I performed my first trans cervical insemination today! The Storz rep. was out today to set up my equipment. I had Kelsos Fanfare in for Swahili Eile* and I asked him if we could give it a go and he said "sure". It was absolutely fasinating! I am hooked! I did the entire procedure. I cannot say enough about the xenon light source from Storz.....the scope even has buttons on it to adjust the brightness! They could not make it any easier. I just happened to have a bunch of cathedars from my uncle Ron who is also a vet. They were a perfect fit and even with a maiden bitch, unrestrained it was a great experience. The bitch did not resist at all and was a perfect trooper with a rookie behind the scope. I want to do the procedure only with fresh semen at the moment until I get skilled enough. Then I will move on to frozen semen. The rep. said I did smashing for my first go. I was on cloud nine...of course! I will take some pics of the new lab soon!

Chris is having problems getting the replays from Tri-State we have a few new wins to post and Chris will get them up as soon as everything is sorted with Track-Data.

Swahili Eile* was just bred to Simone this past week for Donny and Joy Burke....we wish them much success with their up coming litter of Eile babies.

Martin Roper will be out this week to assist on building the new long runs. We have been so busy putting the new lab together we haven't had any time to put in posts. We hope with Martin's help we will get a ton of building done this week.

Our own Doug Allen is back from his missionary work in a third world country. Doug was there to help build a new church. It is good to have Doug back here safe. He will be out Thursday as well to help design the new puppy houses for the long runs!