I recently had to travel several hundred miles to take my girl to stud.Ive had a fail after being blood tested so decided just to watch her every move and travelled down on day 12 when she was doing her crazy flirty behaviour.We got a tie pretty shortly after we arrived.We stayed overnight  and next morning the stud wasnt interested at all( he is proven but has only had 3 litters) She was still flagging although i know some can still stand when they have gone over.Could her fertile time stop that suddenly and still result in a pregnancy,im so worried i went down too late.she had been flagging 2 days prior to the mating but thats the first day we could travel and my other girls are all mated 2 days after the flagging starts because before that they only seem to flag for my girls.

My girls never seem to "Flag" I progesterone test to be sure. Only time will tell.
Aileen

I would say there are two possibilities -going from my own experiences. Either she had gone over on the second day and the dog knew it (3 litters is plenty, he is certainly experienced), or she wasn't actually ready yet. I have a few times had bitches where she was flagging and allowed the dog to mate her, and the dog did as he had the opportunity, but then the day after he'd no longer be interested. He'd then get interested again 3-4 days later. It's like the first mating was just for the heck of it. Last time it happened was with a litter born a year ago tomorrow. We had the one mating then nothing for 3 days -the dog was not interested despite the bitch being very flirty. Then he would suddenly mate again and we got two more ties. When the bitch was scanned the vet said she was fairly sure the second mating was the one that took rather then the first. Pups were born 62 days after second mating and my breed is usually early so I would find it hard to believe it was on day 66.

But yes, my bitches certainly flag before they are proper ready and so I don't mate the first day they flag. In fact one of my bitches was notorious for flirting and ended up tying with a neutered male of mine several days before she would allow an entire male to mate her. And yes I have had litters after a single mating.

I hope it's not famous last words as I have just mated a bitch, but so far I have never had a bitch that has been mated NOT fall pregnant -and I have never progesterone tested.

Thanks,i really hope we werent too early because i cant go back,its too far.Im hoping is she ovulated after we left the sperm will survive long enough to fertilise the eggs,id be gutted if she didnt take because im hoping to keep a pup,its a rather long awaited mating

One of my girls has had 2 litters. On both, there was only one mating as my boy was not interested the following day. Both resulted in puppies.