Re: Flooring for Santa's new kennel

2003-03-17 Thread Michaela Simmons
Molly wrote: Santa's claws have really taken their toll on this floor and it is looking really tatty, in a very short time. Obviously we don't really want a repeat of this scenario at our next house (kennel!) so we'd be very grateful for any wisdom the List can impart. Oh, that's easy! You

Re: Ticks and other nasties was Your Breeder - Your Friend

2003-03-17 Thread Michaela Simmons
Marion I'm the tick queen of the Western world. Sadly. Because of where we live - Moorland, bracken, sheep - my dogs are veritable tick magnets. Plus, this part of England never really gets cold enough to kill off ticks, thus I begrudgingly pull off ticks all year round. I tried a variety of

litter size line breeding

2003-03-17 Thread Michaela Simmons
My breeder and I were chatting on the week-end and, amongst many things, came to the topic line breeding and litter size. I recall someone posting that the closer the line (in)breeding the smaller the size of the litter. I just can't remember who posted it ( Ruth? Rose? Susan?) or when. Could

Re: Proposed AKC fee increase

2003-03-17 Thread BernerFolk
In a message dated 3/16/2003 4:39:35 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Thought this was interesting. This is interesting... It will be especially interesting to see how the fancy responds to this as one of the major reasons the AKC gives for continuing to work with puppy

RE: Eating wood

2003-03-17 Thread Rose Tierney
Hi Jude, Was this a puppy canine? Rose From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: March 16, 2003 5:17 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Eating wood Hi Guys, We use logs and waste wood to fuel our woodburner, and most of our dogs rush to select the choicest logs or branch cuts

Russian Frenchies

2003-03-17 Thread Rose Tierney
Hi, I looked after a Russian bred Frenchie for collegues of my husband. I had the little tyke for three months and I would have to assume he came from a good Russian breeder because he was a robust healthy little monster. Frenchies are supposed to be people friendly but are a lot of dog in a

Digest 4102

2003-03-17 Thread swjp
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Website needs club/breeder presence.

2003-03-17 Thread Jeff Mary Chapdelaine - SnoBear berners
Hi, I found this site (Puppynet) while browsing the net. It definitely needs the presence of club contacts, and/or ethical breeders for education/referral purposes One of the PPO's states: present Berner owner who purchased their first BMD from a well known breeder who suffered a stroke and is

re: Website needs club/breeder presence.

2003-03-17 Thread Jeff Mary Chapdelaine - SnoBear berners
Whoops! After clicking here: http://www.puppynet.com/cgi-bin/desiretobuypreview.pl Click on Return to Puppynet Ad info. page. Then select Bernese Mountain Dog from the drop down list and hit review to see the Buyers list and comments. Sorry, Bernerly, Mary Jeff Mary Chapdelaine SnoBear

RE: Flooring for Santa's new kennel

2003-03-17 Thread Molly Palmer
Dear Michaela Santa is actually quite attached to his paws, he finds them useful for begging activities and the liberal application of smelly, muddy concoctions to the furniture. He's also not qualified to fly yet, but we're working on it. In fact, he was nearly launched into space this

A very funny website

2003-03-17 Thread LEKesner
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Inquiring Minds Want to Know

2003-03-17 Thread MissIndi
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Maggie's mast cell tumors

2003-03-17 Thread Bugsotis
Hi All First I have to thank everyone who has responded back to me. You all are totally awsome! I showed my mom all the info sent to me..(she has a Leo) and boy was she impressed with how our berner community really pulls together and helps one another thru challenging times. Today Maggie has

Hope Update

2003-03-17 Thread Kelly
I know it has been a while since I have posted but, thought you would like to know how Hope is doing. On March 1st she had 21 episodes, the longest episode lasting 27 minutes and the shortest lasting 11 minutes. Since then most of her days have been like this. The days that aren't so bad still

Goodnight Deuce

2003-03-17 Thread bmd4me
Deuce was ready, so we sent him to play agility with my Star and all the other berners at the bridge. U-ATCH U-CDX Dabrak's Donar Double-Take AX OAJ CDX NDD AD NAC NGC NJC 5/20/1994 - 3/17/2003 Goodbye my sweet boy, until we meet again. Greg Christy Varhaug Houston TX

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2003-03-17 Thread aakw
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RE: fabric or leather?

2003-03-17 Thread zanned
Liz, I know what you mean about the mini van, but when we got our first Berner in 91 we realized that the almost brand new car we had would simply not work with a big dog. We bought our first Oldsmobile Silhouette.(License BERNRMOBL) It is now approaching 200,000 miles and the leather seats are

Happy/Funny stories

2003-03-17 Thread beth oberle
I agree, it has been heartbreaking to read the L lately. My heart goes out to all that have been dealing with illness and death this spring. But to share a funny dog story from my pair. I had put my two, Heidi the berner and Shadow the lab, out in the back for their morning playtime. My

Searching for the Bernerproof Trashcan

2003-03-17 Thread barb wagner
Hello all. :) I am in search of a trash can that my angels can't get into, knock over, and play with. I have one that you have to step on a pedal to open the top, but the boys can lift the lid with their noses, or ... just tip it over. I have actually resorted to putting the trashcan outside

Re: Ticks and my luck with garlic

2003-03-17 Thread Gail Miller
Last summer I gave my dogs Kyolic (brand) Odorless, organic garlic capsules with Lecithin. In the Kyolic brand this is Formula 104. Each capsule has 600mg aged garlic extract powder and 380mg lecithin. Each Berner here gets 3 capsules in the morning and 3 with their evening meal, total 6

Re: Goodnight Deuce

2003-03-17 Thread Sara Steele
I am so sorry to hear this. Your dog is very special, and he had a good life because he got to spend so much time playing and working with you, doing agility, obedience, and carting, as evidenced by all those titles. Dogs love nothing more than spending time with their owners. He can play agility