Here's what I have going on and I'm looking for the nod that I'm doing this the right way..
I'm breeding my 3 yo chessie bitch and the stud is a 8-9 hr drive. This is my girls first litter so I'm going with a live cover.
Started getting drops of blood Wednesday and on tuesday had some disharge. I'm calling Tuesday day #1
Got into the vet this morning and did a vaginal cytology (Day #3), Vet said 50-60 percent cornification.
Scheduled first progesterone test for Tuesday a.m. and I will get results the same day. I also scheduled 2 more progesterone tests one on Thursday and one on Saturday.
So for now my first test is on day #8.
My one concern, is 8 days too long to wait for that first test? I really don't want to miss her. I was thinking doing another cytology this Saturday just to be safe?
I know some ovulate really early and others go really slow so just wanted to make sure I'm being thurough enough. Any thoughts or experiences shared are appreciated.
I'm breeding my 3 yo chessie bitch and the stud is a 8-9 hr drive. This is my girls first litter so I'm going with a live cover.
Started getting drops of blood Wednesday and on tuesday had some disharge. I'm calling Tuesday day #1
Got into the vet this morning and did a vaginal cytology (Day #3), Vet said 50-60 percent cornification.
Scheduled first progesterone test for Tuesday a.m. and I will get results the same day. I also scheduled 2 more progesterone tests one on Thursday and one on Saturday.
So for now my first test is on day #8.
My one concern, is 8 days too long to wait for that first test? I really don't want to miss her. I was thinking doing another cytology this Saturday just to be safe?
I know some ovulate really early and others go really slow so just wanted to make sure I'm being thurough enough. Any thoughts or experiences shared are appreciated.