When I bred Cleo, I did 5 progesterone tests, at $100 a test. Did 5 AI's to insure a prenancy used the vet also for this even tho I could have done it myself $100 an AI, It was worth the cost because in the end I had a beautiful litter of 7 pups, I had been trying to get her pregnant for 3 years. Does not include the C-section $1500 and I thought that was good, my c-sections cost $2500 in the New York, Long Island to be exact. From the posts some of you are really lucky where you live. Everything vet wise is very expensive. Good Luck to all, Diane ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================