The owner of hercules was kind enough to send some pictures. I have been trying to upload since yesterday to no avail.

Meanwhile, it's day 14 since we first noticed Isis was on heat. By day 12, she stopped being receptive to Zeus. This further goes to confirm that her heat began way before we noticed.

Hi peeps it's been a while. Let's begin....
The sons of Zeus, Hercules and Perseus are doing great with their owners. They are 6 months old now (sorry no pictures)

Before Ira came on heat, I gave her some antibiotics as prescribed by my local vet. Remember she has lost 2 pregnancies now. I really hope the antibiotics work. Gave Zeus too incase incase it's the case of an STD. A correct vet recommended all the works; blood, urine,feaces tests etc but we could not do that based on logistics.

Ira came on heat on the 14th of July and as usual, her flow was heavy. At the due time she and Zeus started doing their thing. I recorded 10 ties within a span of about 10 days. Zeus was super restless that we had to let him move in with Ira. I am sure they have mated more than 20 times. It's day 36 today and no signs yet. Keeping our fingers crossed.

Isis is gallant we have this bond and I am comfortable with her . I feel I can take food out of her mouth when she is eating (I won't try that with Zeus even in my dreams). When ever she sees me standing, she would just come, lie at my feet exposing her tummy, and that was how I noticed a tinge of blood on her private part area on 24th august. The next morning, a drop of blood on my varendah. I had imagined when she comes on heat it will be conspicuous since she has grown white hair/fur under her tail but that is not the case. I never saw blood again so I concluded it's a fluke. This evening , her vulva was visibly swollen so I knew we were on track.

While inside my house, I heard an unusual cry (the type Zeus makes when he is tied to a female) only for me to come out and see Zeus and Isis tied. (Meanwhile, I heard the same cry last night)so it's posible they started yesterday. By my calculation from the day I saw blood, it's 6 days today. From experience the female dogs don't allow the male to mount them till day 10 on the average(except in cases of dog rape). It's possible Isis came on heat earlier.

I did not notice the usual hyper activity from Zeus now that Isis is on heat probably because they are next door neighbours.

What I have learnt from this episode is that:
1. your dog can come on heat without you knowing unless you pay very close attention to her everyday from when you estimate she should be on heat.
2. Having a male around really helps so you don't miss the vital period for mating.
3. Dont leave your fertile female and male dogs together if you don't want them to mate(especially if they are different breeds)

Uteghe:
Beginning of Apostasy. Someone should get this guy a job.

is that all you can say?, when people are making constructive arguments with biblical /quoranic backing. Teach somebody what you believe na.

ibietela2:


Close to 2years now my bird does not perch on me

I was hoping you were gonna tell us you have got a new one or better still Scofield returned to you.

oh dear! so sorry for your loss. The up side of the story is that you were there for her all through even when she took her last breath.

An investigation into the death is very necessary to rule out the possibility of your other dogs contracting the same disease.


Take heart.

nice! congratulations!

I used to have high regard for them but since these reckless acts, I don't anymore. There are better ways of getting people's attention. this spamming is not the way forward.

nice. congratulations.

Phoebe is sure very interesting and intelligent. Owning a Lhasa is definitely on my bucket list.

Link to past questions copied from page 52 of this thread.
https://drive.google.com/file/ d/17yf6tVWwG0h1VbXUY49O3x4pWmKO227l/view? usp=drivesdk

Baroba:


Build a big cage with chicken wires, with a simple trap door ( use a stick with strong elastic band e.g catapult bands as trigger) drop overiped bananas, watermelons, mangoes inside the cage.

Prior to doing this put out food for the monkey for a a few days to establish a feeding habit where you will set the trap , once the monkey sees the area as a feeding source, it will keep coming back, then set the trap; I guarantee you 100% it will get trapped..

Another method soak lots of bananas in Kai Kai mixed with lots of sugar, once the monk gets drunk and disoriented you can catch it easily..

Wow! The second option seems to be a quick fix. Will give it a try. Thanks

there is this stray monkey in my area that has been wrecking havoc. He loves children but shies away from adults. How do we bait him so he can be caught?

About your bitch's pregnancy not staying, you may wish to see a qualified vet as it may be that she has an infection. it may also be because she lacks the hormones that will help her carry the pregnancy full term.

About the hyper activity, I can relate but tying her legs should not be an option, it's barbaric. If it stays, it's stays. If it doesn't, it doesn't. (I mean the pregnancy).

All the best!!!

engrfyve:
Hello All,

I celebrate all the scholars in the house and every useful information disseminated so far on this platform. Permit me to ask, Can someone who was not shortlisted for the interview show up for an interview in PH centre, will he/she be attended to by the interviewers?
Please advise or share similar experiences if any.

