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Introducing Arofield Ghillie Dhu "Ghillie" In his short career of nine shows he has won 6 Baby in Groups, 2 Baby in Shows and two 1st and one 3rd in Baby Sweepstakes

According to cytology she ovulated yesterday with a few neutrophils being present. If this is correct it means we inseminated the day before and the day after. Fingers crossed :)

We are doing fresh AI's. My main worry is if we need to do another say Monday when the vets are closed. I'm just praying we haven't missed it. It is all a learning curve.

That is what our vet said, as in, you can't go by one test. The vet at the other clinic where we got the test done cancelled the appt for tomorrow based on the reading. Our vet did not go into specifics as what was actually on the smear apart from there being no neutrophils but we did notice that on the swab there was still a bit of red blood. We will be getting another smear done tomorrow to see if any changes or progressions. This AI business is a tricky business "sigh"

Yesterday was a roller coaster of a day. From our observation we estimated that Thursday would be day 8 of our bitchs' season and booked in to have prog tests to be done that day and the Saturday. We had also booked in a tentative AI for Thursday arfo pending on results. Got a call within a couple of hours with a result of 137, the vet saying that she had already ovulated but to do the AI. I had also arranged for another breeder to assist with AIs over the Easter break and when I told them the results they said don't waste your money as it was all over. I was really disappointed and depressed all afternoon thinking we had yet again missed the boat. We took the dogs to our vet for ?AI later that day and told him we were probably wasting his time and our money. He said bring her in and we will do a smear and see what's happening. The cytology showed that she hadn't ovulated yet so we did the AI and will do another on Saturday. We now have a glimmer of hope :D My question is, which is most accurate, progesterone or cytology?

Bugger!!

I haven't gone back to the AQIS site but does that mean that you can't import pups atm 3 months from the UK now?

@ Rajacadoo - will do :) Wazzat - I would still be interested to know the costs as it will give some idea Thanks everyone for your replies :)

Thanks Guys for the confirmation. A bit of a bummer as having a giant breed, the pup is going to cost a fortune to freight I think I will have to go back to the original option of importing semen. Cheers

I was interested to know if anyone recently has imported or in the process of importing a dog from a Category 4 country. I have been reading the AQIS site and am finding it a little confusing. How I'm reading it is that the dog will be 9 months of age before being allowed to travel due to Rabies vaccine and then a further month in quarantine. Does this sound right? Cheers

Thanks Tassie, I'm so proud of her, and thanks guys for the congrats :)

He is a lovely looking boy and he has done so well. The best is yet to come :)

Yesterday at the Hound Club of Tasmania Specialty show under Sighthound Specialist Mr W Douglas, Bo, Ch Glassonby Ladyhawk won RUNNER-UP IN SHOW I am so thrilled with this win as there were many interstate entrants here with wonderful Hounds. And to top it off, Bo's sire Claidhembor Drumminor won BIS at the Deerhound Club of Victoria Specialty on saturday under breed specialist Mrs Joyce Bond (UK) :D

Congratulations Woger and Ellz

When I have applied for titles I have submitted a list of shows, dates, points etc Haven't fronted with certificates. This was with TasDogs

Oh Sam, Im soooo sorry... I know how much you were looking forward to having babies from these 2 wonderful dogs ... Puppies in 2013 sounds good though :) ... Thanks Raj. It was very disappointing but we will try again next year. Can't say I'm looking forward to having a winter litter though.

Has anyone received there entries yet? I seem to remember in previous years they turn up well before the show. I did my entry online this year so am worried something has gone wrong. Cheers

Thanks Gail and Sway for the results. Do you know who got runner up for Gp 4?

You can cross us off the list Next time...

Great news Ellz

Fingers crossed also for Deerhound litter 14th Nov Forgot to say getting scan on 12th Oct to confirm :)

Oh yay, Bo was on Wednesday day 14 Fingers crossed for us both :) I'm pretty sure day 13 was "the day" so am hoping we have still caught it :)

Thank you, I hope so :) Will wait patiently (NOT) for the scan.

After a stressful week of watching my two trying to do "their thing" we ended up having to do a fresh AI. Normally we can't let our boy back with our girl till day 21. It is day 15 and they are both sleeping peacefully in the lounge. Could this be a sign? I hate the waiting game :)

LOL Ellz, I'll let you know.