RE: Brag

2003-08-14 Thread Pat Long Paul Dangel
Ugo, I always love hearing about Berners passing TDI tests, I think they're one of my very favorite brags! As for the brag check, why not send it to Joye Neff for the current Berner-Garde fundraiser? I'd name that Costco Berner Brio or Briggs if I were you... http://www.overthefence.com

Re: Top AKC Agility Berner! - Brag Donation

2003-08-09 Thread berner1
Kris, Well congratulations! A great brag and a great team, Lexi didn't do it alone! As for the brag check, why not send it to Joye Neff for the current Berner-Garde fundraiser? I'd name that Costco Berner Lexi if I were you... http://www.overthefence.com/helpberners/bg/#top Hugs to Lexi

Big Brag

2003-08-03 Thread DLaveran
I am not one to brag but I am way too excited not to this time. Today at Hunterdon Hills Kennel Club Show in Flemington, New Jersey, CH Liebenhund Oscar v Greenway (Oscar) owned by myself and Rose Tamberino and bred by Ruth and Rich Jacksic took a GROUP I. I might come down off the ceiling

RE: Double brag

2003-07-24 Thread Pat Long Paul Dangel
Jenn, Well congratulations! Best Puppy, and a CGC, sounds like you've been having some fun! I always do like to see the brags! And you can consider it a single or double or whatever you'd like! The Brag Fund is strictly voluntary, and you would normally send it to me for the Health Fund

Double brag

2003-07-23 Thread Jenn Waldron
working very hard in obedience and he is doing very well. Pat where do I send my brag check? And is this a double brag or a single brag? Jenn Waldron and Takari's Charles the Dickens CGC Gill, MA

Re: Gelli Reverse Brag

2003-07-18 Thread HenochNJ
Ah...the beginning of the 'tween years! My Maddie at 17 weeks ate the entire front of an old sofa in just the few minutes her dad was ignoring her while eating his own dinner. Three feet of fabric and stuffing...as the sofa had originally been in my in-laws' kitchen/family room, we figured it

Gelli Reverse Brag

2003-07-17 Thread P. Buickerood
Well friends, Gelli's 17th week of life has not been an outstanding success from his family's point of view. After four puppy kindergarten classes he seems to have completely forgotten SIT, Stand, Stay, come. When given his commands he looks at me as if I were from the moon (and NOT made of

Re: Fun and Games and a Brag

2003-07-13 Thread Marjie
That's an accomplishment worth congratulations!! I heartily second Mary-Ann's point that there is nothing like the relationship you build with a Berner by giving them jobs. The training you and your Berner do together builds an understanding that is almost beyond description. From the second

Fun and Games and a Brag

2003-07-12 Thread Mary-Ann Bowman
I know that Joye is beginning a new way to bestow donations -- lavish donations or whatever the new term is -- so I wanted to start with some news for which I will lavishly bestow a donation :) First, I want to tell all of you who do not participate in performance events with your wonderful

Re: Fun and Games and a Brag

2003-07-12 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
!! Now...as far as that brag!!! WONDERFUL!!! Any time we are having a fundraiser, you can pay your Brag Money to the fundraiser - you get an added bonus to your brag - you might win some very nice Berner items!! I hope you are all gettting excited...because the fundraiser will be launched

Brag

2003-07-07 Thread K.Jacobs
Hmmm, the L is quiet in regards to fundraising or raffles at the moment...all those worthy berner causes must be needing some contributions...Good excuse to share a brag.My boy, Sunshine's Crazy Bear, aka Titan took his first major yesterday :-) Pat, the check goes out this morning :-) Many

Re: Brag

2003-07-07 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
Great Brag, Karen!!! Congratulations to you and Titan for his first MAJOR!!! Never fear, there is a fundraiser 'just around the corner' and it should be launced in the next few days It's the 5th ANNUAL BERNER-GARDE FUNDRAISER!!! There will be some interesting changes in the way

small brag

2003-06-26 Thread LeAnn Zogg
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BRAG and those lucky green socks

2003-06-22 Thread Mary-Ann Bowman
I packed up the three girls and one human teenage son and headed off to Montana for the long show circuit with a whole bunch of other berner owners (very large berner entry). The first three days were hot, hot and hot. Maize went reserve one day and Abra went reserve the next. All Abra needed was

HUGE brag!

