We are very proud to announce the arrival of 3 girls & 1 boy to our Holly (BIS Kana-ka Don't Ask Directions To Shenace) by frozen semen collected from Alex (AUST/NZ BISS CH Shenace Good On Ya).
For some odd reason, success with frozen semen down under is not terribly fruitful, more often than not resulting in no puppies & if you are lucky one or 2.
A thread was started a couple of months ago regarding stats etc... so I would like to share our experience & stat's in hope that it may result in further success for future breedings.
Holly was progesterone tested at day 9 (this was a Monday, I had expressed to the vets I was quite happy to do all the prog tests needed & knew how important they were in light of other K9 info), her levels were 4.9
2nd Progesterone test on Wednesday = 6.88, vets said leave it till Friday for the next test - kiwi's are quite laid back & I was a bit nervous not doing the day inbetween, however, they were the experts
3rd Prog test on Friday - day 13, levels 15.2 (perfect implant levels 12 - 20), she was surgically implanted 3 hours from taking the blood that morning.
Alex's semen was collected Camelot Farms System.
His sperm was 85% alive pre freeze (this can be higher if dogs have had a recent mating)
Out of the 85% alive pre frozen, 82% were normal (no broken tails, heads etc..) he had 725 million sperm (that's my boy (w00t) )
Post freeze 60% alive which is considered a good quantity - vet said 60% - 70% is very good & rarely they get over 70%.
They have a 90% success rate with Camelot Farms System
The next successful is ICSB (International Canine Semen Bank)
Then Straws - 50 - 60%
Clone virtually nothing.
From the one collection from Alex, there is enough for 3 matings, they used one mating on Holly - one vile/mating = 37 pellets.
Holly is a maiden bitch, Alex has produced well with live studs. Timing is CRITICAL as it the way the semen has been collected/frozen & I am thrilled to have 4 little creatures to drool over :wub:
Hope these stats help anyone down under with their AI's - for some odd reason, whippets have been more difficult to get into whelp - I know in Australia, one vet offers money back gaurantee with the Greyhounds as they have such huge success, can't see why whippets would be any different!
Here is a piccy of our AI litter.... will need a few pedigree names now please, going with the AI theme I have one name only... Shenace As I Am :huggles:
For some odd reason, success with frozen semen down under is not terribly fruitful, more often than not resulting in no puppies & if you are lucky one or 2.
A thread was started a couple of months ago regarding stats etc... so I would like to share our experience & stat's in hope that it may result in further success for future breedings.
Holly was progesterone tested at day 9 (this was a Monday, I had expressed to the vets I was quite happy to do all the prog tests needed & knew how important they were in light of other K9 info), her levels were 4.9
2nd Progesterone test on Wednesday = 6.88, vets said leave it till Friday for the next test - kiwi's are quite laid back & I was a bit nervous not doing the day inbetween, however, they were the experts
3rd Prog test on Friday - day 13, levels 15.2 (perfect implant levels 12 - 20), she was surgically implanted 3 hours from taking the blood that morning.
Alex's semen was collected Camelot Farms System.
His sperm was 85% alive pre freeze (this can be higher if dogs have had a recent mating)
Out of the 85% alive pre frozen, 82% were normal (no broken tails, heads etc..) he had 725 million sperm (that's my boy (w00t) )
Post freeze 60% alive which is considered a good quantity - vet said 60% - 70% is very good & rarely they get over 70%.
They have a 90% success rate with Camelot Farms System
The next successful is ICSB (International Canine Semen Bank)
Then Straws - 50 - 60%
Clone virtually nothing.
From the one collection from Alex, there is enough for 3 matings, they used one mating on Holly - one vile/mating = 37 pellets.
Holly is a maiden bitch, Alex has produced well with live studs. Timing is CRITICAL as it the way the semen has been collected/frozen & I am thrilled to have 4 little creatures to drool over :wub:
Hope these stats help anyone down under with their AI's - for some odd reason, whippets have been more difficult to get into whelp - I know in Australia, one vet offers money back gaurantee with the Greyhounds as they have such huge success, can't see why whippets would be any different!
Here is a piccy of our AI litter.... will need a few pedigree names now please, going with the AI theme I have one name only... Shenace As I Am :huggles:
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I agree that whippets should be as easy to AI as greyhounds, but for some freakish reason down under, they are not! We have HUGE success here in NZ with Greys, yet extremely disappoint results in whippets & it doesn't sway to old semen collection/old techniques.