Hello

I wonder if someone can help , Ive been looking into different ways of testing for ovulation .... normally I would use idexx.
I have come across draminski and before I spend all that money on buying my own can someone please run though how actually works and how easy it is to get the correct reading?

Also what are peoples thoughts on this methoud of testing is it very accurate ?

Look forward to your replys!

I have one, which I bought several years ago as we had a bitch who was very difficult to get in whelp due to very erratic seasons.  I did not realise  when I got it that rather than giving a straight forward ready or not type reading the system entails taking daily readings over an extended period (from memory at least 2 weeks) to give you a graph which will give you the indication of the peaks in the readings which denote ovulation.  In our case the bitch produced a lovely litter, and the Draminski was used a year later for her 3rd and last litter.  However, it was so fiddly to use that never bothered to try it on any of the other bitches (although none were really problematical).  I did lend it to a friend with French Bulldogs and they also acheived pregnancy with her.  So 3 uses and 3 pregnancies, which is an excellent success rate I suppose, but it has since sat in a cupboard for 5 or 6 years now without being used again.  Went to a fertility a couple of years back with Keith Shea and he came out very strongly against them, but this could just be a commercial competitiveness thing.

I suppose, looking at it objectively, if we ever had a bitch with very erratic seasons or repeated problems getting in whelp I would use it again as it  resulted in  lovely litters, but could not say definitively if we were just lucky or the Draminski was spot on.

They are frequently up for sale second hand.  I've heard more praise about Idexx tests. :)