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As of today, Kenya has added some much needed weight, the changes are quite noticeable. All the bony structures are filling out quite nicely, she's a bit heavier now when lifted and I don't think it has anything to do with the prospective pregnancy. Maybe that's cos I've taken her diet more seriously for the past two weeks. I sit over her and make sure she's got at least half her plate down.

Energy level is still as usual but I plan to restrict her movement this week and next, i.e, the entirety of her first trimester.

Behaviourally, she hasn't changed anything except that she can now agree to lay on her side like in the picture above and hold still for a few seconds which is something she NEVER agrees to do before.

Her teats are easily felt or seen now. Prior to now, they were like dots on her belly and can only be felt after you've parted her furs, then start tracing them one after the other. They only got a bit larger during her heat and have remained so till now.

Fingers are still crossed.

These pics were taken this morning, Tuesday 18th May, 2021 which is day 9 after the first breeding.

Forgive my picture quality ejoor, both of us just can't keep still enough to take a clear one.

olamirewaju6190:
It's a 50:50 chance she is pregnant and the probability is really low, she is supposed to be crossed at least 3 times in the space of 5days. I hope she won't lose the egg

I do hope so too, but I know that a one time breeding also results in pregnancy. Hell, even slip breedings also leads to pregnancy. That is where the sire was only able to slip into the dam and deposit the sperm, without getting tied to her.

I've also had a first time mom breed with my Caucasian only once and she littered 3 pups.

Anyways like you said, it's a 50:50 chance. Let's keep our fingers crossed.

So yesterday was Sunday 16th May 2021, exactly one week after Kenya was bred. Nothing out of the ordinary has been noticed. I've continued with her feeding as normal, just that I started adding cooked chicken parts which I source from a lady around my block that makes shawarma. Her feeding now majorly comprises cooked noodles, Royal Canin puppy kibbles and the boiled chicken, in addition to a tbsp of Cod Liver oil and a tablet of multivitamin. Water is given free choice.

I noticed that she's been stretching a lot recently and being afraid of losing the potential puppies, I took some drastic measures. I divided her cage by half to reduce the space, at least for now. Then whenever she's outside, usually when I'm at home, I tie her legs, the front right to the hind left. I don't know if that actually works or it's just an old wives' tale, but I'm being cautious right?

Her energy level is still as usual. Her vulva has reduced in size and the bleeding has stopped altogether, that was after it had became a bit darker and thicker again.

Everything is still as before though. Pictures coming soon, I was pretty tied up all day, that's why.

Pray for us.

This pics were taken on Tuesday 11th of May 2021, two days after the breeding. Note that she could only be bred once as I had to go back same day and couldn't get the time to come back again, neither did I want to keep her there. So we'd keep our fingers crossed and pray for the best.

The old sire

Breeding continua

See no evil

On the 11th day counting from the first day I saw the bleeding, on Sunday 9th May 2021, I and Kenya set out from Agbara in Ogun State to Lekki to get her cherry popped.

When we arrived, the gentleman whom I selected was nonchalant, in fact, he even seem the least interested in her. He left her and went out after a few sniffs and growls. It was his sire, the gold and wisened one who was going loco for her. He was all over the place, sniffing, licking, crying, attempting to mount her but Kenya was playing coy as the well trained lady she was. After several attempts and having lubed her up properly with his saliva, , the old guy had her corned and ready to fire. Kenya's defenses were already coming down and she was responding to treatment. Out of the blues, the young chap appeared and so very calmly like the rogue he was, slipped right in front of his father and slid right home into her. No hassles, no pre-information, no courting, no nothing. Everyone was surprised and doubling down with laughter. No one saw it coming.

Like that, Kenya the innocent virgin wasn't so innocent any more.

For the next few days, I felt like I had won a jackpot. The feeling no be here o. I intensified my search for a stud. I had already made few contacts about that before, but most didn't match up with my requirements. I wanted a thorough and pure bred, preferably black, long coat male lhasa that receives loads of love from his parents. I mean Kenya is a beaut, her mum was originally from the Philippines, her dad was equally pure breed. She receives a lot of care and love from me. Surely I wasn't about to let some street guy whose parent does not give equal attention. When it appeared I couldn't get what I wanted, I contacted the guy from whom I got Kenya and he sent me a video of two gorgeous males that any sensible dad would want to have his girl. One was gold (the old sire, also from the Philippines) and the other was black (his son). I chose the black obviously. He had this flowing tail which was evidence that he has a long coat, even longer than his dad's, although he was clipped at that time. We then set a date for the cherry popping.

