Takes two to tango....so to speak!

Yaaay! We've made it through the second breeding session with Sir Reuger! The first one, Monday night, was quite interesting to say the least. It was a busy day for both our family and Reuger's so it just makes for a chaotic session. All went well though, Reuger and Bella I think were more worked up over being around a new dog more than anything. When we came in the house with Bella still in her harness and on a leash, they met nose to nose then promptly switched ends and ran in circles sniffing each other! It was actually quite hilarious. Once Reuger was excited enough he and my stud momma, Keri got down to business. Once we had a good sample, it was time to check Bella's ovulation numbers. Keri uses a cool lil hand held gadget called a "Draminski" the Ovulation Detector. The first day will give a baseline so the next two breedings, when we check them again we want to see the numbers coming down. Her first reading was 670, so we have our baseline. Her bleeding is still kind of heavy at this point and dark crimson. She did manage to squeeze some of the sample back out but she did Ok overall.

Once we got home the first day...on our air vent :)

 Today was the second breeding and a very smooth event might I add! Things were a bit more calm and they didn't get as worked up and hot. Bella's bleeding is a lot brighter today and lighter. We checked her numbers and she went down to 460! Perfect ovulation time! Her muscles were much more reactive and she held the sample in almost completely. I always try to keep a positive outlook and attitude and I feel very good about today! Now we just have one more to do on Friday evening. After that in about 3-4 wks we will hopefully feel some lil lumps in her belly :) Stay tuned.....

We're in heat!

  Ok so this is the first step, right? But of course! As of Tuesday June 26th, Bella has come into heat and is now adorning her adorable purple "Attends" and suspenders ensemble. This is the only safe way I have been able to keep her bum-bum covered during this time...since she can't reach her nether-regions to keep herself clean and to save my carpet! With her body being so stocky and compact not much will stay on without some kind of tether. I was able to find a men's pair of suspenders at Wal-Mart, as well as the size Small adult diapers. After doing this so much since her first heats...she's all but used to it by now.

  So now the breeding begins! 7 days from Tuesday we will go to visit our stud family!! I'm anxious and nervous to see the process. We will check her ovulation numbers and also do the first insemination. After that we will wait two more days and do it again...and a third time, two days from then. Our stud mom prefers to do it three times on the 7th, 9th, and 11th days from the first sign of heat(aka bleeding) to insure a good take. Each insemination can live up to 7-10 days once inside Bella, so that's ample opportunity for fertilization.

  And now the count begins! 8-9 wks later we should have some adorable Rolie Polie Puppies! I will update on the first breeding on Tuesday so make sure to stop back and check it out!

One housewife's diary of Bulldog breeding chaos....

Thanks for stopping by!! Here I will be beginning the journey of breeding my beautiful 2 year old Bulldog female "Bella". Check out the other pages for more info on her and I....and feel free to leave questions and comments! I'd love to hear em!  I intend to document weekly(or more :P) about our progress and let you in on tips or any advice I might gain along the way. Let me know if there is something in particular you'd like to see!! Also as you can see this blog is slightly still under construction :) trust me, I'm working hard on it for ya! Stay tuned...I'll be updating lots!

Thanks a mil
~Mandi~