[RedyreRottweilers]

I am so excited!! And nervous. And scared. And delighted!!!

Puppies are all spoken for, and will be due August 8th.

[Shalva]

Originally Posted by RedyreRottweilers

I am so excited!! And nervous. And scared. And delighted!!!

Puppies are all spoken for, and will be due August 8th.

doing all kinds of fertility dances for you guys..... what are you doing.... is it a natural or an AI???
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[SunSiberians]

Whoo whoo! Congratulations and Good Luck!

When will you know if the breeding took?

[xoxluvablexox]

Aw that's so exciting! I'll light a pink candle for you...wait no that stands for lust. I'll look in one of my candle symbolizem books and find a good one. Don't worry

OKay, I'm lighting a green candle for you and sending your dog my best wishes. No I'm not normal but that's okay.

[RedyreRottweilers]

It a fresh chilled surgical. She was 8.2 yesterday, so it's all systems GO.

[Shalva]

Originally Posted by RedyreRottweilers

It a fresh chilled surgical. She was 8.2 yesterday, so it's all systems GO.

thats what I did with shalva.... we got 8
with Kae we did a fresh surgical and we are waiting to see....

good luck
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[luv4gsds]

Congratulations!!!! Hope everything takes.

[Chloef_2799]

Thats great! Good luck and let us know if the breeding took, maybe you can do a diary of this entire episode on here so we can allr ead it and maybe teach a few people some things about breeding and its difficulties. Just a thought.....?

[Wimble Woof]

I checked out your website, this breeding looks like a wonderful match!
Such amazing parents with many many accomplishments. Going to produce some very promising puppies thats for sure.

I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for all to go smoothly. As well as checking up on the litter once born!
Good luck!

[sweetardnas1885]

Originally Posted by RedyreRottweilers

It a fresh chilled surgical. She was 8.2 yesterday, so it's all systems GO.

Just a quick question...what does the number mean? I don't know much about AI.

[borzoimom]

Originally Posted by Shalva

doing all kinds of fertility dances for you guys..... what are you doing.... is it a natural or an AI???
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DOING THE CONGO FOR FERTILITY AS WELL!!!!

[Tess&Coco]

Good luck with the breeding today.

[Jen D]

Good luck and I hope we see pics of the pups when they come I love Rotties!

[borzoimom]

Originally Posted by sweetardnas1885

Just a quick question...what does the number mean? I don't know much about AI.

That means the level of progrestrone. Progestrone needs to be above a 6 to be in " peak heat". Coupled with LH levels is how the AI is figured for top heat. A sperm only lives 3 days max- so you want the highest level of progrestrone. At 8.2 she is REALLY cranking.. lol..

[sheplovr]

Honey do NOT count your chickens before they hatch, ya know the old saying?? Wish you the utmost best of luck, nothing is final in Breeding dogs, we all Learn this and stressful as is we go through it year after year sweetie. Be Happy and Wish the Best of Luck to ya.
I am expecting a litter on or about July 4th. If all goes well an outstanding litter as always with girle n Gino.... Awesome pups, no runts, no nothings wrong. She whelps so readily and is a fantastic mommy

[lovemygreys]

Sending best wishes for a successful breeding and a healthy, happy pregnancy & delivery!

[Shalva]

Originally Posted by sweetardnas1885

Just a quick question...what does the number mean? I don't know much about AI.

A dogs uterus is a progesterone environment.... normally a bitch has a low progesterone amount in her system but when she comes into season that progesterone level starts to go up..... she needs to have a certain level of progesterone in order to ovulate and then to maintain a pregnancy. When we are doing a surgical implant like what Redyre is doing or like what I did with Shalva we are often using semen that is being shipped FedEx. So the semen is collected on one day and then shipped through the mail to the reproductive vet and then the bitch is inseminated. There are many ways to inseminate... in this case and what I did was surgical where you make a small incision in the uterus and actually pour the semen over the eggs.... close everything up and hopefully have puppies 63 days later. However the eggs are only good for so many days and the semen is only good for so many days so by taking the blood tests and measuring the level of progesterone you make sure that you are putting the semen on the eggs at the right time so you get a litter of pups. Generally the LH surge happens when the progesterone hits a 1.5-2.5 and this surge preceeds ovulation then ovulation happens at a 5 with eggs ripening approximately 48 hours later.... so the progesterone level tells us exactly when to breed and increase our odds of getting puppies..... Then once a dog is bred and the litter takes the progesterone should stay at a minimum of a 15 (nanograms/liter as I recall, please correct me if I am messed up with that) in order for the bitch to maintain the pregnancy.

hope that makes sense

just to add one thing....
this progesterone environment when a bitch comes into season is VERY VERY hard on the uterus and is very damaging to the uterus.... and is the reason that a bitch should be spayed as the repeated bombardment of progesterone on the uterus can cause serious medical problems such as pyometra and often fatal uterine infection. Thus any bitch that is not goign to be bred should be spayed to avoid the damaging effects of the progesterone on their systems.

[sweetardnas1885]

Originally Posted by Shalva

A dogs uterus is a progesterone environment.... normally a bitch has a low progesterone amount in her system but when she comes into season that progesterone level starts to go up..... she needs to have a certain level of progesterone in order to ovulate and then to maintain a pregnancy. When we are doing a surgical implant like what Redyre is doing or like what I did with Shalva we are often using semen that is being shipped FedEx. So the semen is collected on one day and then shipped through the mail to the reproductive vet and then the bitch is inseminated. There are many ways to inseminate... in this case and what I did was surgical where you make a small incision in the uterus and actually pour the semen over the eggs.... close everything up and hopefully have puppies 63 days later. However the eggs are only good for so many days and the semen is only good for so many days so by taking the blood tests and measuring the level of progesterone you make sure that you are putting the semen on the eggs at the right time so you get a litter of pups. Generally the LH surge happens when the progesterone hits a 1.5-2.5 and this surge preceeds ovulation then ovulation happens at a 5 with eggs ripening approximately 48 hours later.... so the progesterone level tells us exactly when to breed and increase our odds of getting puppies..... Then once a dog is bred and the litter takes the progesterone should stay at a minimum of a 15 (nanograms/liter as I recall, please correct me if I am messed up with that) in order for the bitch to maintain the pregnancy.

hope that makes sense

just to add one thing....
this progesterone environment when a bitch comes into season is VERY VERY hard on the uterus and is very damaging to the uterus.... and is the reason that a bitch should be spayed as the repeated bombardment of progesterone on the uterus can cause serious medical problems such as pyometra and often fatal uterine infection. Thus any bitch that is not goign to be bred should be spayed to avoid the damaging effects of the progesterone on their systems.

Thanks so much, that helps a lot! I don't knowe why, but when I was in college in our veterinary technician program they didn't spend much time or tell us much about reproduction and conceptions or AI. I suppose it is because they do not want to condone breeding as we worked very closely with our local rescue. I don't know. But again, thanks so much!