In the interim, I had Kenya dewormed again, first with Praziwormer tablet and then two 1ml shots of Ivermectin. This was to be cock sure that she has no endo or ecto parasites by the time she'd be going in to be bred.

The bleeding eventually thinned down to some straw coloured, watery looking blood around the 9th day and we were ready to commit the fornication. But it actually didn't happen till the 11th day.

I know by now, y'all will be asking why I haven't posted her pictures yet. Relax! It's intentional.

That was how we continued with our lives, till that early morning, Thursday 29th of April, 2021 when I went to feed her as usual before prepping for work. I thought she didn't jump up to greet me as normal and something told me to check her vulva. Casually, for the millionth time, I turned her, raised her tail and there it was! Staring back at me was a trail of dark red blood! Yaaayyyy! I was first stunned, then confused, then ecstatic! I couldn't believe that what I've waited for like donkey years was finally here. I almost did a victory lap that morning.

And that was how the journey intensified.

After going through a can and half of the tiny folic acid tablets and still no show, I called it quits. Na so we just dey dreg am dey go. To say I was super disappointed would be putting it mildly. But nothing spoil, at least she was healthy, and happy.

Mind you, Kenya is not the type that eats a lot, she would just take a few mouthfuls of her meal, no matter how tantalizing I make them. Initially, I was feeding her with Optimax Puppy kibbles, with a few cuts of pork sometimes whenever I can get them from work. I work as a Translator with a Chinese company. Sometimes too, I feed her noodles and boiled egg, sometimes my leftover meals too, all in a bid to find out what she likes. Yet she'd treat them as though they taste sour! Just a few bites and she's done. FYI, I deworm her regularly and all her vaccs have been completed since puppyhood: DHLPP, AntiRabies, all done. So there was nothing else left for me to do that hasn't been done.

Oh yeah! I also read that a female in heat can induce another intact female to come on heat if they are in close quarters. Around February, think after Val, one of my friend's dogs was cycling, so I asked for her to be brought back home to stay with Kenya for some time and see if we could record some success. Aunty was brought home, she stayed with Kenya for 5days straight and was subsequently returned to be bred. Yet Kenya didn't even shake body.

Another friend suggested I put her up with a mature male, that maybe that could work, but I was done. I decided to rest and let nature run its course.

And the wait continued...

Oil for my brown skin girl.

The Multivitamin

Here's a picture of the said Folic Acid

Well I have been waiting for Kenya to grow and boy did she take her sweet time doing that! She seemed to be an eternal puppy. I had read that her breed could get on their first heat as early as 6mths, so imagine me waiting with bated breathe to experience it. Mind you, this was my first time having a lhasa and a female. I've always had male dogs, mostly Caucasians. But Kenya seemed to have other plans. There was no sign of swelling nor bleeding at all. 6mths turned to 8mths, then 1yr, still nothing. Oh, except for one occasion when I saw a tiny drop of blood on the plastic base of her cage, around when she was 8mths. I thought that was too infinitesimal to be the real deal cos the bleeding from a real heat should be all over the place, right? Moreover, there was no swelling around her vulva region or any of those signs I had read. Turned out she was having a silent heat cos I eventually contacted the guy from whom I adopted her and was told her sister from the same litter equally had a silent heat about the same time as she. Imagine my frustration waiting up till she was like 14mths and yet no show! I was fit to climb a roof! Kenya is a sweet little angel, no doubt, but I was so caught up in my zest to experience the joys of having a dog go through heat and all the processes of having cute, little puppies that I didn't realise that she was an individual, with her own body chemistry.

