{"id":705,"date":"2017-05-01T23:37:24","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T23:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/velvetswissys.com\/?page_id=705"},"modified":"2021-10-03T19:05:47","modified_gmt":"2021-10-03T19:05:47","slug":"breeding","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/velvetswissys.com\/?page_id=705","title":{"rendered":"Breeding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Early May 2017 marked our first Greater Swiss Mountain Dog breeding, but we are not new to the adventure.&nbsp; Gaby has been a breeder of Newfoundland Dogs since 1976, and Mac has joined her for the past few litters, the latest of which was a litter of eight, born May 30, 2016.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We are careful and responsible breeders, relentlessly striving for the things that matter most in our opinion: temperament, structure, health, longevity, and working ability.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">All of our litters are extensively socialized and intensively trained before going to new homes.&nbsp; Puppies are raised in our home, get lots of play and exercise, and start potty training with us.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Our socialization program includes daily novel object introduction, varied substrates, plenty of visitors including children, sound desensitization, car rides, novel locations, and more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Puppies begin individual training for their meals at around 4-5 weeks old and includes crate training, recall, loose leash walking at heel, impulse control exercises, etc.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">For photo and video examples of the kinds of activities our puppies enjoy during their time with us, visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/blackvelvetswissys\">facebook<\/a> page for photos and videos of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/saltydognewfoundlands\">Nautical Newfs<\/a> litter from 2016.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We carefully screen all potential puppy buyers and insist on in person visitation and puppy pick up.&nbsp; We will not ship puppies in cargo under any circumstance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Please learn more about our recent breeding of <a href=\"https:\/\/velvetswissys.com\/breeding\/mattie-x-hank\/\">Mattie x Hank<\/a>, or our previous breeding <a href=\"https:\/\/velvetswissys.com\/breeding\/mattie-x-pyro\/\">Mattie x Pyro<\/a>, and watch our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dogtrainhumane.com\/news\/\">News<\/a> for the latest updates.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Early May 2017 marked our first Greater Swiss Mountain Dog breeding, but we are not new to the adventure.&nbsp; Gaby has been a breeder of Newfoundland Dogs since 1976, and Mac has joined her for the past few litters, the latest of which was a litter of eight, born May 30, 2016. We are careful &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/velvetswissys.com\/?page_id=705\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Breeding&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-705","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/velvetswissys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/velvetswissys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/velvetswissys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/velvetswissys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/velvetswissys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=705"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/velvetswissys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5101,"href":"https:\/\/velvetswissys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/705\/revisions\/5101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/velvetswissys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}