This completely revised and updated version of The Puppy and Kitten Clinic's Nursing and Hand Rearing Newborn Puppies by Betty Bloomfield is the essential hand rearing manual. It covers all aspects of hand rearing new born puppies and provides guidance on rearing those puppies who are born immature and those who are unwell. This book includes practical advice on: normal puppy development, assessment and monitoring of newborn puppies, feeding techniques including orogastric tube feeding, feeding regimens for sick and immature puppies, notes on clinical conditions such as neonatal sepsis, hypoglcaemia, hypothermia, fading puppy and swimmer puppy syndrome This book is a 'must have' standby for anyone breeding dogs or nursing newborn puppies