Things got to a point that I contacted a friend who's also into keeping dogs about my ''plight''. He suggested I give her a little more time and see but I'd have none of that. He told me it'd be risky trying to induce her with injections, with the possibility of ruining her chances of ever getting pregnant again even if I later was successful with the initial trial. He instead suggested I give her Folic Acid tablets for sometime, to maybe activate her ovaries into getting some eggs mature enough to induce her into coming on heat. I thought that that would be a harmless way to try. So I got the said tablets from a local pharmacy store for #350; comes in a 100tablets canister and commenced giving her 3tbs daily. This was in addition to her daily dose of 1multivitamin tablet. According to my source, with a consistent dosage, she should come on heat in about 2wks. Well I gave them to her, every day without fail, for more than one month, yet no show! That was when I concluded that she must be a male in a female body! I just jejely hands off her matter and just let her be. If it finally happens, toor, fine and good, if not, no wahala.

Y'all know how the saying goes, that when you've given up hope, that's when the magic happens? Exactly how it turned out.

So I adopted Kenya on Thursday 4th of May, 2020. She has been a source of joy, exercise, annoyance and expenses to me. She has long grown from that little cute and lovely black ball of fur that seemed couldn't survive a fortnight to an independent, beautiful, exuberant, loud mouthed young lady. She has never been sick save for one time she most probably picked up something on one of our evening walks and was seriously down for only a night. She's very energetic, kai! Whoever said Lhasa apsos are low energy dogs surely hasn't met Kenya. She can play the entire day, jumping from one place to another without seeming to get tired.

She takes her sentry job seriously. Whenever an unknown face or voice comes along, she'll raise a lot of hell that can waken even a sleeping deaf man! Irony is that once you let her out of her cage, she'll run straight to that same person she was barking so ferociously at and start playing with the person.

There are like 3 other Lhasas on my street, including several other breeds, but none as popular as Kenya. Everybody knows her name. This is so much so that I dread walking her some evenings cos we'd surely be delayed by all the calls of ''Kenya!'' and the guys who'd stop us, wanting to play for some time with her!

Hey guys, welcome to Kenya's diary. This will be more like a pregnancy diary, where I'll document all that I and my pooch Kenya will experience during this period.

Since I adopted Kenya, I've been dragging my feet regarding opening a mini diary for her, at least for times when I'll be bored and will need to reflect on old times. But better late than never they say, right?

I may not be the best story teller but I do hope I narrate as clearly and interesting as possible the events that will unfold in the next couple of weeks.

I hope to update this page at least twice weekly: every Sunday and any other day. This is because she was bred on a Sunday, so I'd like to see what changes there are every Sunday till she litters.

We ( Kenya and I) draw motivation and strength from our able mama, Jayned and her I Love My Dogs series. Check her out here https://www.nairaland.com/3659603/love-dogs

So help me God!

This was a great pain to read! It's getting more horrible in this hellhole. It's such a pity those lovelies had to go that way, it's just plain painful.

Thank God for your safety after it all.

toyosiabayomi96:
Please my people I need your help I try to get a gurantor to sign and fill the form for me, but I can't find anyone people I know are quite far from where I am. I want to ask that can I scan to my sister to fill for me (she has passport and also national I'd card) and scan back to me OR can anyone in this group stand for me to help me fill the gurantor form please I beg you I reside in Lagos (Agege). I am a man of integrity

Regards

Read backwards to where I narrated how I did mine. It was a similar issue like yours. As long as you can get a guarantor, distance shouldn't be a barrier.

Dimple10:
It’s on their website na. How do you people expect things to get better if you’re not Willing to read/do the work.

Just google nigerian passport requirement or Nigeria immigration service

Edit: Go here for required information. https://immigration.gov.ng/standard-passport/

I tire o. Despite several testimonies and details already posted here, some guys are still too lazy to do a tiny bit.

Just take a little time and read backwards, a few pages will supply all the answers you need.

ogunlowoluseun:
Good morning everyone

I am about to make payment for my application. I however see a range of payment platforms and discovered there seems to be a difference in pricing. For example, Innovate1Pay says 25,500 and Netpost says 26,000.

Please from experience which platform is more seamless. Abeg make person no enter one chance

I'll appreciate some advice. Thanks

I used Netpost, paid 26k, was pretty much fast and seamless.

damoceile:
Good day bro, pls can I use the Declaration of age certificate in place of Birth Certificate??

