Module 2 Checklist,
She’s In Season
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She’s in Season Basics: Learn about your bitch’s season
o Read She’s in Season
o Enter the dates she came in season and/or the date she was bred into
the A2Z Calendar for dates/reminders.
o Download Your Bitch Is In Season checklist
o Download and start the Breeding Diary spreadsheet
o Download the Estimated Breeding Dates Worksheet
Figure out when your pups will be born and when you’ll be
sending them home
Brucellosis Testing: Learn why both stud and bitch need to be tested for
brucellosis
o Read to brucellosis update.
Caring for Your Bitch: Nutrition, Exercise and Stress Management
o Increase your girl’s food per the Nutrition For Breeding worksheet
o Review Fit to Be Tied’s Before and During Breeding video
o Safe drugs
Time Your Breeding
o Download the Timing Your Breeding checklist
o Do Vaginal Cytology around Day 3 after first blood or other indications
Review What You Need for Vaginal Cytology and Semen
Evaluations report
o Draw Blood for Progesterone
o Review Additional Resources for Timing Your Breeding
o Read “Breeding By the Numbers” case study
o Listen to A2Z Module 2 Podcast
o Listen to AKC CHF Ovulation Timing Podcast
o Listen to the Optimal Time to breed Bitches, Q&A with Dr. Robert
Hutchinson (“Hutch”) by Good Dog. Timestamp: 51:10 to 1:05:26
o Read “The Precision Of Peri-oestrous Predictors Of The Date Of Onset
Of Parturition In The Bitch”
Ensure the Stud Has Good Semen
