No, I didn't. As I mentioned above, after she had thrown a fit twice, and then the breeder (an elderly man) got some people to come help, they twitched her on the lip, on the ear, and blindfolded her, and then it became evident she had been sewn up!
Yikes.
My vet is coming next Weds. to undo it.
What do y'all know about artificial insemination? The breedere told me it could cost up to $2,000.
Some registries are finicky about it.
I've seen on websites that many mares that are sewn up in a caslicks procedure are bred that way, that it isn't sewn ~all~ the way up, and it only needs to be undone before birthing. Is yours sewn all the way up or is it just too small a target for the stallion? Is she a maiden mare?
Oh, that's right, sorry had a brain laspe.
I know most of the breeders around here are going the AI route, but I have now clue what it costs, but $2000 sounds like a lot to me. The vet I will talk to tomorrow about Belle does a lot of AIing. I'll try to remember to ask her what it costs.
Becky
It didn't cost me that much. The first time I ever had Truly bred, the stallion I was using was at a breeding barn and the manager liked to AI better than "live cover" because he could make one semen sample go farther by diluting it and also didn't run the risk of injury to his stallions. He had all the equipment there at his place and the fee was less than $100. I had to pay maybe $5 a day for board and the HCG shots were $25 extra if they were needed.