Sure! Why not. Sworn to at a law court and signed by a Commissioner for Oaths right?

But if you can and have the time, I'd say go to any National Population Commission near you and get a Birth Certificate, costs less than 1k and 1hr, at least for future purposes.

Dimple10:
Ok quick question for those that have done fresh application.

Is it compulsory to have a state of Origin/LGA letter or it can be overlooked?

I’m trying to get a fresh Passport application for my spouse But he no get that one and no time to run to Abeokuta to get it.

Well, I wouldn't say you don't need it cos they checked for mine, though I didn't go with any Original document, just photocopies. The only document I didn't submit was my NIN slip, although you'd need the number to register online.

If he has his Birth Certificate, then I'd say he should try first. They might just waive the LGA ID, it's not like it's that important. In my case, they just ran a red pen through it, not even a stamp or signature.

dont1950:
Guy, I need your contact, drop your mail. I have interest for passport

I thought I tried to detail all the steps the best way I could, it's a DIY process.

This is the white file, full every where like pure water nylon

This is what you need. Notice how beautiful it is?

I ran inside and met one nice man with the name tag Adamu. Adamu was very attentive and professional. And another point; Adamu was a youth, just like me There was this lady who came in at the same time with me, he attended to us simultaneously and very soon, we became a couple and did the remaining processes together. Babe even gave me her Com Card Turned out she's a fellow learned wig as me. Ok, back to Adamu

Adamu helped us arrange our files, packaged them in a special coloured file - not the bland white file every other guy was carrying - and gave us a form to photocopy and fill, which was basically every thing I already filled online, cost me 2h. He asked for a photocopy of my NIN slip and I told him I don't have it, but that I had the number which he said was sufficient. Me lady had already notarized hers so he directed me to the cubicle where I got my Guarantor's form notarized, which cost 5h to do. Came back and he had already gone out, so I gave it to another officer there who then packed everything together, signed and stamped where necessary and directed us further into another office where some lady vetted the files, asked a few questions, stamped, signed some more and gave us back our files. She then directed us to the ''Long Room'' for further stamps and capturing.

We got to the Long Room and were treated like First Class, cos of the File we were holding. They held off other people's files and vetted ours with the speed of light. I was asked for the original copies of my documents and I told them I didn't come with them, but that I have the soft copies in my phone. The whole process to the last cubicle was a breeze and took less than 20mins. Then we were sent in for capturing, that was where it turned sour for some time. We were told to join the queue of those sitting and wait our turns, despite having the magic file. That was where we camped for about 2hrs+, the queue was so long and so slow. The Officers did not help matters at all, they were busy hustling their candidates in and out. This country still has a lot of fight with corruption A little bit of sanity was restored when we made a little noise. We eventually did the capturing and where told to submit our files to the last guy by the door. Dude said since the file was from ServiCom, we may have to submit them back there. Some numbers were written on a piece of paper and given to us, no printouts were given. We returned the files to ServiCom and were told to come back in 2wks time for collection.

Left around past 3pm. Was a bit tiring, but was it worth it? Hell yeah!! Attached below are the two files.

Total of everything was N26,700.
I encourage every body to toe this DIY path, y'all won't regret it, trust me. Let's join hands to end corruption and save this country.

Thanks to everyone who contributed on this thread. It helped and encouraged me a lot, especially when some of my guys were laughing at me, asking if I wasn't making a mistake by choosing to go the DIY way.

We meeuuvvveee!

Due to the distance covered, I couldn't get there till around 11am. Upon arrival, I saw the multitude at the gate and I instantly knew the race will be for the swift and the battle for the strong. . Sincerely brethren, narrow was that gate that led into the kingdom.

First of all, I asked the nearest person and she told me the queue was for those collecting their passports. Ok where is the queue for fine boys like me, hanty dinnor know. That was when I overheard one of those smart kids roving around, seeking whom to devour, telling one guy beside me of a way to cut the queue and my ears sprang up. I moved closer and indicated interest and Uncle assured me of sure success. I even asked him if he can help me reprint my NIN Slip and he answered in the affirmative. He now handed me over to another guy who took me to their office and subsequently handed me over to a third guy, all the while assuring me that they know all the Immigration Officers starting from Abuja. I was adamant, insisting that I only needed to reprint my NIN slip and beat the queue. The third guy was about to hand me over to yet another person for ''proper orientation'' when I realized that these guys were time wasters and left them.

