Artificial Insemination

Was reading during the past week about The Kennel Club (London) stance on the above subject Ronnie Irving, basically has said that the stance of the Kennel Club has been misunderstood, and that there is a general acceptance of artificial insemination in dogs, but it shouldn't be encouraged or take over from natural conception Of course the dog gene pool in the UK would be much wider than here in Ireland, where in a lot of cases we have no option but to choose this route. As most of you know, I have Standard Smooth Dachshunds, which are not a numerically strong breed in Ireland.  (Why so, still baffles me) I receive a lot of phone calls from pet owners with bitches that they may want to have one litter from, asking if they can use my Dog at stud, as he comes from a totally different line to most of the other dogs here. Danno who will be 3 in August, has only recently been used at stud, and we did advise the owner of the bitch to go down the AI route. The thing …