For breeders
Breeding to my studs: how it actually works
If you are putting your female to one of my dogs, this is the whole process from her first season to puppies on the ground — and what I do to help at each stage. Every section links to the video where I explain it.
Step one: timing, and why most breedings fail on it
More breedings are lost to bad timing than to bad dogs. Knowing your female is in heat is not the same as knowing she is ready, and guessing by day count is how people waste a season and a stud fee.
Progesterone testing tells you when she is actually ovulating and when to inseminate. I will walk you through it — when to start testing, what the numbers mean, and when to pull the trigger. This is the part I get the most calls about and the part I am happiest to talk through.
Step two: choosing the right stud, not the prettiest one
Send me photos of your female and tell me her weak points honestly. Too long in the back? Head too small? High in the rear? Lazy temperament? I will tell you straight which of my dogs fixes that, or whether none of them do.
That last part matters. I would rather lose a stud fee than put my name on a bad match, because the puppies carry my lines whether it went well or not.
Because nearly every dog here was bred here, I am not guessing at what a stud throws. I have watched his father and grandfather grow up.
Step three: shipping, or in person
Shipped semen
Same day, next day or overnight, anywhere in the world. We line the dates up around your female, not around my calendar.
In person
If you are close to Florida, I will drive to you. I jump through hoops to make breedings happen — that is not a slogan, it is most of my week.
Book early
Booking a month or more ahead gets you a better deal. Last minute costs the most, because last minute means rearranging everything else.
The guarantee
Two puppies or more, or you get a free rebreed. Simple as that.
Terms as stated on the channel. Confirm current terms with me before you book.
Step four: pregnancy and whelping
English bulldogs are not a breed you leave to nature. Most litters here come by C-section, and knowing when to go is a numbers game, not a feeling — progesterone dropping to around four or below is the usual signal that it is time.
Whelping is the part where experience actually saves puppies. Keeping them clean from the first hour, fingertip feeding the ones that will not latch, and knowing which complications need a vet at two in the morning and which do not.
Pregnancy, complications and when to do the C-section (opens at 15:18) →
After the puppies land
You do not stop hearing from me when the semen ships. People text me through the pregnancy, through the whelp and through the first weeks, years after the breeding. That is part of what you are paying for.
If you want to see how I raise a litter before it leaves here, that is on camera too — including the parts most breeders would not film.
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