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YAY!!!! 2nd DM Testing Procedure went FANTASTIC! by DDRCzechFan on 25 May 2012 - 01:25 |
| Okay, so yeah, too early to be excited (not like his results came back yet) but with Sitasmom's suggestion of using a spoon to squeeze his saliva/cells out of the swab, we FINALLY got a GOOD collection! Last time the card looked NOTHING like this, and I only had to swab ONCE! I also gave Beau a HEAPING bowl of water about two hours before the test, which helped. I kept him caged and calm, which ALSO helped. Here's how the card looks, I'll be sending it off tomorrow. **PLEASE NOTE, THE PICTURES WERE TAKEN RIGHT AFTER COLLECTION, THEY HADN'T DRIED YET. ALSO, NO MY FINGER DID NOT TOUCH THE PURPLE PART, DESPITE WHAT THE FIRST PICTURE LOOKS LIKE.** Pretty good, eh? Sad that THIS is the extent of my excitement....   FRONT SIDE OF CARD  BACKSIDE OF THE CARD |
DDRCzechFan by DDRCzechFan on 25 May 2012 - 02:30 |
AND, the Dried results, an hour later...Kinda proud, I'm not gonna lie! Dried Front of the OFA DM test  Dried Back of the OFA DM test |
by GSDguy08 on 25 May 2012 - 02:44 |
| You spit on it didn't you? That's not really from Beau, that's all yours.....we'll know if you're DM free or not though.... |
GSDguy08 by DDRCzechFan on 25 May 2012 - 02:52 |
LMAO sure, GSDGuy  Naw, in all seriousness, the big difference was letting him drink a huge bowl of water about two hours before the test and keeping him quiet in his crate. Last time he was rough housing with Lilah and hadn't had a drink of water since lunch time, so he was pretty parched. He wasn't exactly SALIVATING this time, but I scrubbed his cheek harder, and for about 10 seconds longer and VIOLA, a GOOD collection!  |
by clc29 on 25 May 2012 - 03:42 |
| ha..ha...GSDguy...you are to funny. DDRczechfan...I know exactly how you feel. I just sent Cisco's test kit in. I read your first post about having problems, so before I swabbed Cisco I teased him a little with the promise of hot dogs first. Worked like a charm and of course he got a few bites of hot dog for reward after words. |
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