Table 1.

Details of surveyed pups in this study.

Kennel	Litter	Breed	No. of pups	Pup identity	Date of birth	Age in days
A	A-a	Toy poodle	3	A-a-1 - A-a-3	5/13/2009	30
	A-b	Toy poodle	3	A-b-1 - A-b-3	5/15/2009	28
	A-c	Chihuahua	2	A-c-1 - A-c-2	4/17/2009	57
	A-d	Toy poodle	3	A-d-1 - A-d-3	6/23/2009	45
	A-e	Toy poodle	4	A-e-1 - A-e-4	7/1/2009	37
	A-f	Toy poodle	5	A-f-1 - A-f-5	7/9/2009	29
	A-g	Toy poodle	3	A-g-1-A-g-3	9/2/2009	38
	A-h	Toy poodle	2	A-h-1 - A-h-2	9/6/2009	35
	Total		25
B	B-a	Maltese	2	B-a-1 - B-a-2	8/3/2009	46
	B-b	Beagle	4	B-b-1 - B-b-4	7/29/2009	51
	B-c	Miniature dachshund	5	B-c-1 - B-c-5	8/1/2009	51
	B-d	Papillon	3	B-d-1 - B-d-3	8/17/2009	53
	B-e	Chihuahua	4	B-e-1 - B-e-4	8/25/2009	55
	Total		18