2003-06-01 Thread DanniYell
a picture for USA Today that should be in the paper within the next few days, so look for us! hopefully anyway! my other two dogs were laying behind me but i hope hudson's face was in it! so that's my big brag! take care, danielle

RE: Obedience brag -- both regional specialties!

2003-03-11 Thread Pat Long Paul Dangel
Vilma, You know how much I love to see brags! And Congratulations!! It's always wonderful to see obedience brags - especially from someone who does so well in team with her dogs! As for brag donations, you can do it any way you'd like, they are strictly voluntary, and always cheerfully accepted

Obedience brag -- both regional specialties!

2003-03-10 Thread Brnrmom
I'm putting in 2 weekends of brags in for the price of one...can I do that, Pat? At the Potomac Valley specialty in Maryland this past weekend, my 4 yr old Bean got a lovely 197 in Open B. Surprisingly, he didnt get High In Trial this year -- b/c my 21 month old rescue dog Charm did!!

RE: Big Brag

2003-03-04 Thread Nancy Melone
Alex: If you go to this web page, you can get definitions for the American Kennel Club (AKC) title suffixes (e.g., CD - companion dog, a first level obedience title) and Prefixes (e.g., CH - champion, a conformation (show dog) title). UKC (United Kennel Club - similar to the AKC) has titles

Big Brag

2003-03-03 Thread Bonnie Conrad
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Maddy's big brag

2003-03-03 Thread Peggy Ford-Smith
. No raffle to spend brag money on, I guess I'll have to spend it at the Specialty. Don't forget to come watch the agility trial in Long Beach. It will be on Wednesday at 8:00 am. Peggy Ford-Smith Maddy CGC MX MXJ (Mom will you stop kissing me and crying) Niska, agility star in the making (I

RE: Big Brag

2003-03-03 Thread Pat Long Paul Dangel
Bonnie, Congratulations! I'm always glad to see obedience teams doing well, you hug him for me!! As for the brag, probably the best thing you could do would be to send in to the histio fundraiser, see: http://www.overthefence.com/raffle/histio/ for information. Or you can send it to me

Re: Maddy's big brag

2003-03-03 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
CONGRATULATIONS Peggy and Maddy.What a wonderful accomplishment and it speaks to both of your talent!! No raffle to spend brag money on, I guess I'll have to spend it at the Specialty. * Oh...BUT there IS a fundraiser going on right now!!! And, you can also spend money at the Specialty

RE: Big Brag

2003-03-03 Thread Alex Ford
, but I've been out of the loop for a long while... TTKIR (trying to keep it real), - Alex Ford I am not young enough to know everything. - Oscar Wilde [Original Message] From: Bonnie Conrad [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Berner list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 3/3/2003 8:27:43 AM Subject: Big Brag Hi

Brag -- sort of...

2003-02-26 Thread Mary-Ann Bowman
a couple of weeks ago (along with her NAJ) and I did not even know it. How dumb is that?? (Don't answer!) In my defense, the other legs were earned last fall before Abra's litter so I have had a lot going on but still... Thank goodness Kris is keeping track of my dogs' agility titles!!! So my brag

Not a Brag -- A Clarification

2003-01-21 Thread Maria Crifasi
Hi L'ers, Buddy's breeder, Dede Laveran, posted the results of the Pennsauken, New Jersey shows. She wrote the winning Berners' formal names. As a clarification (be quiet Pat Long!), I would like to clarify that it was my Buddy (Ch Greenway's Genuine Draft) who took Best of Breed all three days

