having the worst day known to man!

This forum is absolutely stupid at times. Yes, the weather is shocking, some absolutely tragic things have happened around the country and I am sure the OP never meant her problems were greater than anyone elses. This weather is driving everyone to the depths, I thought I was going to crack up when I brought the boys in to find Brook has yet another superficial piece missing from his head.

Wine OP, white wine. Things will work out, and you may end up with a May foal anyway if this ******** snow doesn't let up, RM may never get there!!
 
RunToEarth said:
This forum is absolutely stupid at times. Yes, the weather is shocking, some absolutely tragic things have happened around the country and I am sure the OP never meant her problems were greater than anyone elses. This weather is driving everyone to the depths, I thought I was going to crack up when I brought the boys in to find Brook has yet another superficial piece missing from his head.

Wine OP, white wine. Things will work out, and you may end up with a May foal anyway if this ******** snow doesn't let up, RM may never get there!!
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white wine seems like the winning combination :D
But i cant drink till monday :(...but come monday ;)
 
:rolleyes:

Honestly so the OP is haveing a bad day in her world and just fancied a wee moan, and others have to say how other things are going wrong in the world in general, or say they have had summat worse etc, but how does that affect the OP's life? how does your day counties/countries away affect them? It doesnt.

I hate that whole, there's worst things going on than ABC you know look outside your problems etc but ata the end of the day what affects our lives is most important to us.

OP chillax and hopefully royal fail will get the stuff to you on monday. I now never send anything by RM i just organised a courier for it :)
 
Phone Royal Mail and tell them you want some sperm right now. Bet you will make some Posties day, or at least give them a topic of conversation in the pub. :D

Hopefully the swimmers will make it through the snow that everyone bar Edinburgh seems to have had. :rolleyes:
 
Charley657 said:
Phone Royal Mail and tell them you want some sperm right now. Bet you will make some Posties day, or at least give them a topic of conversation in the pub. :D

Hopefully the swimmers will make it through the snow that everyone bar Edinburgh seems to have had. :rolleyes:
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I dont have snow :D

I am so going to do that :D really dead-pan like :D *sniggers*
 
Delicious_D said:
knew i spelt it wrong :). Thank you, the BEF website isnt the most user friendly! I must say i am excited about all of this :D. I did young horse classes with dee and we did very wel, but in hindsight she was mature enough :).

Hows you're youngster?
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Sold =\
He's gone to an eventing home in Yorkshire. I know he's gone to a great home but it still breaks my heart every day.

The other, though not so young at almost 5, is out on loan to another great home and he's having the time of his life! Miss him loads though!!

Eta: I'd be getting ready to be aiming to get some compo from royal fail to recoup costs of the wigglers. Because to be honest, the motility of that semen is going to be pants once you do get it :/ in an ideal world you need a fresh dose.
 
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Ok, I knew I should share this with you sooner Dee for a chuckle.

My first warmblood baby was born in 2005. He was by Padinus standing in Holland. When my colt was born I knew I wanted another hopefully filly.

Fast forward to the day of semen collecting. I had to the airport all cheerful as you do. Go to the counter, hand in my very time consuming mountain of paperwork, and airport desk guy heads to back room. Comes out with the box of semen, puts on desk and says uh oh. I'm like uh oh, nooooo. I'm told there is a problem with health cert and I will be unable to take the semen. Now that he's told me this, he heads to the back room to get some forms. Leaves semen sitting there and nobody around.

And you know what, the crazy mare owner in me was thinking about doing a runner. Because when your Marie's about to ovulate you think and do stupid things.

That batch was gone, I got in the car and cried a little, yes I'm not proud. Called stud farm a bit irate about paperwork from their end. They suggested a deal with me with stallion owners they had stallions with in Ireland. And so it's how I came across Lissava stud. Really good people. I picked a stallion on a whim(yeah I know), and they moved heaven and earth to get me semen then and there. Mare was bred and 11 months later my dream filly was born, Abba. And I must admit I was kind of not so excited as it wasn't my first choice stallion but I can't imagine my life without her and at times it's been difficult. She's gone out and done what she was bred for for me and the fact that she's still alive and rideable is no mean feat. Too long to list all the emergency call outs but yeah she is one of those. Mind you once under saddle she quit doing herself in! Mostly.

So Dee, I well and truly understand your frustration. I did try and warn you in a Facebook post just how much fun all this is in a funny way! LOL! It will happen

Terri
 
I know vets who won't pg if it means risking needing insemination at the weekend. Post is notoriously rubbish..incl couriers. If the travelling distance was less than two hours I would pick it up myself.
 
One thing about having a february foal..mares will often hang on if the weather is bad and if they do so at the end of 370 days the placenta deteriorates and your foal is at risk. I know TBs have foals early but TBs aren't warmbloods. Everything is done to speed life up for TBs to get them on the track by 2 . That lifestyle isn't necessary for warmbloods. The vast majority are born from April onwards so I am sure all graders are used to seeing foals of that age. Just my two penneth..either way Pippa's boy will give you a lovely foal.
 
Trying to get a horse in foal is so annoying! I tried last year and used two stallions with no luck :( I was gutted as quite fancied a Luidam or Peppermill foal! I also lost alot of money in the process. We couldnt figure why even after tests but the mare just wouldnt get in foal! I used twemlows stud though and they were amazing. Luidams semen always arrived on time and they were on the ball with scans, drugs and AIing, just sadly didnt work out.

