Daventry
May. 1, 2009, 06:35 PM
Jos Mottershead just left today after spending 7 days here freezing semen on all three of our boys. I definitely learned A LOT and highly recommend their services. Lots of little tips and tricks, that you'd likely only learn from attending their short courses, to the latest bio security methods for collecting multiple stallions...which is what we now have on the property.
I tested out the Bravetti Digital Kettle and just love it...I know a few people were waiting to hear how well it worked. It is a temperature controlled kettle that can be set at a variety of temperatures and holds 2 L. It heated the water quickly, temperature was accurate, has a see-through side panel to accurately measure water and was easy to use.
http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/browse/8/KitchenBath/2/Appliances/Kettles/PRD~0430251P/Bravetti%2BDigital%2BKettle.jsp
Here are the important things I learned while Jos was here:
nitrogen tanks are required to freeze semen. Greyhound Bus Lines WILL lose nitrogen tanks between point A and point B days before one needs them and have no idea where they are!
UPS will try to "return to sender" crucial equipment that has been drop shipped ahead of time for the freezings
getting everything ready Friday morning for Jos to arrive on Saturday + finding out he actually arrives Friday evening = panic attack
the timing at which a disposable liner will rip is in diect correlation to the importance of the collection needed for freezing :no:
cat hair sticks to frozen semen straws
the weather will be a quiet and beautiful 70 F before and after Jos leaves. In between will be a 100% chance of snow, rain, sleet, hail and the occasional pipeline being installed next door during each collection :yes:
husband slaving for hours building breeding dummy + stallion + neighbors driving by just as AV is inserted on stallion = priceless :o:lol:
the most hideous breeding mount on the planet will not deter a stallion from mounting it :winkgrin:
the length of ones arm holding the AV will permanently increase by one inch per collection. So, 16 collections times 16 inches...you get the picture!
A535 ProHeat wraps are great to wrap around baby bottles to help keep the semen warm during collecting. Once the semen has been processed, one must then carefully peel the heat wrap off of the bottle and quickly place it on ones back after collecting stallions all day
when on a coffee/donut run to Tim Horton's, make sure the other person DID indeed order food before standing at the sandwich window like idiots for 10 minutes waiting for a sandwich that was never ordered :lol:
ice cream pail full of mare urine + husband = dry heaving :lol::lol:
the rate of speed semen will hit a wall across the room is in direct relation to the velocity and the angle at which it was directed :lol:
3 stallions + 7 days + 4 freezings per stallion + Jos's expertise and knowledge = PRICELESSThanks Kathy for helping us coordinate everything! :yes: Oh yeah, and if anybody has a couple of cute little Jack Russell Terrier puppies that are in need of a new home, Jos is currently looking. Feel free to contact him directly. :D
I tested out the Bravetti Digital Kettle and just love it...I know a few people were waiting to hear how well it worked. It is a temperature controlled kettle that can be set at a variety of temperatures and holds 2 L. It heated the water quickly, temperature was accurate, has a see-through side panel to accurately measure water and was easy to use.
http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/browse/8/KitchenBath/2/Appliances/Kettles/PRD~0430251P/Bravetti%2BDigital%2BKettle.jsp
Here are the important things I learned while Jos was here:
nitrogen tanks are required to freeze semen. Greyhound Bus Lines WILL lose nitrogen tanks between point A and point B days before one needs them and have no idea where they are!
UPS will try to "return to sender" crucial equipment that has been drop shipped ahead of time for the freezings
getting everything ready Friday morning for Jos to arrive on Saturday + finding out he actually arrives Friday evening = panic attack
the timing at which a disposable liner will rip is in diect correlation to the importance of the collection needed for freezing :no:
cat hair sticks to frozen semen straws
the weather will be a quiet and beautiful 70 F before and after Jos leaves. In between will be a 100% chance of snow, rain, sleet, hail and the occasional pipeline being installed next door during each collection :yes:
husband slaving for hours building breeding dummy + stallion + neighbors driving by just as AV is inserted on stallion = priceless :o:lol:
the most hideous breeding mount on the planet will not deter a stallion from mounting it :winkgrin:
the length of ones arm holding the AV will permanently increase by one inch per collection. So, 16 collections times 16 inches...you get the picture!
A535 ProHeat wraps are great to wrap around baby bottles to help keep the semen warm during collecting. Once the semen has been processed, one must then carefully peel the heat wrap off of the bottle and quickly place it on ones back after collecting stallions all day
when on a coffee/donut run to Tim Horton's, make sure the other person DID indeed order food before standing at the sandwich window like idiots for 10 minutes waiting for a sandwich that was never ordered :lol:
ice cream pail full of mare urine + husband = dry heaving :lol::lol:
the rate of speed semen will hit a wall across the room is in direct relation to the velocity and the angle at which it was directed :lol:
3 stallions + 7 days + 4 freezings per stallion + Jos's expertise and knowledge = PRICELESSThanks Kathy for helping us coordinate everything! :yes: Oh yeah, and if anybody has a couple of cute little Jack Russell Terrier puppies that are in need of a new home, Jos is currently looking. Feel free to contact him directly. :D