Re: Not a Brag -- A Clarification

2003-01-21 Thread berner1
Maria, Guffaw. And of course it wasn't a brag, of course it was just a clarification. Oh, this isn't an email, it's a note. Just wanted to clarify that! However! Daisy, you did brag about teaching Buddy everything he knows! So if you want to send some of his kibble to the SPCA as a brag

Big Big Brag Congrats

2003-01-20 Thread Leon Lesley Rouillier
Yesterday, in Pennsauken NJ at the Camden KC conformation show, the big, beautiful Can Ch. Bernvonrust Banks (Can.Ch. Taplac's Napoleon,Poli x Can/Am Ch. Labernese Northern Lights, Angel), completed the requirements for his American Championship with his fourth major! Banks is out of our

Brag Time

2003-01-13 Thread Karen Alexander
This is my very first brag ever and yes Joye, the check will be in the mail tomorrow. I have just returned from the airport picking up my new puppy Cindy. She is perfect! What else should a new Berner mom say? Karen Alexander and gang CH Thunder Roads A Touch of Clover AKA Clover Lorien Dell

A Brag

2003-01-07 Thread Maria Crifasi
Our friend (!) Pat Long has informed me that my Why Join A Dog Club email contained a Brag. She is, technically speaking, correct (not to mention relentless) so I am sending you another check for the raffle (http://www.overthefence.com/raffle/BARC ). This time, however, I will bid on all

Re: A Brag

2003-01-07 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
Dear Maria, Thank you in advance for sending off another check for the BARC LOC Challenge Fundraiser. I am so happy that you have made yet another brag about the Budster!! What you failed to mention about Buddy, though is that he is a cuddler supreme!! That should be worthy of a brag

Your Brag Money at Work; Canine Research

2002-12-27 Thread Pat Long Paul Dangel
I just saw a blurb in Dog World magazine, the National Human Genome Research Institute at John Hopkins has now added the cow and the dog to the list of high-priority organisms for genome sequencing. The BMDCA has funded one lab in these efforts over a two year period. That's some of your brag

RE: Therapy Dog, Draft Dog--Brag??

2002-12-20 Thread Pat Long Paul Dangel
Vicky, I'm so sorry that you feel obligated to get raffle tickets, just be sure that you don't put any tickets on the things that I want to win! VBG www.overthefence.com/raffle/BARC/ And you're right, I never ask people who brag about therapy work to donate to the Brag Fund

A Belated Brag

2002-12-18 Thread Kim Morrow
I received my Dogs in Canada show results yesterday and anxiously looked up the show results from the shows my puppy had been in during the summer months. As I read the results, I discovered that not only had Deck Can Ch Susa's Fifty Two Pick Up, taken 2 puppy groups and a group 4 while on trip

Re: A Brag for the Budman

2002-12-07 Thread Burlile\\MemoriesBMDs
Wh-Hooo, Maria Buddy! Good job, handler Carol! And a big congrats to breeder, Dede Laveran! Bud's grandmama, BISS CH Tallpine's Soundview Rebecca (*the bad Bec see, he comes by it honestly!) sends a big congrats to Buddy with wishes that he walks in her footsteps and picks up

Re: A Brag for the Budman

2002-12-07 Thread Sharon Montville
Congratulations! But, enquiring minds want to know: what does Daisy think about this?? Sharon Montville - Firstrax - Colorado __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com

RE: Canadian Shows - a Brag!

2002-12-04 Thread Pat Long Paul Dangel
-Original Message- From: Joanne Gerow The best part is my dog is now a Canadian Champion! Joanne, That is a definite brag, and a great one at that! Congratulations!! Are you familiar with the Berner-L Brag Fund? It's voluntary, all donations from $0 to $1,000,000 are cheerfully

Another Bernese UD! Blatant brag!

2002-11-24 Thread Marjie
(VCD2=CDX, OA, OAJ, TD; Versitile Companion Dog level 2) My brag check is on its way to my local no kill shelter. Marjie Cherry