Submitted By Jerrie Wolfe &
David Wilson, from www.akc.org
| A | Abnormal Birth | The only kind you hear of after you have your bitch in whelp. |
| B | Box for Whelping | Essential piece of equipment which is used at the onset of labor, but which is later left in order to produce the first pup on your bed. |
| C | Cardiac Arrest | Not common in whelping bitches, but often seen in owners around 62nd day of bitches gestation. |
| D | Dog | What you wish you had bought in the first place. |
| E | Euphemisms | For some reason adopted by breeders. e.g. "Puppies are thriving" means puppies have just eaten next months housekeeping budget in five days. |
| F | False Alarms | Games played by whelping bitches to keep owners on their toes. |
| G | Garden | What you had before your puppies. |
| H | Hand Rearing | Not recommended unless you have eight hands. |
| I | Imperfections | Your puppies, of course, have none. |
| J | Joy | Despite other comments, puppies bring a lot of it with them. |
| K | Kennel | That shed in the garden that used to stay empty until you stored tools in it. |
| L | Long Sleep Ins | What you don't have for a very long time. |
| M | Milk | You will need a lot of it. Recommend developing friendship with someone in the trade. |
| N | Next Time | Next time you'll be more organized! |
| O | Old Clothes | The only kind you have after rearing puppies. |
| P | Pedigree | After writing out a five generation pedigree eight times, you will agree there is a lot to be said for mongrels. |
| Q | Quota | Dictionary definies this words as "finite quantity". Visualize litter of eight - then number nine arrives. |
| R | Refurnishing | Takes place after sorting out debris once the last puppy is gone. |
| S | Stress | Can be bought in cans. Can also be found accompanied by strain in owners. |
| T | Teeth | Teething puppies are an upholster's dream. See "R". |
| U | Useful Articles | Scissors, cotton, LARGE WHISKEY. |
| V | Vet | The chap whose phone number you learn by heart. |
| W | Weaning | Excellent method for getting the smallest amount of milk and food over the largest area of floors, walls, etc. in the shortest time. |
| X | X-rayed | What your head should have been before you started all this. |
| Y | Yellow Fever | About the only disease you decide the puppies don't have when they sneeze the first time. |
| Z | Zigzag Zoom! | Puppies do it when you try to catch them to put them back in their kennel. |