Thank you all for the posts. And no I am not going to use a turkey baster!! I am also not going to keep it myself. I will have my vet store it. But I was just wondering how long I can keep it considering my bitch is not old enough to breed yet and I want to get sperm from a stud that might not be around by the time she is ready to breed. But if it can last 1000 years than i guess i have nothing to worry about Huh!!

I looked into this about 5 years ago, and was surprised to find the collection and storage prices pretty reasonable--- especially compared to horses.
I'd love to see the canine branch of this catch up to the equine side....

What are the cost for seman, and vet charges for this service. Just being nosey! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

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I've been hearing $500 to collect and freeze, and around $55 a year to store. This is just one facility's price.

It depends on the process that the facility uses and their success rate. Like living sperm left after thaw out. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> The best facility that I found had about 90%+ survive the ice age. That was damn good. It was also just about $1250.00 for the procedure and around 15.00 A MONTH for storage.

Those prices are not really that bad, what is bad is that they, as well as some other joints, will not send the semen to anyone to perform the AI. It has to be them so they can ensure their high quality. That means sending the stud there and kenneling him for a few days at the massage parlor, sending him back (don't forget the stud fee), sending the female there, all her med bills for fertility testing and peak insemination time, the AI itself, her kenneling, and then her return. Not to mention the fee of picking the dogs up at the airport and dropping them off. Can you say $$$$$$$?

I also would have a problem with taking responsibility for someone's valuable stud dog and his travel/care. Imagine how spendy that could get if things went south.

This was just one place, I've been looking for others. :rolleyes:

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Originally posted by TorroGSD:
I've been hearing $500 to collect and freeze, and around $55 a year to store. This is just one facility's price.

I just happen to have bill here from the local canine semen bank. They do "mobile collections", they have a booth at some of the local dog shows.
First, the dog has to be DNA tested- if that isn't done already add $50. If your dog sires more than 3 litters in a year or 7 litters in it's lifetime, it has to have that anyway to register offspring with the AKC.

OK, for the collection itself:
Semen collection/Evaluation/Freeze: $160
Any vials over 4 : $40/vial
File prep for the first collection: $30
Semen storage: $55 per year (up to 20 vials?)
So, it can be as little as $245 for the first year.
Discounts for multiple dogs. They don't have to be collected at the same time.
That was with International Canine Semen Bank. ICSB

Anna

ICSB was who I was thinking of. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
They do not require the bitch be shipped to them, only to an approved vet for the insemination. Somewhat of a help.
I know a couple of people who have collected an frozen on their dogs using ICSB and they have been pretty happy with the results, and with multiple, large litters.

We here in Australia have been importing frozen semen for a long time now. As we are rabies free we have very harsh importation and quartentine restrictions so it makes importing dogs very expensive. For instance I bought a pup from the USA at 8 weeks of age. By the time the dog got in my backyard he was 12 months old and total cost was $6000 US. So one of the most cost efficent ways to get blood in is frozen semen.
Belgium and Holland allow frozen semen to be sent from their dogs. Germany however do not. The US and Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, England all allow it.

Originally posted by chris j:
We here in Australia have been importing frozen semen for a long time now. Here's a company that imports semen to Australia
canine biotech

Anna