Betty started her heat cycle on Friday the 17th. A July cycle is out of the ordinary for her, but her last few have been irregular so it wasn't a complete shocker. Originally I had pretty much thought we were done with the notion of breeding her. But after some serious thought Sunday afternoon, I made the decision Monday morning to take her in for a progesterone test (this was roughly day 10 of her cycle). A blood draw and a swab later, doc Hutchinson said she would be ovulating within a day or two. Long story short, she's going in tomorrow afternoon to meet her stud for a trans-cervical insemination (AI). A second round is planned for Friday morning. If all goes well, we'll be sending some fine pups to happy new homes around the first week of December. And hopefully I'll get another little Betty clone out of the adventure.