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Joni Lund - Trading Post  1295 1st St S  Carrington, ND  58421-1905  Phone: (701) 652-1986 office   9 AM - 9 PM Central; call late.   for more immediate service, leave message.  Prefer all contact by postal service mail.

 No non-paying solicitor calls accepted.

Breeding Details  - We can now ship world wide from select stallions.

The following is available for our customers by email or regular mail.  

Plan ahead:  Signed contracts are necessary. All breeding fees are to be paid prior to services being rendered.

Foaling Date Foaling Signs Ultrasounding PG Heat Cycle

A.  BREEDING CHECKLIST for mare owner. 1.  Before travel 2.  Before breeding

B. On-SITE BREEDING (Hand or Pasture Style) 1.  on site contract 2.  on site  information C.  AI BREEDING (On-site or Shipped) 1.  AI contract 2.  AI  information

Plan ahead:  Signed contracts are necessary.

All breeding fees are  to be paid prior  to services being rendered.

Breeding Details  - We can now ship world wide from select stallions.

Plan ahead:  Signed contracts are necessary.   Knowing your mare's cyle well ahead of time .

Pre-payment is necessary.  All breeding fees are to be paid prior to services being rendered.

2013 Pricing  Cooled Shipped Semen  Frozen Semen  Frozen Semen  Any Stallion Our Studs     Your Stallions Area available    on site  or       on site in ND     off site within  overnight trip        National   National  US & Canada      World wide    World wide

Collection Fee off stud, $ 150.00   $ 500.00    $ 500.00

Shipping Container Deposit, $ 85.00   $ 1,200.00  $ 1,200.00 All deposits refundable with containers  returned in good usable condition for all categories.

Lab Processing Fee $  -0-  $ 400 or more-  $ 400.00 or more

Lab Storage Fee Yearly fee, for storing your   $  400.00 or more $  400.00 or more   $ 400.00 or more  studs frozen semen

Shipping cost,  $100.00 to $150.00  + $ 200.00  $ 200.00 fluctuates up & down  approx .  more or less     more or less   more or less with fuel prices Over payments, will be refunded in all shipping categories

Shipping Terms  (Cash On Delivery)  COD for difference   COD for difference    COD for difference   Cooled Semen   Frozen Semen-My Studs Frozen Semen-Your Studs

Studs Breeding  Boarding        $  15.00 day       $  15.00 day $  25.00 day if it applies    $ 125.00 month $ 125.00 month   $ 150.00 month whichever is the lesser.  whichever is the lesser.   whichever is the lesser. Separate Corral; possible shed.

Return Shipping   USPS Parcel Post  Suggest insured method.  Insure for $1,000.   Check with UPS, for Containers or     FEDX & USPS  to see which would be the cheapest for you.  Your responsibility!  We Do NOT Accept COD Returns! Other   (Container with Liquid Nitrogen contained with in.)

Payment Method U.S. Postal U.S. Postal   U.S. Postal    Money Order   Money Order    Money Order    or or  or  Cash US Dollars    Cash US Dollars  Cash US Dollars

Do IT Your Self     Insemination Kit $100.00 Not Available Not Available    Optional

We can bring the stallion to you for Approxiately $6.00 a mile, Plus Stud fee & booking. Need one or two months ahead, to find heat yourself.  Possibly more.

Give stallion owner and stallion station  a minium of a months warning. Then a couple days warning when mare service starts to change.  Day 17 & 18.   This process involves physical vaginal palpation of your mare by yourself or vet; to be sure she is in heat.  

On day 18 order semen.  Day 19 collect  most days (5AM)  and ship.

Day 20 & 21  insemination of your mare by vet/yourself when your semen arrives. 

If you can't be gentle & clean; DO NOT DO.   No scratches allowed period!  

Minimum of two people required, secure, clean insemination area.  We have an outdoor area to wash with pails. Use a Hay ring with a plank in between the loops (mare may kick) (use care not to put your arm in a spot where is will be broken), with a tie posts and two coral panels to keep mare still.  Small square bales with white sheets to 

lay equipment on.  Don't take semen out of container until the last minute (Don't keep in the sun heat or light either.) 100% success rate to date for us.