Good luck with your mare OP
 
Dee don't stress about futurities. It's one day in the life of a rapidly growing youngster. Go for the experience, everything else is a bonus. I know how proud you are of your mare and subsequent baby, but really no matter what they tell you, good or bad, it has no bearing on what they will do in life. I know you're not selling but if I were to look at any youngster I'd never be swayed by grading scores. And most I wouldn't look at anyway aomehow this equates to a hugely inflated price. That last part has nothing to do with you at all. Just saying in the grand scheme of things it's not something I feel strongly about. I can judge youngsters just fine and like all things in judging its subjective to personal taste.

As a foal there are lot of top class horses that wouldn't have scored well at all. I would never have that be a be all end all day in a foal's life. Again, nothing to do with you, Dee, and baby Dee.

Terri
 
NBC, you could try one thing that can make a difference. Remove all soya from diet. Can really play hormones. I went from a very easy breeder to not getting in foal. I had the book thrown at her test wise. All came up clean and well. The following year after all soya removed, bred on March 2 during a dreadfully cold period. Took no bother. After the 2 previous years of struggle when weather always got blamed, problem sorted. My vet thought I was wasting my time and money. He was just as surprised. Not saying its the answer, just saying its a possibility.

Terri
 
Thank you for all the posts. :)
The gringos etc are for me personally. I find them great fun and in the event I got a filly, it would be more beneficial when I bred her.

Terri I adore you :D. I would have grabbed the semen an done a runner :p.

Had a long conversation with the vets an feel better about things. Dee however is happy as larry but precious is in love with the 12hh pony opposite. :)

It will happen when it happens. And it will be a stunning baby. Saw spiders first foal o this year the other day, utterly stunning.
 
DD: "Royal Mail? Hello. I want to complain about the inability of your couriers to supply me with semen. If I don't have it by tomorrow I will certainly have missed the ovulation window, and there will be no chance of any baby. I honestly cannot believe that you have been so incompetent in such an important area of my life - my ability to breed depended on your employees providing the semen in a timely manner and yet your couriers have failed to produce any semen at all for me. I find this utterly unacceptable" :mad:

:D
 
JFTD said:
DD: "Royal Mail? Hello. I want to complain about the inability of your couriers to supply me with semen. If I don't have it by tomorrow I will certainly have missed the ovulation window, and there will be no chance of any baby. I honestly cannot believe that you have been so incompetent in such an important area of my life - my ability to breed depended on your employees providing the semen in a timely manner and yet your couriers have failed to produce any semen at all for me. I find this utterly unacceptable" :mad:

:D
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You missed a bit after "for me. "this shows they are obviously not the winkers we all thought they were"
 
BWa said:
Quick question- why is grading/furtuity so important if you are planning on keeping this foal for yourself? Not a dig but just an uneducated in this matter having a muse.
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Personal achievement? The first steps into producing your youngster? It was never a question for me, I wanted to show the world I had a quality foal, I'd bred him and he was mine.
 
Silly question, when you knew there was a problem why not drive yourself? You would have had it by now!
Soooooooo glad when I did my mare stallion was 15mins up the road so collection to AI was all under 2 hours!
 
Toast said:
Personal achievement? The first steps into producing your youngster? It was never a question for me, I wanted to show the world I had a quality foal, I'd bred him and he was mine.
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Agree with this^^

Plus, its a great way, to get your foal assessed by a vet who is experienced with youngsters. They can point out any issues that may be creeping up on you .Plus you get an unbiased opinion on that day of your foal from a panel of experts.

As a true novice at breeding/conformation i have found the advice invaluable.

So for just a little more than the call out from my local vet, both I and the foals have learnt a lot.

also came away with a lovely rossette for baby, and a certificate for proud mum.
 
Right just back from the vets!

Dee hasnt ovulated but her folicals are a lot bigger (measuring 27 and 25.5) so being scan again tomorrow morning. The vets are very apologetic at the 'shambles' (their own words) and are doping everything they can to ensure it doesnt happen again. Dee is doing really well at the vets.
 
dianchi said:
Silly question, when you knew there was a problem why not drive yourself? You would have had it by now!
Soooooooo glad when I did my mare stallion was 15mins up the road so collection to AI was all under 2 hours!
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Unfortunately im on call so when i knew there was an issue i couldnt leave my post...but as i wasnt informed by the vet untill 2 hours after RM shut and i had know way of knowing where abouts in the system my package was, it would have been a waste of time.
 
Asha said:
Agree with this^^

Plus, its a great way, to get your foal assessed by a vet who is experienced with youngsters. They can point out any issues that may be creeping up on you .Plus you get an unbiased opinion on that day of your foal from a panel of experts.

As a true novice at breeding/conformation i have found the advice invaluable.

So for just a little more than the call out from my local vet, both I and the foals have learnt a lot.

also came away with a lovely rossette for baby, and a certificate for proud mum.
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Agree 100% and this is exactly why im doing them. They prove a great benchmark to see how well the mare and stallion produce offspring. I think staly owners like mare owners doing them as also its great advertisement.
 
It can be registered as WBS-UK (thats what our covering papers are) or AES or indeed BHHS - but i think think it might have to go on the part bred register. Im thinking of grading dee with WBS-UK this year and maybe AES too :)

Obviously if shes preggers her grading will wait :)
 
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