This message is from: "SUSAN L GIARGIARI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hello Listers! Just had to jump in and add another woman vote to the LFG. When we first got Hilmar and were going to advertise for breeding, after he received his Blue in Conformation in the American Evaluation System, we took him to Tuft's University to do a Repro Exam. They check everything. Measure his testicles. Cultures before and after to check for growth of pathogenic organisms. Got graded on his libido and mounting behavoir. Took one sample and waited an hour to do a second sample. His conception rate was 60% or more to a book of 46 mares or 120 mares by AI. He also got the highest ever total sperm per ml. 22 billion. A morgan stallion had the next at 16 billion per ml. They put the semen in equitainers as if it was being shipped and tell you how it was after 24 hours and even 72 hours. I would not ever advertise for shipping AI or pay $100 for the Shipping Permit with the NFHR if I didn't know this ahead of time. And it is very important to make sure that the mare owner's vet knows how to AI. You can talk to them and ask questions so that you, the stallion owner will know what the degree of knowledge is on the other end. I believe in a LFG. Asking $1000 for stud fee and not guanteeing a foal from this is ridiculous. What Stallion wouldn't jump at the chance to breed the mount again! :-) The Lab Fee I charge is for the season only. Even if it takes a couple of tries. If the mare doesn't take then they will have to pay for the Lab Fee the next year. We ship the semen thru Tuft's University where everything is documented by their vets. This way the Mare owner knows that everything on our end is being done right also. They keep a sample to double check at the lab of the same stuff that gets shipped to the mare owner. We learned the hard way about the LFG when we assumed that a friend who's stallion we used thru some horse trading(hahaha) would have a LFG. Wasn't until we lost the foal and he mentioned that it was too bad. We had two more breedings to use, but didn't. When he asked us why we had the mare bred somewhere else, or why we hadn't called to bring her, we said that it was too much to loose. He realized that he lost business. So, needless to say, we now have a LFG with him. Didn't exchange a contract with him. Oppsss! It is a learning process all around. Misha! So glad that you out did that nasty old badger!!!!!!!! Lisa P., I hope your dinner came out OK!! Ha Ha Ha! Bye for now! Sue g.
