Ah, yes, the berner that needs something in the mouth when s/he is excited...
We have learned to keep stuffed animals handy by the door, so when we come home we can stuff them in her mouth... If we don't she mouths us, chews on Apollo, and barks incescently in the highest pitched bark a berner could possibly have (Rowan is defintely a Soprano!) Stuff the green moose into her mouth though, and she is happy as a clam. :-) Given that we are moving from the country into an apartment building in two weeks and Rowan loves the sound of her own voice, I can see that we're going to be stuffing toys into her mouth often... Is Micawber otherwise a mouth oriented dog? Rowan gives these love nibbles when she is cuddling with us. They are very cute, as long as she doesn't get bare skin or sensitive places. ;-) When she was a puppy, I was constantly shoving a toy into her mouth, to keep other stuff out of her mouth! Corie