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Weaning For Life
$139.00

A step‑by‑step course on how to use the weaning period to build strong digestion, resilience, and long‑term health.

Features

  • 9 hours 40 mins online course

  • Instructor: Jane Messineo Lindquist

  • Full lifetime access

  • 59 online video lessons

  • 67 Learning units covering 10 weeks

  • Certificate of completion

$139.00

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Course Introduction

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About Me and My Methods

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Timeline Overview

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What is the Gut Biome?

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Batch Foods and Segueing to Sustenance

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What is and is not Normal Puppy Stool

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Managing Your Dams Interactions

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Fermenting Cucumbers and Asparagus

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Course Overview and FAQs

  • Overview
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Build better digestion and immunity for life, starting at weaning.

The weaning period is a brief but powerful developmental window when the gut and immune system are still being formed. This course shows you how to guide puppies from nursing to solid food based on their individual development, allowing you to leverage this window for lifelong benefits.

You’ll get a clear, practical approach to introducing a wide variety of whole and raw foods to support a healthy gut microbiome, balanced immunity, and strong digestion, while also helping the dam transition smoothly and comfortably out of lactation.

Includes step‑by‑step guidance, recipes, sample menus, and video instruction for fermenting and preparing food.

Although the course uses a raw‑based model, the benefits extend to all puppies, even those who go on to kibble, because a well‑developed gut is better equipped to extract nutrients and adapt to any diet.

Total running time 9 hours 40 minutes

What You'll Learn

  • How your early weaning decisions influence lifelong health, immunity, behavior, and longevity in dogs.

  • How to recognize behavioral and physiological signs that puppies and the dam are ready to begin weaning.

  • How to introduce foods in a structured sequence that supports digestive development and eliminates stress and GI upset.

  • How to use whole, varied foods to build a resilient gut microbiome during critical early windows.

  • How to read puppy stools, appetite, and behavior to assess food tolerance and troubleshoot problems early.

  • How to coordinate puppy feeding with dam management to safely reduce milk production and prevent mastitis.

  • How and when to transition puppies from milk to complete nutrition without creating nutritional gaps.

  • How to adapt the weaning process to different breeds, litter sizes, and real‑world variables rather than fixed timelines.

  • Includes daily menus, recipes, and step‑by‑step video instruction for fermenting and preparing food with confidence


Course Syllabus

24 Units | 59 Lessons | 9hrs 40m total

01

Navigating Your New Course!

02

Lesson 1 - Introduction and Course Overview

03

Lesson 2 - Weaning Timeline Overview

04

Lesson 3 - Zooming Out on the Weaning Process

05

Lesson 4 - Order of Food Introductions

06

Lesson 5 - Preparation and Shopping

07

Lesson 6 - When to Start Weaning

08

Lesson 7 - First Single-File Foods, How to Tell if Your Puppies Are Tolerating Foods, and a Lot About Puppy Stools

09

Lesson 8 - Managing the Weaning Process for Your Dam

10

Lesson 9 - Continuing With Single-File Foods

11

Lesson 10 - Batch Food Introductions

12

Lesson 11 - Segueing to Sustenance

13

Lesson 12 - Selecting Appropriate Raw Meaty Bones

14

Lesson 13 - Food Tour

15

Lesson 14 - "Force Weaning" Puppies

16

Lesson 15 - Timeline Summary and Normal Variations

17

Lesson 16 - Instructions for Making Liver Water

18

Lesson 17 - Instructions and Recipes for Puppy Formulas

19

Lesson 18 - Instructions for Making Bone Broth

20

Lesson 19 - Instructions for Making Kefir and Double Fermented Kefir

21

Lesson 20 - Instructions for Making Yogurt

22

Lesson 21 - Instructions for Making Fermented Cabbage (Sauerkraut)

23

Lesson 22 - Instructions for Making Fermented Cucumbers and Asparagus

24

Student Resources and Documents

25

Podcasts

26

Certificate of Completion

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Katharina Bursle, Jorinalabs
Just what I needed to hear

Just what I needed to hear. Weaning is such a delicate time for the puppies and can be very stressful for the breeder. This course has given me, as a breeder, so much courage in facing this stage with confidence, answered many of my questions, and provided me with so much knowledge, new information, tools, and practical ideas to better understand and handle this small yet crucial window in the puppies' lives, the weaning stage. I particularly loved the timeline for the weaning process, including when to introduce which foods, as well as the step-by-step guidance on preparing food. Highly recommend this course.

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