22/01/2025
PLEASE NOTE REGARDING PROGESTERONE TESTING - It is very important that you use a vet to draw blood from your bitch for the purpose of progesterone testing. There are numerous fertility clinics around the Country, they offer a range of breeding services, they look professional and breeders believe it is all legal and they are suitably trained. Unfortunately they are not qualified to draw blood from your bitch for the purpose of progesterone testing, even if they get you to sign a disclaimer and tell you they are trained. A registered veterinary nurse is not insured to draw blood from any animal without a vet on the premises neither is a trained human Phlebotomist. So whatever they tell you, and whatever disclaimer they get you to sign, they are not allowed to put a needle into your dog and draw blood unless they have MRCVS after their name.
We keep getting asked time and time again about blood draws, ONLY a vet can draw blood....so yes you have to go to a vet to get a blood sample and then bring bloods to us.
IF anyone is drawing blood themselves then they are braking the law....its that simple!!!