Plan ahead:  Signed contracts are necessary.  All breeding fees are to be paid prior to services being rendered.  Allow time for mailing of paperwork.

We order shipper to pickup semen a day before we collect it.  A No show means you still have a bill to pay.  

No collection on Fridays, Sat, or Sunday.   

Most days collection is at 5AM-5:30 AM.  Must be done by 7:00AM.  Unless I can get a day off from work. (Rare right now. And an occassional Thursday.)

If you book after May 1, of any year, there will be a $6.00 a mile fee to have stallion hauled home for collection or breeding plus $6.00 a mile to have him returned to range.  This will also be part of you bill should you breed to stallions , if you do not book before May 1, of any year.

 Physical papation:   14-16 days no heat:  Two finger size cervix, firm muscles. of        18 days softening, of muscles, and three fingers fit cervix.  Order semen. mare      19 days  Collection & ship semen.     Day 20 & 21 Soft muscles, and fits 4 fingers easily.  Insemenate mare.

Effective 2011 - 2013 Lower Stud Fees: 

 Flat rate for Joni's Stallion's Stud Fee (all mare breeds)  $350.00   First breeding, or per 30 day copulation period ;      additional $350.00  Second shipment semen or return for re-breeding (per copulation period) ;

Additional fees that may apply are:  collection, shipping, deposit,  transporation or boarding.

Paso: Future of Pisadas de Oro, is an one shot wonder, so rarely would there be a second breeding.  AI or live.   Joni's Dakota SPIRIT - Future son, 78 x's dulce Sueno!, $350.00 per copulation no AI.  No white.   Joni's Dakota MOOSE - Future son, 78 x's dulce Sueno!, $350.00 per copulation no AI.   Black, star, sock.  Mammoth Jack $350. no AI breeding at this time. $350.00 for each additional copulation period.  Will bit up your mare a lot.

Our Paso Fino and Largo Horse Breeding Program Goals,

1.  Produce horses with a NATURAL Paso Gait.

2. Produce horses with a PEOPLE, friendly disposition.

3.  Produce horses with ATHLETISM,  good for all-around use.  

Including Ranch, Trail, Endurance, Speed Gait Racing, Roping, Cutting, Reining, Rodeo, Pleasure & Performance classes, jumping: small to medium heights.  Many with fabulous take offs; especially any with Future & Dakota's lineage.  The majority of our horses are calmer, harder working - with less fussing, attain a ground eating extention; verses those raised on  the  East and West Coasts.

4. Provide EDUCATION for the general public of Paso Fino pluses, their uses through history & general horse knowledge/skills from ages past.

5. We have invested $3,000. to $15,000. for each of our breeding stock animals.

6. We endeavor to up grade our quality of stock every year with a purchase of a better mare or stallion.

Our American Paint Breeding Program Goals,

1.  Produce horses with a NATURAL Speed.

2. Produce horses with a PEOPLE,friendly disposition.

3.  Produce horses with ATHLETISM,  good for all-around use.  

4. Provide EDUCATION for the general public of  equine & Paint  uses through history &  general horse knowledge/skills from ages past.

5. We up grade by breeding our mares to champion American Paints or Thoroughbreds.

Our Mule Breeding Program Goals,

Order of traits looked for in our donkey stud purchase:  Conformation & correctness of movement, Disposition, Size, Color, type of gaits available.

1.  Produce mule with a NATURAL strength of their Dam.

2. Produce mules with a PEOPLE,friendly dispositions.

3.  Produce Mules with ATHLETISM,  good for all-around use.  

4. Provide EDUCATION for the general public on Mule pluses, their uses through history & general horse  knowledge/skills from ages past.

5.  Produce mules with a horse type conformation:  This includes nice head, wide but medium length necks, proportionate    short backs:  for strength & beauty, ample withers, legs under hips for horses crosses, and slightly forward for the    Paso crosses,  substantial chest and rears. With a general appearance of a horse.  More more eye appeal, and physical    balance and ability then the average  mule.   Our Donkey stud's line is producing champion jumpers with higher knee action on  Paso Fino crosses.   The other breed crosses where fine also.  Which included Quarter Horses, Arabians, Thoroughbreds, etc.

