Bohlman Quarter Horses: GUIDELINES FOR ORDERING SHIPPED SEMEN
Please provide this information to your Veterinarian prior to breeding
We accept payments through Pay Pal as well as personal checks!  PayPal payments require an additional fee to cover PayPal fees on my end.

All Fees must be paid prior to each shipment of Semen!  No Exceptions! 

 The Following Fees must be paid in advance:  booking fee, stud fees, chute / collection fees, container fee & Fed Ex!

(406)947-5131 - tari@midrivers.com

Eds Little Whiskey

Blue Montana Gold 

The conception rate of mares bred to Bohlman Quarter Horse stallions is consistently excellent whether breeding on-site or utilizing transported semen.  Please read the following information carefully, to ensure your own success.

We make every effort to send 2 doses of semen with a minimum of 1 billion sperm per dose.  Occasionally you will only receive 500 million sperm per dose & depending on how many mares need semen on a given day there may only be one dose of semen per mare per shipment.   Do NOT count on a 2nd dose being shipped.  (counts are based on an average vet collections/ counts taken over several years.  

For Optimum  Success the mare needs to ovulate within 24 hours of recieving the semen.  Timing is crucial - Do Not expect to receive semen on a Tuesday and have your mare ovulate on Friday and end up with a pregnancy.  The mare should ovulate on Tuesday or Wednesday for the best success (for a Tuesday delivery)

Semen counts will not be available unless the mare owner opts to pay  $250 extra for a vet collection with a count.  

Please DO NOT order semen from Bohlman Quarter Horses by leaving a message on the answering machine.  You may leave a message but don't assume its ordered until you actually receive a reply.  I do check my email often so you may order through email - but don't consider it ordered until you receive a reply.  If ordering semen by answering machine or email make sure you keep trying until you receive a response. It is great to be emailing ahead of the date you are anticipating - but for the final arrangement make sure you speak to someone in person or receive a response from me through email.  If you have not talked to someone in person or received an email response then no one received your message.

Please make every effort to order semen the TWO DAYS  BEFORE you want it shipped.  Shipped semen is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Orders made later than 9:00 AM. The day prior to collection day are at a higher risk of refusal. Due to our rural setting we need that much time to make Fed Ex arrangements. As soon as you are anticipating a need for semen start communicating with me.  Its better to postpone a shipment a day or two than to suddenly phone for semen.

Someone must contact us by Noon. the day prior to needing semen shipped.  Semen is available on a priority basis. 

1. Horses that have made arrangements & kept the ranch up to date on mares progress will receive first preference.
2. Horses that call at the last minute may be at risk for not receiving semen.

Someone should contact me with the following information & at the following times.

1. Anticipated day of taking the mare to the vet
2. When the vet detects initial heat
3. When the vet estimates the day of ovulation
4. The day prior to needing semen shipped.
5. Pregnancy status of mare 15 days later.

All fees must be paid prior to each shipment of semen including either purchasing a container from me or furnishing me with your shipping container.

Do not attempt to utilize cooled transported semen for mares with reproductive problems.  Foal Heat Breedings result in the highest percentage of abortions & absorptions.

Otherwise, good planning is the key to breeding your mare with transported cooled semen. Mares should be on a regular teasing and ultrasound examination schedule, since timing is of utmost importance. An experienced, competent Mare Management Facility, or a Veterinarian with extensive cooled transported semen experience should be employed.

Our 2008 collection schedule will be as follows:

Monday, Wednesdays & Fridays we will deliver Semen to Fed Ex or UPS in Billings, MT.   On these days the collections will be made in the early afternoon and driven by us 75 miles each way to the Fed Ex or UPS office.  On Tuesdays & Thursdays Semen will be delivered to a drop off point in Roundup, MT where a Fed Ex driver will pick the semen up and transport it in his / her truck for the remainder of his / her day.  These collections will be made early in the morning as we have to meet the driver in  Roundup prior to Noon.  These days to carry some risk of the driver not making it back to Billings in time to meet the plane.  

Normal breeding season will be April 15 - June 15. 

* All Breeding Fees must be paid prior to ordering semen including booking fee, stud fee, collection fees & Fed Ex Fees.

* A Signed and Completed Breeding Contract must be on file at Bohlmans prior to ordering semen,    

* Shipping instructions should be made in writing prior to ordering semen.  This includes Name of facility to ship to,  Contact person, physical address & phone number.

* Have this information available when you call to order semen:

1) Physical Address and Telephone Number of Semen Recipient,

2) Stallion Name,

3) Mare Name &Registration Number,

 4) a reliable Contact Name and Phone Number we can phone if needed.

* Mare Owner will pay Fed Ex or UPS with their own account.  All account information must be provided to Bohlmans prior to ordering semen.  Or pay Fed Ex charges in advance to Bohlmans so they can pay these fees.  Some contracts will be all inclusive and include the overnight shipping fees in the price.

* Please DO let us know if a pregnancy results from the shipment.

Charges for each shipment are:

Chute Fee:  according to your contract

Fed Ex Fees.  You may use the Fed Ex Shipping Calculator to find approximate shipping fees for your container.  The website is: http://www.fedex.com/us/?KNC-FB . You will choose overnight delivery & the zip code being mailed from is 59059.  The weight of the container is 6 pounds.  The dimensions are: 15" by 9" by 8".  This is for size and weight of one specific containers other brands may vary some in size and weight.  Federal Express phone number is: 1-800-238-5355 

$25 to purchase a disposable container from us or furnish your own container.

(Order must be placed prior to 11:00 A.M. the business day previous to collection. 2 business days notice is preferred)

You should ask  UPS & Fed-Ex: 1) delivery times in your area, 2) if Saturday delivery is available in your area

If shipment does not arrive, contact Bohlman Quarter Horses for Tracking Number

RECEIVING SEMEN:  Normally, 2 doses will  be available.. (but do not plan on it)  We make every effort to send a viable dose for your breeding & will keep a sample to compare viability with - if our sample shows 10% motility or less at 24 hours then we will ship an additional shipment for $0 collection fee. (mare owner pays fed ex and buys a container)  Even at 10% motility there is a high chance of settling your mare due to the high number of semen we send.     Remember a lot can happen between my house and yours.  The first dose of semen must be used within 4 hours of reciept.  Studies have proven that semen stores much better in the mare than anywhere else.

Additional Informaiton

Make sure to mail AQHA  or APHA & Me each a copy of the AQHA or APHAInsemination Certificate.  If these copies are not mailed back to me & to AQHA the foal may not be registerable.  It is the of the utmost importance to mail one copy to me & one copy to AQHA or APHA.  Failure to do this may result in the resulting foal not being eligible for registration.  This is the responsibility of the mare owner.

Breeders Certificates will not be issued if any fees are unpaid.

I strongly recommend being prepared to do a wire transfer for 2nd shipments if needed or setting up a Pay Pal account.  PayPal payments require an additional 4% fee to be added to the payment. There is not enough time to mail payment after preg testing your mare if you need to breed her on another cycle.  I will not ship semen on additional cycles unless all fees are paid in advance & money has cleared the bank.

Here is a link to a lot of information on chilled & frozen semen:  http://www.bohlmanquarterhorses.net/cooled.frozen.semenall.pdf