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<blockquote data-quote="Dsth" data-source="post: 1817452" data-attributes="member: 38038"><p>I definitely feel your pain. the techs breed day after day so they had probably seen just about everything. last year I had my tech breed a heifer that I could not get through the last ring. generally he is in and out and I feel like an idiot for not getting through on my own. to my surprise, he had trouble also. after about 10 minutes, he pulled out and changed sheaths to a special sheath with some kind of hook on the end. after another lengthy attempt, he finally claimed he made it through. she did settle and I did not have any problem getting through her this year. Okay, back to your question, the only thing I can add to what you already try is pull your gun back a bit and rub your thumb over the entrance to the cervix. sometimes you can feel that little indentation. occasionally the opening may be just off to one side and not at the end of the cervix. I have also found that breeding early before the cervix starts closing helps. Do you massage the uterus a bit before inserting the gun? that helps line the cervix and opening. I will look forward to hearing other advise if posted. good luck</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dsth, post: 1817452, member: 38038"] I definitely feel your pain. the techs breed day after day so they had probably seen just about everything. last year I had my tech breed a heifer that I could not get through the last ring. generally he is in and out and I feel like an idiot for not getting through on my own. to my surprise, he had trouble also. after about 10 minutes, he pulled out and changed sheaths to a special sheath with some kind of hook on the end. after another lengthy attempt, he finally claimed he made it through. she did settle and I did not have any problem getting through her this year. Okay, back to your question, the only thing I can add to what you already try is pull your gun back a bit and rub your thumb over the entrance to the cervix. sometimes you can feel that little indentation. occasionally the opening may be just off to one side and not at the end of the cervix. I have also found that breeding early before the cervix starts closing helps. Do you massage the uterus a bit before inserting the gun? that helps line the cervix and opening. I will look forward to hearing other advise if posted. good luck [/QUOTE]
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