Pet Pregnancy Scanning

01/09/2023

13/08/2023

These scan images, grew into these little bundles of fun.

01/08/2023

Almost 7 weeks gestation

15/06/2023

Typical four week ultrasound.

No price increase in ten years our Ultrasound scans are still from just £20 midweek before 3.30pm. We use top range scanning equipment for crystal clear images. Home visits only within 5 miles of DY6 by prior arrangement. Evening and weekends £30.

26/04/2023

Just under six weeks gestation

11/04/2023

https://www.instituteofcaninebiology.org/blog/do-your-puppies-have-enough-traction-in-the-whelping-box?fbclid=IwAR1L_dgsCfZ4m-rkXsrCdzSvaJHrvSliEg6uKmt1toOPO1GyjPHr7lF1n1w

06/04/2023

New vet bedding in today
1m x 1.5m £22 a roll
Offcuts £5 each - limited stock of these

03/03/2023

The rate of stillbirth and neonatal death (to 4 weeks of age) is highly variable, and related to many factors, including the quality of labor, congenital abnormalities and acquired disorders. The average incidence of stillbirths during both complicated and uncomplicated vaginal deliveries is reporte...

25/02/2023

6 week ultrasound

25/02/2023

It is possible to see early sacs around day 25 if the bitch had ovulated before being mated and had a progesterone test to confirm. 7 sacs were seen on this one.

23/02/2023

Six week ultrasound

14/01/2023

Whelping Box Hire from £40 for four weeks, plus free delivery in the Birmingham/West Midlands area. Also bespoke whelping boxes available. Please contact Paul on 07850 618464

10/01/2023

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=611481817450231&set=a.484365816828499

Raw Pet Medics will be discussing the best start in life for puppies and kittens on their Facebook live with Dr. Judy Morgan this Tuesday 7PM BST.

02/01/2023

What is a canine pregnancy scan? When should it be performed, and by whom? Is ultrasound safe, and how can you find the best scanning professional for your p...

01/01/2023

2023 Price List - weekday scans between 11am - 3pm will remain at £20 and weekends £30. Due to timewasters, in order to keep my prices low, no shows may incur a £10 fee, and will be asked to pay at the time of booking for future scans.

28/12/2022

An old blog post but still fact and real cases by a reproduction vet.

'This has been another busy week. As you all know, we have a large following of breeders, really good breeders who do a really great job of providing well-bred dogs with important and predictable health and behaviour qualities.
That being said, some lose track of their breeding timing. Why is that important? If you can get your dam pregnant without progesterone timing, why should you worry about timing her? We had multiple dams due in the last 2 weeks without good timing. If you have trouble at the back end of the pregnancy, we can’t predict when she is due. The following are real cases from the past 2 weeks:
1. Three (no make it 4) dams due with singleton pups. These girls don’t go into labour at the 63 day post ovulation mark. Why? Because labour is initiated by the pups, not the dam. If there is not enough hormone secreted by the pup(s) because there is a small litter and they are not stressed, the dam may not initiate labour until the placentas and pup(s) are more than 65 days along, leading to placental deterioration and fetal death. This is a tragic way to end a pregnancy – with a c-section and a dead fetus. One dam was out of state for her breeding – test anyway (see below).
2. Two dams with exceptionally large litters. These girls were getting into trouble due to the volume of puppies and associated placentas and fluid. We can only safely deliver pups 2 days before their due date, based on ovulation. (Ovulation occurs at 4-8 ng/dl). Without knowing their due date, we could not have safely done a c-section to save not only the pups but the dam as well. No one wants to lose a puppy. But in most breeders’ eyes, saving their dam is even more important. We saved both dams and their pups by early intervention – a c-section at day 61.
3. One dam who should have delivered her pups but failed to progress into a successful labour. We took her to c-section and found the first pup trying to be delivered was heading north in the southbound lane. He blocked the way for other pups making a c-section the only hope in saving the dam and the other littermates. This was an unplanned breeding – well, unplanned by the owner, not the dogs. She had a history of failure to conceive so no one thought she would have a pregnancy.
4. One dam with a huge disparity in fetal size and position. She had 6 pups in one uterine horn and 1 in the opposite horn. The first pups that would have been born vaginally in either horn were HUGE. Without a planned and well-timed c-section, at least the first pup would have been born so slowly that the pup would have likely been stillborn. Dams weighing 24 pounds should not have 15 oz pups. Because we knew her due date, we scheduled a c-section and saved the entire litter.
5. One dam who lost her entire litter last year to premature progesterone drop. She is being monitored carefully to assure her litter can be saved with supplementation if needed.
Need I say more? So even if you don’t need to know what day to do the breeding, you do need to know the day the pups are due. At the very least, have a progesterone test drawn, the blood spun in the centrifuge and the serum frozen. In this way, IF she is pregnant and we need to run the blood from the time of the breeding, we can thaw the serum and run the test at the end of her pregnancy. Why not just run “reverse progesterones”? Because they require daily trips to the vet. Because you may end up with your dam going into labour after hours and end up at the Emergency Vet. Because they may drop early in the case of luteal insufficiency or a pregnancy gone wrong. Because, in the case of a small litter, they won’t drop till the placentas have deteriorated and the pup has succumbed to placental failure.