No you won't be attended to, do not bother.

Alexbox:
Arion puppy is 12500, booster is 15500

How many KG?

XtraSmooth404:
Who else was asked if he/she wanted full funding or part?

I was. asked. I didn't even know there was partial funding. they asked why I wanted full funding. I was like 'seriously'? in my mind oooo.

I was asked for a print out of my SOP. I don't know if that was a blessing or curse cos they used it to bombard me.

Study your SOP very well. you will be judged based on what u wrote.

Meanwhile, I didn't upload my SOP for the second application probably why they asked for hard copies.

I was asked for a print out of my SOP. I don't know if that was a blessing or curse cos they used it to bombard me.

Study your SOP very well. you will be judged based on what u write.

Please print at least 3 copies your statement of purpose with your name written on them and take to the venue of the interview. They never state that in the invite but they always request for it.

Newcastle2023:


Please guys,
Would wearing the traditional attire called 'Senator' be appropriate for the PTDF Scholarship interview?

I contacted the PTDF Help Desk earlier but the personnel that responded said he doesn't know.

I feel you can wear any decent outfit you are comfortable in. Traditional or otherwise.

just got my interview invite slated for 29th April.

thefunclubenterprise:


Not really oo, had a tough time looking for a good quality male, so far I have only seen one acceptable male and I don't even know if it's quality is as good as what I see up in other treads.
Met the guy on jiji, and my brother went to inspect the male, he is requesting for 30k and a puppy.
Is the male good enough? and is the price fair?

He looks good to me. Here it's 20k mating with 1 puppy so I think it's fair.Meanwhile I have learnt to be weary of jiji but if u say your brother inspected, then it all good.


All the best.

mrphysics:

I didn't even see where to upload SOP. For sure, I will go to the interview venue with it.

That's a huge mistake we have made. Lol. Didn't know why I didn't see where to upload SOP

Like you, I couldn't modify what I had put on flex as well neither did I see the option to upload SOP.

I don't think anyone goes through your SOP online. you will be asked to make 3 hard copies to take to the venue of the interview.


Ensure you study your SOP well. cos most of the questions will come from there. they might even ask u why OSS not LSS?

All the best.

PaulAris:

Wow! Three pregnancies lost consecutively?
So whats your plan now, I mean for her?
...
Do you think I should advice him(my friend) not to mate his dog when she comes on heat again(being what happened to yours could also happen to her), until he finds a solution?

He should not mate her again until he gets a correct vet that can check her to be sure she has no infection. We will do same too for Ira. She should come on heat 6 to 8 months after her last.

Meanwhile, I googled that brucellosis . Luckily, Ira does not have most of the symptoms since she is always hyper and never lethargic. I also learnt it might not be in nigeria so I am keeping my fingers crossed and hoping it's something else that can be treated.

PaulAris:

Oh wow
This pregnancy is the immediate one after that time right?
[At bold]; I guess so too. A friend of mine as a dog with similar problem too
Tho she hasn't come on heat since the time she did not conceive, it was due on the first week of January.
I read on a thread of an infection called Brucellosis. A zoonotic bacteria. Its said to affect the reproductive system of dogs. You can look it up too
I'm gonna ask my friend if he feeds his dog diary products, especially on raw diet

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This is actually the 3rd pregnancy she has lost 3 times in a row. Funny she comes on heat readily. The last was not even upto 6 months since the last. She has come on heat 3 times since she whelped in November 2017.
I have actually come across brucellosis severally but I always wish it away. I will do an indepth study now. During the first pregnancy that was lost, I used to feed her raw eggs daily.

PaulAris:

Hi Jayned,
Has Ira given birth after this Pseudo pregnancy?

Lovely dogs you've got, by the way

Since you asked, I should as well give an update. Hmmm it's day 61 of mating today. Everything seemed ok not until day 54 when I saw an almost black discharge from her vagina. called the vet bla bla bla. To cut the long story short, she started becoming less pregnant and I am afraid I have totally given up.

Meanwhile, I don't think they are pseudo pregnancies it's possible she has an infection or something. The issue is all the vet's here are paravets just doing trial and error.

throwaway:
So cute!!

thank you!

gman55:
Your dogs are alway wow! you make me fall in love with Caucasian breed

Thanks so much.

Greenarrow01:
Re they booked already or you re trying to sell

Sorry they are both booked.

The duo @ 6weeks.

Hercules and Perseus @6 weeks. I have never seen more beautifully cropped ears. I think I deserve some accolades.