I'm excited to announce that the bitch that Mav is set to breed too has come into season. It was much earlier than I had expected and I guess I still feel not ready, as does the bitch owner as neither of us have bred a litter before (No worries we have mentors to help us along the way and one is actually going to whelp the litter for us). Here are the pedigrees, I think it's a wonderful breeding (if it takes)
Dobequestog Profile Page - Bitch
Dobequestog Profile Page - Stud aka Mav
Health testing can be seen on the OFA website, you can also find Mavs health testing on the Cardinal Dobermans FB page, (please feel free to give it a like) Mav. also had a full blood panel done which I still need to post but haven't yet as it was just done last week.
I thought it might be fun to go through this with all of you because most of you have never bred dogs either.
I can first start off with the visit to the repo vet :2surprise: OK, so my dogs aren't my children but they're as close as I'll come to kids. It's like taking your son to the OB/GYN and sitting through it with him. In my mind I was going to send him with the vet tech and they would bring him back all happy, happy, joy, joy. That is NOT what took place! You go back to a room and they have a rug that smells like a bitch in season. Then the vet grabs this clear plastic baggy of sorts and does "her thing". I can't tell you what she does because that was just plain too awkward to watch. Then she spends the next 20min. analyzing the boys and telling me all about their mobility and other things which I couldn't understand but she said the word "excellent" a lot so it must be good. And his Brucellosis test came back neg. which means we are a go! Mav got to walk out happy and has decided the vet is the best place ever. I hope to never show my face their again :wink2:
The breeding is set to occur at my house. I'm told it's usually best for the stud owner to watch from inside the house so as to not stress the dog out. I've also heard horror stories like the bitch might not stand, the bitch could scream, the dog may not have the smarts to find the correct place, the dog's dick can get broken :2surprise:,.... so I'm hoping none of that happens but I will provide full details (but not too many) if anything out of the norm occurs. Once again my mentor will be there to make sure things get done as correctly as they can.
I hope you all enjoy this journey with me and feel free to ask any questions, if I don't know the answers I'll ask around.
Dobequestog Profile Page - Bitch
Dobequestog Profile Page - Stud aka Mav
Health testing can be seen on the OFA website, you can also find Mavs health testing on the Cardinal Dobermans FB page, (please feel free to give it a like) Mav. also had a full blood panel done which I still need to post but haven't yet as it was just done last week.
I thought it might be fun to go through this with all of you because most of you have never bred dogs either.
I can first start off with the visit to the repo vet :2surprise: OK, so my dogs aren't my children but they're as close as I'll come to kids. It's like taking your son to the OB/GYN and sitting through it with him. In my mind I was going to send him with the vet tech and they would bring him back all happy, happy, joy, joy. That is NOT what took place! You go back to a room and they have a rug that smells like a bitch in season. Then the vet grabs this clear plastic baggy of sorts and does "her thing". I can't tell you what she does because that was just plain too awkward to watch. Then she spends the next 20min. analyzing the boys and telling me all about their mobility and other things which I couldn't understand but she said the word "excellent" a lot so it must be good. And his Brucellosis test came back neg. which means we are a go! Mav got to walk out happy and has decided the vet is the best place ever. I hope to never show my face their again :wink2:
The breeding is set to occur at my house. I'm told it's usually best for the stud owner to watch from inside the house so as to not stress the dog out. I've also heard horror stories like the bitch might not stand, the bitch could scream, the dog may not have the smarts to find the correct place, the dog's dick can get broken :2surprise:,.... so I'm hoping none of that happens but I will provide full details (but not too many) if anything out of the norm occurs. Once again my mentor will be there to make sure things get done as correctly as they can.
I hope you all enjoy this journey with me and feel free to ask any questions, if I don't know the answers I'll ask around.