[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Something to discuss/BITCHES
- From: Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx
- To: cashe90@xxxxxxxxxxx, bedkar@xxxxx, ketchy@xxxxxxxxxx, showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 07:21:45 EDT
I deliberately took the name out of the quote below and I'd like to open
the discussion up to other breeds.
Years ago (so no need trying to guess which bitch and/or which handlers) I
had a bitch here, not one of my own, to breed. Well, long story
short...she didn't ovulate. Lots of testing etc, days and days and
days...$$$$$$$$...and she left w/o us getting a breeding.
She never had a puppy.
On a hunch and with her owners permission, I had blood drawn and sent to
not one but two universities and her thyroid #s were all over the map.
These in turn went to repro specialists who basically told me I was pretty
naive
and that she'd been on "something" or a cocktail of "somethings" to keep
her in coat and keep her from coming in season while being campaigned. They
were awfully matter of fact about it. In fact, one of the repro
specialists shows and titles labs and went through this whole thing about how
much
it costs to title them in the field trials and how the girls were never
allowed to come in season because that would upset all of the boys in the
truck
and their owners were spending $$$$$$$ and how mad they'd be if their dogs
weren't dual titled yada yada.
Hmmmmmmmm...
So then I got talking to a standard poodle breeder and she said basically
the bitch specials weren't allowed to come in season...coat and all....and
their practice was to keep two bitches from a nice breeding, one to show and
her sister to breed.
Hmmmmmmmm....
Boy did I feel like I'd been left out of the secret handshake.
I had heard stuff for years (collies, afghans, even in our breed) that
arsenic would make hair grow. Naturally checq (sp?) is/was popular. Then that
was tough to get for a while. Then thyroid meds. Trouble w/ that is once
you start (as anyone on synthroid knows) it is a life long deal.
So...wondering how prevalent this is in our breed and wondering what your
thoughts are.
I for one would instruct anyone showing a bitch and taking her on the road
for me that under no circumstances could she be given ANYTHING to stop her
seasons. I'm sorry but a campaign just isn't that important to me.
Kathy, member GSDCA, DVGSDC
Celebrating generations of Dual Titled TC'd Champions
visit _http://www.pinehillgsds.com/_ (http://www.pinehillgsds.com/)
In a message dated 4/15/2010 9:39:56 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
cashe90@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
is the top winning dog in the history of the breed (she deserved every
award), but she never had a litter.
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