Hi Katy, I start counting when I first see blood...however, I do not necessarily breed on days 9, 11 or 13. I watch my girls for a pattern in their first few seasons before they are old enough to be bred. I have one girl that is very hormonal and obnoxious when she is in season and I can tell from her behavior exactly when she is ready to be bred and it is always early...around day 7 or 8. I have another girl who has a long season and her flow does not get thin until around day 14. I bred her on day 15 this time..one breeding resulted in 4 babies. The boy was really not that interested in her before or after that date.
I think that it extremely important to know your girl's patterns as they are all so different. I have found that my girls do not really vary that much from season to season. Some are ready very early to be bred and others like my last girl take their sweet time and go out quickly. Of course, progesterone tests are always a handy tool if you are not sure. I believe you start counting from the first breeding. My girls rarely go the 63 days before they whelp their pups. Day 60-61 seems to be the norm for me...although my last 2 breedings had the puppies coming a week early. I would start getting concerned if I had not seen puppies by day 63 unless I had done numerous breedings (perhaps a later breeding is the one that took). Good luck :) Kindest regards, Kim Ballymena Cavaliers Nordic Angoras ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 1999 by its original author.
