Frozen Semen - Page 1

Where can we find frozen semen for German Shepherd dogs? Have you and idea of the cost?

Breeder by breeder, dog by dog.

I have often wondered the same thing.....If I wanted to breed to a male that was located across the country, what would the cost of collecting and shipping frozen semen to my vet add to the stud fee?

alot.

I know that Tiekerhook has Semen in the USA available from the famous Max van Tiekerhook.

Go on their website and have a look  www.Tiekerhook.com

With that said,  it depends from what lines you require it etc as to where you get it.... and the cost will vary somewhat.

I would think you would want to consider what your breeding and what the end result would be worth.
Then make sure you trust everyone involved in the process.

stud fee, plus cost of collection, plus cost of shipping, plus cost of vet that is able to receive/handle/use/possibly store frozen semen, plus cost of timing the female to the day - necessary for using frozen semen which only lasts a couple hours after thawing.  Expensive.  But probably ends up being close to the cost of shipping an adult GSD across country to the breeder for breeding in person.  However the chances of a successful pregnancy live vs frozen would lean heavily in favor of live breeding.  You can also look into fresh chilled shipped semen - IMO before going this route pay for a "test shipment" first, because in my experience not all stud dogs' semen ships well.  In this case you would have to pay for collection, shipping (usually twice) and your vet bill on that end for breeding/timing the female. 

molly
Eichenluft
http://workinggermanshepherd.com

I tried it once. NOT counting the stud fee, if you count a vet collecting it, doing the extender/chilling, shipping, and another vet putting it in the bitch, I think it came to about $800 and didn't take. Woohoo! Lucky me, I got a repeat for "free"! That means I didn't have to pay the stud fee but still had to pay all the other stuff. Still didn't take. 

We have done fresh chilled and frozen and had pregnancies each time.. litters are normal size.. 6-7 pups. Sperm quality is extremely important as Molly said.. along with all the other things
It was not cheap but shipping is getting ridiculous and its not always possible to just up and drive to the stud owners... it worked for us!!
We did surgical implants each time.... much better success rate and if I'm spending the money to ship sperm, I want it to result in a pregnancy.....

yes, and check out trans-cervical insemination as well - this does not require sedation or invasive surgury, but places the semen exactly where it would be placed in a surgical "incision" procedure, without the incision.  It's not as expensive either, as there is no sedation or other extra costs.  It can be used for either frozen, fresh chilled or fresh (collected on the spot).  I certainly agree that one or the other procedure should be used for frozen (especially) or fresh shipped insemination - "just regular" AI just doesn't cut it and it's too expensive to not have a pregnancy result.

molly