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~