I went back to the gate and met one of the officers at the front to inquire for the queue for fresh application. Oga in the typical Nigerian uniformed men high and mighty manner told me to go back and join any queue I see, that all of us would eventually make it inside the premises. Haa! Brother calm dan na, na fight? Yours sincerely meekly went back and join a queue. People everywhere were increasingly getting agitated for the undue time wastage. Barely 20mins in and a scuffle ensued at the front, the gate was thrown open and the great surge began. Na so I join my mates o, gidi gidi like that, we found ourselves inside the premises. Me I didn't even know where I was going, I just followed the crowd to wherever it was going.

When e clear my eye say I no know where I dey go, when I had made about 3 rounds/turns, I had to disconnect from the crowd and walk up to a female officer with the name tag Yemi and ask for directions on the first step to take. Yemi took my file inside and had a tete-a-tete with her colleagues. She came out and with a smile, told me I had come to the right place, but that although I have already paid online and have all my documents, that I would need to make a payment of 50k to her to start the ''authentic'' application. I told her that I didn't have that amount presently on my person, that wasn't there any other way she could help me? She went back inside, chatted some more and came out. With a smile, she told me one of her colleagues has pleaded on my behalf, that I should now bring 15k. I thanked her for her kindness and requested to check elsewhere. She told me not to bother, that even though I go elsewhere, that it would eventually wind up at their table, that they are the ones in charge of printing. Hanty made claims about how I can get the passport within 2days if I was ''ready''. In my head, I rolled my eyes and said ''2nd time waster''. I managed to snatch my file from her claws and left. That was when I remembered ServiCom and rushed off to find it. Turned out it was just right in-front of the gate. I had passed it in that mad rush

Guys my tori long oh, so just bear with me.

First off, when I wanted to start the application, I was introduced to an Immigration Official at my Company (I'm a Chinese Translator) who claimed he can help me do it, even without any document, for a fee of 40k. He gave me a form to fill and return to him with the money. But then I remembered everything I had read here on Nairaland and was determined to do it myself. Bear in mind that I'm your everyday Nigerian nigga.

So I visited the NIS website to confirm the requirements and that was when I found out I had hit a major glitch: I didn't have any of the documents with me, they were all back home in the East. The documents needed were:
1. Original Birth Certificate
2. State/Local Govt Identification Letter
3. NIN Slip
4. 2 Passport Photographs
5. The printouts from the NIS website
6. Guarantor's Form
7. Data Page of Guarantor's Int'l Passport
8. 1 Passport Photograph of Guarantor
9. Photocopy of Guarantor's NIN Slip or Driving License
10. 2 White Native eggs and Alligator Pepper

My job doesn't give the time to move freely so I didn't want to waybill them. So I had them scanned and sent to my email. Tried starting the process with my phone and that was when I hit that roadblock of imputation of height. It just couldn't go through despite everything I tried and the advice I got here, so I tried it on the system and it was successful. Imputed all the details correctly MYSELF and made the payment. TOTAL SUM PAID WAS 26k. I printed out all the necessary documents:
1. Completed Application Form
2. Payment Receipt
3. Acknowledgement Slip
4. Guarantor's Form

Then began the hurdle of getting someone to guarantee the form. All my guys I called either weren't with their passports or for one reason or the other couldn't come through. Finally, I was able to get one of my padis back in Uni days who is now in the UK to agree to doing it. I thought of scanning the form to him to fill and scan back to me, but he suggested I filled it myself. Mo ni pe no problem. And that was how he snapped every thing I needed and sent to my WhatsApp and I filled the Guarantor's Form myself.

I received both an email and a text from NIS stating the success of my application and the date for the capturing which was fixed for the 22nd of October but y'all know how Lagos was then with the protests and curfew so I couldn't go. So today being the 30th of October, armed with all my documents except my NIN Slip which I don't have, although I have the number, I set out as early as possible from Agbara in Ogun State to the Passport Office at Ikoyi.