intended_p_171.html

Embark COI (Coefficient of Inbreeding) testing: https://embarkvet.com/breeders/genetic-coi/

Canine Nomographs (maternal antibody wear off detection): https://www.vetmed.wisc.edu/lab/cavids/canine-nomograph-what-is-it/

Relevant Studies

Tiffon, 2018 – “The Impact of Nutrition and Environmental Epigenetics on Health and Disease”

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6275017/

Gudsnuk & Champagne, 2012 – “Epigenetic Influence of Stress and the Social Environment”

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4021821/

van Otterdijk & Michels, 2016 – “Transgenerational Epigenetic Inheritance in Mammals”

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27037350/