My 7 year old Batty started open mouth breathing about a month ago with very
little physical movement. She's not tongue dragging panting, just breathing
hard through the mouth. She doesn't do this when relaxing, just when
walking or with more physical effort. Eating is fine, elimination is
Hi All,
For those of you that do not yet know, on Friday, the Toole County attorney
filed papers to retry the owners of the 170+ collies that were confiscated
at the Canada/Montana border. I sent the attorney a letter suggesting that
they seat a jury of the owners' peers, i.e.. dog breeders, not
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From: jesse shelley gonzales [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Ruth Reynolds [EMAIL PROTECTED];
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Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 2:51 PM
Subject: Re: [BMDCAmembers] Fw: Montana Collie trial update
Hello All,
As a Montanan and BMD
Last year my 6 year old Batty began limping. Three vets, two western, one
of eastern philosophy said she had a torn ACL. I was told that a better
evaluation could be done with anesthesia. As it was time for her to be
spayed, I decided to have both done at the same time. The ACL evaluation
was
I am so happy to tell you that my Sundance Damsel on the Rogue, Battenkill,
known to all as Batty, turns 7 on Monday the 25th. Batty is my first Berner
and what a wonderful girl she has been. In her seven years, she has
patiently endured the confirmation ring, being bred, and the birth and death
Hi All,
I just heard from my friend Barry, author of Nose to Nose, a book about his
therapy Berner Moritz. Their interview with Martha Stewart will be aired on
Friday November 29th...the day after Thanksgiving. It should be interesting
as the interview was outside at her farm and she sat on a
My 7 year old girl was spayed just over a year ago. She occassionally will
piddle when I scold her or if I want to groom her or even when I give her a
belly rub. I checked with my vet and she does not have a UTI or any other
illness. We discussed age/spay related incontenence and she prescribed
I'm way behind in reading the List but I wanted to come to the defense of
diet, and especially Innova. Living in the SF Bay Area, Innova was an
easily obtained dog food as it was manufactured there. I fed my first
Berner on it and she was GDC excellent with clear elbows. We moved to
Montana and
I posted to the list earlier this week about the collies confiscated at the
Canada/Montana border and how they need everyone's help. Please check the
website for today's/Friday's Great Falls, MT newspaper, front page article
on Camp Collie at
www.greatfallstribune.com it includes pictures of
