First the Hospital, Second the Vets

I am feeling better but last night I woke around 1 or so in the morning with very painful stomach cramps.....once 4 am rolled around and the pain had intensified and didn't seem to be letting up....by 5 am and no sight of the pain easing up we headed to the emergency room....if I wasn't a mother I probably would have waited at least a couple of more hours but after my brief stay in the hospital last August....I decided that it wasn't worth messing around with....Dylan was a champ the entire time at the hospital.....after IVs, blood test, urine test, lots of poking and prodding all seemed well...no infections...no bursting appendix....they gave me medicine for the pain and nausea and some medicine for inflammation...we made it back home by 7 am or so...and the whole family went back to bed until 10 am or so....I have been pretty much sedentary all day...and my stomach is still very sore but the intense pain is gone....I am guessing it was some kind of 12 hour bug or something.........as long as Dylan doesn't get it all will be good....I am so glad that I got in and not Dylan...I couldn't imagine my child trying to tolerate that type of pain...

Winston is a certified stud.....well with the help of Mr Mooks....we have been working on breeding Winston with another bulldog for some time.....and today was the day....the bulldog that we are breeding Winston to is a red and white bulldog she has great conformation and is just a little smaller than Winston....they should be really good looking pups....as most of you know Winston needs Mr Mooks help in the breeding department.....the last time we bred Winston was in Rapid City...so this is a new vet....as I took Winston into the vets... the Vet was quite sure that once Winston saw this little lady in heat that he would go for it like all good stud dogs do....I advised them that it probably wouldn't happen and that they would need the assistance of Mr Mooks....but they pretty much ignored me and off they went with Winston.....10 minutes later the Vet appears and tells me that Winston had absolutely no interest in Rosie....I advised him that I would bring in Mr Mooks....they were pretty uncomfortable with the whole idea and just didn't see it happening...I advised them that as long as the petted Mr Mooks in front of Winston that they would be able to obtain the goods.......a quick 5 minutes later....out the Vet comes with Winston and Mr Mooks....absolute success....in fact Winston's has such good sperm that we are going back tomorrow to do it all over again...they usually wait a day between but Winston is such a stud that they feel confident he will have plenty of swimmers in the morning....I know this all sounds crazy but breeding bulldogs is kind of serious business....the stud fee is a minimum of $1000.00 then the females owner must also pay for the artificial insemination, checking for the optimal time to do the insemination, and do the insemination 3 times, plus the momma will need to go in for ultra sounds and will have a c-section to deliver the pups and then the pups must be bottled fed do to their flat faces....so its kind of a lot of pressure for the stud to perform....to break even the mother will need to throw at least 2 pups, last time we breed Winston the momma had 8 puppies, I am guessing this female should have somewhere between 3-6 she is a pretty small girl......with that being said...Winston has earned his keep and is getting in lots of rest today so he will be ready for action in the morning...........