Breeder Spotlight: Ezri Silverberg Apsara Windsprites and Lurchers
In this Breeder Spotlight, Ezri Silverberg of Apsara Windsprites & Lurchers, joins interim host Jess to talk their Windsprites, lurchers, and the realities of breeding within—and beyond—a small gene p...
1 Sep 57min
Breeder Spotlight: Tara Doherty and Figment Vulpine Spitz
In this Breeder Spotlight, interim host Jess Sedivy Gunderson talks with breeder Tara Doherty of Figment Vulpine Spitz and the Vulpine Spitz Project, and her goal of producing easy-to-live-with compan...
11 Aug 47min
Breeder Spotlight: Dr. Laura Sharkey and the Bosun Dog Project
In this Breeder Spotlight, Jess Sedivy Gunderson welcomes back Dr. Laura Sharkey of the Bosun Dog Project. Building on Laura's previous conversation with Perry about what puppies are capable of, this ...
28 Juli 46min
REPLAY: Mary Peaslee, MD, MPH: Breeding for Population Health
We're revisiting one of our favorite conversations with Dr. Mary Peaslee, exploring what functional, sustainable breeding looks like in practice. Drawing on the English Shepherd community's approach t...
14 Juli 1h 29min
How Puppy Purchasing Shapes Lifelong Health -- with Rowena Packer, PhD
In this episode, interim host Jess Sedivy Gunderson welcomes back Dr. Rowena Packer to discuss new research examining how puppies' earliest experiences—including age at sale, seeing the mother, and so...
30 Juni 1h 11min
Jane Lindquist Part 2: Weaning and the Microbiome
In part two of this conversation, Jess Sedivy Gunderson continues her discussion with Jane Lindquist, diving into Jane’s newer work around weaning, early nutrition, and the puppy gut microbiome. The e...
16 Juni 35min
Jane Lindquist Part 1: Puppy Culture Revisit
In this two-part conversation, Jess Sedivy Gunderson sits down with Jane Lindquist to revisit and expand on one of the Functional Breeding Podcast’s most downloaded episodes. Together, they explore wh...
28 Maj 36min
REPLAY: Dr. Jane Ladlow and BOAS
In this episode from our archive, we revisit an important conversation between Perry and Dr. Jane Ladlow, VetMB, DipECVS, MRCVS, on brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome (BOAS), functional health...
8 Maj 1h 9min
