Re-milking question

[Indrananda]

We have an Alpine doe we were trying to dry off, due to pending time constraints with a move and temporarily fuller schedule. 16 days later, and she's still full. Not bursting full, but there's no noticeable decrease in her udder size at all. No mastitis, thankfully (I check daily), but she's still making milk. We're wondering if we should start milking her again, or if we should just leave her be until she's dry.
Thanks,
Indy

[Vicki McGaugh TX Nubians]

You haven't finished her dry off. Once you don't have to ease milk out anymore because she longer fills up, milk her out completely, teat dip her, let her stand for about 5 mintues and leave her be. Stop checking her for mastitis daily, which is not going to tell you anything anyway, drawing milk from the udder to check is why she is still full.

Or simply start milking her again, it's supply and demand the more milk you take out the more she will produce, certainly not to what she was milking before, but some. Vicki