Progesterone tests don’t cost that much – not as much as the time it takes you to run back and forth to the vet every day. And not as much as the loss of a pup or dam will. And not as much as it will cost you in heartbreak for losing pups we could have saved with timing on the front end of the pregnancy. BUT, you MUST have your bloods drawn by a Vet, only a vet is trained and legally allowed to take blood from your dog, not a layperson at your local fertility clinic. Your vet will also send your bloods to the laboratory where they use the most up to date equipment which gives accurate results.

Just as an update on my own stats for scans I have done since I started keeping records on bi***es with singleton puppies

Number of bi***es scanned with a singleton puppy 69
Number of bi***es who whelped naturally with a live puppy 9
I have seen five during December, and only one has resulted in a live puppy which was born by planned c section.

18/12/2022

As I am getting some enquiries, my Christmas opening times are as normal.

However, Monday 26th and Tuesday 27th December, together with the 2nd January, are bank holidays, and my time for scans on bank holidays are £40 between 11 - 4pm, not my normal weekday rate of £20.

Thank you.

06/12/2022

Six week ultrasound on XL Bulldog

19/11/2022

This scan was a bitch who had been mated 27 days previously. No sign of being unwell other than she hadn't stopped bleeding after being in season. Referred to vet who confirmed Pyometra infection and the bitch will now need an emergency spay.

08/11/2022

New vet bedding in today in the most popular designs £22 a roll (1m x 1.5m). Also offcuts £5 each.

01/11/2022

40 day ultrasound - French Bulldog

21/10/2022

Due to the number of no shows and last minute cancellations, all scan appointments will now incur a £10 deposit at the time of booking, unless agreed otherwise.

Sorry to have to do this, but it is either this way, or I increase my prices.

Thank you for your understanding.

08/10/2022

Just a heads up that due to the increase in energy bills affecting the cost of the raw materials, the price of vet bed is going to be increased. This is not the first price increase in vet bed over the last year or so, although I have kept the price to you the same, but I will have to pass on the increased costs this time. Any orders collected and paid for over the next few days will remain at £20, as long as I have stock available. The price increase will be made available as soon as have more figures from my supplier.

My scan prices are still to remain the same for the time being, £20 between 11am - 3.30pm and £30 evenings and weekends up to 7pm. I appreciate that things crop up and emergencies happen, but if you need to cancel your appointment, please give me as much notice as possible, no shows and late cancellations cost me time and money when I could be seeing other clients.

As always, I am committed to providing quality products and services to you and appreciate your business and continued support.

07/10/2022

40 day ultrasound

23/09/2022

Typical six week ultrasound

21/09/2022

A typical 27 day ultrasound - French Bulldog - pregnancy confirmed

08/09/2022

Typical 31 day ultrasound - minimum 5 pups seen on scan today, but a long way to go before 63 days, pups can hide and can also reabsorb, any indication of numbers is an estimate.

08/09/2022

New stock of vet bedding, 1m x 1.5m roll £20, lots of different designs, all non slip.

07/09/2022

7 week ultrasound - French Bulldog