Bower Venus

Now this is a strange one.

I was walking Venus the other morning when I noticed she was quite swollen behind. I put my hand on her hind quarters to lift her tail and she held her tail over to the one side, a sure sign that she was ready for mating! I was shocked as there was no sign of any blood from her and a close eye has been kept on all the broods as they are coming in season in a rush at the minute.

Anyway, off to Brian Jones in a rush on Thursday morning where her progesterone test came back with a reading of 9. So it will be a couple of days, probably Monday, before she would be ready for a dog. She also has an infection which she is being treated for so hopefully it clears up ASAP.

I'm undecided on what to mate her to. She had thrown a couple of fairly tasty dogs and is from an outstanding damline but there is going to be pups coming out of the cupboards at this rate of going!

Playing around with testmatings on data these are a few I like.

http://www.greyhound-data.com/dbtestmating.php?sireid=182092&damid=494552

http://www.greyhound-data.com/dbtestmating.php?sireid=65287&damid=494552

http://www.greyhound-data.com/dbtestmating.php?&sireid=675014&damid=494552

Premier Fantasy is yet to get that elusive big dog but I really hope he does as he was a favorite of mine and I would like to see him do well. He has had every chance at stud so if he isn't a success within the next year he wont be.

Droopys Kewell is a sire who you either like or not. He seems to get a big number of winners but he gets a savage number of bitches. My opinion is if the bitches pedigree works then fire away and Venus definitely matches well being by Vieri and off the Minnies Nikita line as both have had great success with D.K.

Finally, Premier County is another sire who looks a good cross. It was pointed out to me, thanks Dave, that its a very similar cross to the first litter Venus produced and it was a litter of a good standard. I'm going to take the weekend to think it over and will have to discuss it with the boss.