See the photos of the competition under our donkey stallions information section.  You'll see what we mean.

6.  Will Breed your mares for draft, riding and driving mules.  And donkey mares.

7.  All around sport and pleasure mule stock available.  

FOR YOUR INFORMATION BREEDING TIPS PRE-BREEDING TIPS

(Not part of the breeding contract.) Page 4

ADVICE from “From Foal to Full Grown” by Janet Lorch  ISBN 0-7153-0722-3

Ultrasound pregancy Ultrasound as early as 14 days or as late as 45 days.  Recommended times, day 18 to 21 then 25 to 35 days.  

If the mare stays at the stud then she will be presented to stud at day 16 after last covering then every 2nd day thereafter to establish if she is going to return to season.   If she does not then there is every likelihood that she is in foal.   Therefore scanning at 21 days is recommended in order to save unnecessary expense.  Subsequent scanning at 25-35 days is also recommend to establish that the mare is still in foal, & by this time a heartbeat can  usually be detected on the screen.   After day 45 the scanner isn’t so accurate, then manual palpitation can be done on day 42 accurately.

Blood test for pregnancy Between 40 & 60 days for PMSG Between 45 & 100 days for eCG

We suggest:  Ultra sounding the  mare at day 18 this provides two days time to catch her next in-heat cycle if she isn’t in foal when Artificial Inseminating and shipped semen is being used for breeding. 

Then you can have semen collected (day 18) and shipped in time to AI breed on day 20 & 21.

ADVICE from “From Foal to Full Grown” by Janet Lorch  ISBN 0-7153-0722-3

Foaling Heat First season after foaling; it occurs normally 7-10 days after foal is born and lasts only 2 to 3 days - unless a stallion is at hand it often isn’t noticeable.  Thereafter the mare’s system will return to its usual season every 21 days.

Mare Heat Each cycle should last 21 days.

Day 0-6;  In season  estrus tail up, winking, relaxed cervix. Day 5,   In season Ovulation tail up, winking, splayed hind legs, urination, open cervix Day 7*  Out of season   diestrus ears back, kicking, closed cervix Day 20   start of next season  New estrus Renewed interest in stallion

* If the period of estrus lasts longer than 8 days this indicates that there may be something wrong.

Classic signs of mare in season (Heat) May show one or several: 1. Lifting of tail combined with a: 2. Swelling of vulva lips 3. Mucus will escape from the vulva 4. Winking (an action that pushes out the clitoris) 5. Crouching down as she straddles her legs and urinates.

There should be no harm in gentle riding of mare during pregnancy providing she was ridden regularly prior to pregancy.  Keep her calm, no jumping, no short bursts of galloping, no strenuous runs, no sudden hard stops/slides, or suddenly working without physically working up to that condition.

Put mare in the foaling area one month before foaling to acclimate her, and to allow her to build up anti bodies to protect her and foal from germs in the new area.

Foaling date:  Horse: One month back from breeding day, plus 5 days.   Mule:  One month back from breeding day, plus 5 days to one full year.

Foaling signs:  Udder - observe carefully from 6 wks before birth.   Vulva - look for slackening of vulva lips.    Body & hindquarters -watch for change of shape, & extra heaviness.   Legs - may fill, & mare will become much slower in her movement.  

Imminent signs:   1. Udders should be hard & full.   2.  Waxing may occur.   3.  Mare may run milk.   4.  Unusual restlessness in the field or table.   5.  Muscles & ligaments under the tail very relaxed, vulva long & easy to open when parted by the observer.

~ Health Renewal Center:   You & Your animals.

~ Motivational Speaker, Artist, Merchandise Sales. 

~ Paradise Ranch:  Grounds, Breeding & Sales of Paso Fino Horses/Mules

Joni Lund - Trading Post  1295 1st St S  Carrington, ND  58421-1905  Phone: (701) 652-1986 office   9 AM - 9 PM Central; call late.   for more immediate service, leave message.  Prefer all contact by postal service mail.

 No non-paying solicitor calls accepted.