Surgically AI'ing a Gyp

[Gary Roberson]

Tomorrow, I am hauling a two year old bluetick female to have surgically inseminated to a dog that has been dead for nearly 5 years. Ironically, I hauled a really nice female to this same dog when he was about 5 years old and residing in SE OK. This will be the first time to try this procedure and I pray that I get better results than my last AI project. (I got 8 pups from the live breeding).
I am really wanting a male from this cross that I can use on three of my other females and if my knowledge of genetics is correct, this cross should produce what I am looking for.
Adios,
Gary

[Bumpy]

So basically you're just AI'ing the female correct? Simple

[Gary Roberson]

No. There is a surgical procedure where they make an place the frozen semen directly into the uterus. They check the female's progesterone levels until the peak and then as they begin to come down, perform the procedure. From what I understand, this is by far the most successful procedure when using frozen semen.
Adios,
Gary

[Dusty Britches]

Good luck. I know with dogs it is a delicate procedure that typically results in less puppies per litter, but done correctly, it is well worth it.

[Chew]

Coon huntin'? My dad used to raise some high-powered blueticks when I was growing up.

[catslayer]

Let us know how it goes, interesting

[Gary Roberson]

I am going to try to get one of my cameramen there to video the procedure. Most folks think that guys who run hounds are just rednecks who don't know or care about genetics and planned years in advance matings. Since I am not into selling dogs and only interested in producing the best dog for lion hunting, I study pedigrees as the horse breeder who is trying to produce the next Kentucky winner. The dog I am breeding to has been dead for several years now. Ironically, I hauled a really nice female that I raised to him over 10 years ago when he was alive and hunting in SE OK. While this dog was a coonhound, his offspring seem to prefer felines. Genetics are a wonderful thing.
Adios,
Gary

[MadHatter]

Grew up hunting behind some the finest offspring Hillbilly Mack every threw. Wheat lights and all. Man the memories!!

[RiverRat00]

Hoping you get what you want from the studs semen..

Can you post pics of the dead dog and of the dam..

[Gary Roberson]

I don't have photos of either one but I do have video of the female while lion hunting. Some of that video will be aired on CARNIVORE next season.
Jim Smalling of Idabell, OK owned the Clear River Diamond Jim dog and there were several photos of him in the UKC magazines. I am guessing that you can go to the UKC Coonhound page and ask that someone post a photo of the dog and they will do it. I will say that he was one of the better made coonhounds that I ever saw and his offspring really hated cats. I like the offspring of this dog because they will drag their nose when trailing conditions are tough and when they jump, run with their head in the air like a foxhound.
Adios,
Gary

[ranchdog]

I have frozen semen on my old Border Collie at Brittmoore Animal clinic here in Houston. Dr. kampschmidt is in charge of all AI work on dogs and has been doing this for many many years. You may wish to pick his brain if it helps you.

http://brittmooreanimalhospital.com/reproductiveservices.pml

Good Luck, Ranchdog

[Brute Killer]

I hope it works and you get the dogs you want.

[Gary Roberson]

Brian Hawkins rode down from Menard to video the procedure for an episode of CARNIVORE. I was MUCH impressed with Dr. Bell as he performs approximately 500 of these procedures annually with almost 100 percent success. I asked what his average litter size was and he said 7.2 pups. The semen he used on Friday morning was collected 8 years ago and was very lively. I asked how old of a collection he had ever used was and he said from a dog collected in 1973 and successfully used last year.
After visiting with Dr. Bell, I am extremely confident that the breeding will produce live pups.
Adios,
Gary

[Gary Roberson]

Yuma had 11 pups, two were still born and a runt died after a couple of days. Now there is a perfect litter size of 8, 7 females and one male that I am going to have to guard with my life. After all, getting a male from this cross was the primary reason for surgically AI'ing the female. All the pups are doing well and Yuma is the best mother that I have seen in my life. Hope that good luck continues and the I can get them raised in this heat.
Adios,
Gary

[ranchdog]

Brian Hawkins rode down from Menard to video the procedure for an episode of CARNIVORE. I was MUCH impressed with Dr. Bell as he performs approximately 500 of these procedures annually with almost 100 percent success. I asked what his average litter size was and he said 7.2 pups. The semen he used on Friday morning was collected 8 years ago and was very lively. I asked how old of a collection he had ever used was and he said from a dog collected in 1973 and successfully used last year.
After visiting with Dr. Bell, I am extremely confident that the breeding will produce live pups.
Adios,
Gary

Can you give me the contact info for Dr. Bell. We are going to be doing the same procedure with a border collie as I have my males semen frozen and he too is dead. you may PM if you wish.

Thanks Ranch Dog