BREEDING
INFORMATION AND STUD FEES
In order to
breed to any of our studs, we require that the bitch have her hips certified
by OFA and her eyes certified by CERF
and recommend having the elbows
certified by OFA. For a natural
breeding, we also require a recent brucellosis test with a negative result.
We recommend getting the brucellosis test as soon as she comes in season as
it can often take 4 or 5 days to get the results. We like to have the female
by day 8 so that she has time to settle in before we do the breeding. We live
about 50 miles from the Missoula
airport and several airlines fly in there, so shipping to us is easy.
We do have
frozen semen stored in Grass Valley,
California and have had
excellent luck when breeders have used frozen semen by surgical implant. In
order to get the semen shipped in time, please notify us as soon as she comes
in so that we can make arrangements with the semen bank. The non-refundable deposit for frozen semen
is $500 to be paid before shipping the semen; the balance is due when the puppies
are 3 weeks old. We guarantee the
semen to be of high quality at the time of thawing, but we cannot guarantee
live puppies since we have no control over the insemination or inseminator.
Our stud fees are as follow: $1000 for a natural breeding
with Chance and $750 for a natural breeding with Skatch. In each case, we require a non-refundable
deposit of $100 to be paid at the time of breeding and the balance is due
when the puppies are 3 weeks old. In
the event there are no puppies, the deposit will be applied to a repeat
breeding. If there are less than 3 puppies, the stud fee is $350 per puppy
for Chance and $250 per puppy for Skatch.
Other fees include airport pickup and delivery of $50
each, $10 per day boarding, and $25 per progesterone test.
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