Looking for COLEEN CARROLL?

2003-08-14 Thread JSTELMAK
Greetings, I am trying to locate the winner of this year's National Specialty "People's Choice" Award, Coleen Carroll. I cannot find her name in the September 2002 BMDCA membership roster. Does anyone have any contact information for me? Thank you. Sincerely, Julene Stelmak Los Angeles, C

Michael Johnson painting - just got mine!

2003-08-02 Thread JSTELMAK
Greetings, After reading June's post from Pat? about checking out the Berner paintings of Michael Johnson, I spent over an hour looking through his website: http://users.psln.com/sharing/Michael/originaldogpaintings.html. I really fell in love with his style and ordered a painting the same d

Prong collars - response to Margareta

2003-08-01 Thread JSTELMAK
Margareta, It is obvious you have strong opinions about the prong collar but, believe me when I say, I have exhausted all other "no pull" techniques. My boy is 16.5 mo. old and 133 lbs. I have a 65 year old mother and father who walk my boy when I am at work. Gus has pulled my mom across the

Prong collar - a success + a question!

2003-08-01 Thread JSTELMAK
Greetings, After reading the posts from Vilma, Karen, etc., I decided to check into getting a prong collar for my 16 mo. old boy. He walks nicely and resonds well to a buckle collar when I walk him (his mama), but he'll pull when walked by others. I have tried the Gentle Leader and, although

testing out AOL 8.0 and survey

2003-03-24 Thread JSTELMAK
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Hip x-ray question

2002-12-18 Thread JSTELMAK
Fellow L'ers: When my boy was 8 months old, I had preliminary hip and elbow x-rays done by his regular Vet. His elbows are excellent, but both femoral heads are at a "very acute angle" (instead of the head turning into the socket, the head is a bit more vertical in the socket). The Vet. said

Neutering studies?

2002-12-09 Thread JSTELMAK
Fellow L'ers: Does anyone know of any formal studies that have been conducted describing the pros/cons of early or "late" neutering? I have an 8.7 month old boy who has not been castrated because I have "heard" of a study suggesting that castrating before the growth plates close may inhibit

In need of a berner fix - thank you!

2002-11-26 Thread JSTELMAK
Fellow L'ers from MI, Thank you so very much for your offers to have my Dad visit your furballs. I have forwarded the several responses I received to him. Hopefully, he does not have any critical plans this coming weekend because I know he would enjoy all the activities that have been schedul

In need of a berner fix

2002-11-23 Thread JSTELMAK
Fellow L'ers: My 65 year old father has been taking care of his sick mother who lives in North Branch, MI (:40 drive Northeast of Flint, MI). We have a wonderful 8 month old boy who my father has seen twice since we brought him home at 8 weeks (once when Gus was 10 weeks old and once when he w

How to post in Plain Text if you are AOL

2002-11-22 Thread JSTELMAK
The process if very simple: 1. Verify you are typing your message in "Arial" font 2. Type your message 3. Highlight your message ("left" click and drag the length of the message). 4. Put the cursor someone on the highlighted message and "right" click. A small window will appear. Scroll u

Where to go for preliminary X-rays?

2002-11-16 Thread JSTELMAK
Fellow L'ers: I have an 8 month old boy who I would like to get X-rayed since his rear appears a bit unstable. I have an appointment on Tuesday with his regular Vet. Should I keep this appointment or do you think I should make an appointment with an Orthopedist? Should I get a recommendati

Canine acne update

2002-10-18 Thread JSTELMAK
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Canine acne?

2002-10-13 Thread JSTELMAK
Fellow L'ers: I have a 7 month old male that has been biting around his butt area. When I inspected him the other day, I noticed a few pencil eraser size, very hard bumps next to his testicles and on either side of his tail and a few bumps on his lower back. He also has some much smaller bum