Arthroscopic elbow surgery (was Fresh Factors question)

2003-02-17 Thread BernerFolk
In a message dated 1/23/2003 7:21:59 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: My Molly is continuing to recover from a right-side TPO and also faces arthroscopic elbow surgery fairly soon. Martha, Several people have asked about where to find surgeons skilled in doing elbow

RE: Pat Long eating doggie treats??

2003-02-17 Thread Rose Tierney
Aahh Just as I thought, Dog Treats!! Rose T.:-) -Original Message- From: L. Montoya [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: February 16, 2003 9:06 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Bernese Mountain Dog Mailing List Subject: Re: Pat Long eating doggie treats?? OKay , I'm going to tell everyone who

RE: Pat Long eating doggie treats??

2003-02-17 Thread Rose Tierney
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Re: Question about Dog Call Names

2003-02-17 Thread Eileen Morgan
- Original Message - From: Cindy Schaumberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] I can't find the email that started all of the chat about Dogs call names, so I'm not sure if the answer to my question lies there or not. However, I have always been curious about how a dog is supposed to be named. So,

Re: Arthroscopic elbow surgery (was Fresh Factors question)

2003-02-17 Thread Martha Hoverson
Hi, Sherri, Dr. Robert McCarthy at Tufts Veterinary School's Foster Small Animal Hospital will be doing Molly's arthroscopic elbow surgery. He also did her TPO. We are very pleased with the outcome of the first surgery and his diagnostic abilities and feel a great deal of confidence in his

Re: Dogs call names

2003-02-17 Thread Eileen Morgan
Well, let's see. Micawber--character from Charles Dickens. Sort of a happy, loyal, family oriented guy. Seemed like a good name for a happy, loyal, family oriented puppy! Lliira--a goddess from Advanced Dungeons and Dragons (my spouse and I are both Gamers) who presides over festival and joy.

Humour: You know you're a dog person when.......

2003-02-17 Thread P J Smith
You Know You're A DOG PERSON When... Your dog sleeps with you at least five nights a week. You have a kiddie wading pool in the yard, but no small children. You carry dog biscuits in your purse or pocket at all times. Lint removers are on your shopping list every week. You put an extra

RE: Dogs call names

2003-02-17 Thread Rose Tierney
Hi, My stud dog was born on April 1st and registered Tertzo's Jester, I had an old lass called Jessica and everytime we called Jester to go outside the old girl would haul herself to her feet give us a look as if to say I don't need too so we decided to give him a new call name. We tried Kramer

Re: Question about Dog Call Names

2003-02-17 Thread Seleya8
In a message dated 2/17/2003 1:32:05 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: We wanted to name her Bridger after the Bridger Mountains near Bozeman Montana, where my husband and I met at college and lived for 6 years. We just tacked on the kennel name to Bridger for AKC

RE: Canine blood donors...

2003-02-17 Thread Rose Tierney
Hi Judith, My Caruso donated blood twice in his lifetime, he was 105lbs. He was anaethestised for the collection and his neck shaved to access the jugular vein. Generally they prefer large dogs because it is more cost effective, they must be in good general health. Cinderella sounds a bit on the

RE: Skin Condition

2003-02-17 Thread Rose Tierney
Hi, When you say her Thyroid is low normal have you had a full panel done or just the T4. Have you changed any aspect of her diet, any new cleaning products in the house, any chemical residues in the yard, any treated deck areas? Have carpets been professionally cleaned using chemical products?

call names

2003-02-17 Thread Sheila Dolan
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re: Call Names

2003-02-17 Thread Jim Johnson
This should be a fun thread: TNG's J'Roamn the Rockies - Jerome Had to have name w/a J as all of our dogs have always had J names and what better way than to picture a Mountain Dog roaming through the Colorado Rockies.. Jim = Jim Johnson __

Re: Canine blood donors...

2003-02-17 Thread Pat Long
Judith, All my big dogs have been blood donors. U of Penn Vet hospital has a blood donor program, they even have a bloodmobile to go out to kennels to collect. If your dog donates with them, their blood is typed, tested for all the standard things like heartworm, anemia, as well as for

RE: Pat Long eating doggie treats??

2003-02-17 Thread Pat Long
From: Rose Tierney [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aahh Just as I thought, Dog Treats!! Rose T.:-) Rose, Nonesense!! I would never feed a dog such fatty foods! Pat Long, Day's Inn Allentown, PA _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get

Salmonella

2003-02-17 Thread Sylvia Katvala
Forwarded for my friend Helen Taylor who is not on the list. You can post her directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] , but I rather you post your answer to the list. Would like to learn the answer also. Sylvia Katvala Tucson, AZ HI Everyone, Sorry if this has been covered and I missed it but I need

Looking for Jamar-Bred Berners

2003-02-17 Thread Imbrich
Would anyone with a berner bred by Jamar Kennels please email me? I'd love to talk with and meet others for fun! Thanks Betsy Rich

Names

2003-02-17 Thread EmilySmile
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PART 1: Moses' recent hospitalization

2003-02-17 Thread Lisa D Allen
Moses is home. Piber and I departed for Boston's Angell Memorial Animal Hospital at approx. 6AM and there was little traffic and no snow on the drive there. As usual, the front desk had all of Moses' medicines ready and the paperwork in order related to his case. A plug here for the

Joining NaturalBerners list (was BARF)

2003-02-17 Thread Vicky Whitney
In response to a question about a BARF diet, I suggested anyone interested in BARF, natural raw diets, or discussions on more natural treatment of Berner health in general, join the NaturalBerners list at yahoogroups.com. Deb Tripp, the moderator, just reminded me that this is a restricted,

PART 2: Moses' recent hospitalization

2003-02-17 Thread Lisa D Allen
Moses was admitted on Saturday night, Feb. 15 by his internal medicine specialist, who was, thankfully, on duty to Angell Memorial Animal Hospital in Boston, where he has been a cancer patient (osteosarcoma) for fever (103.7), lethargy, decreased appetite and fluid intake, labored breathing

Call name

2003-02-17 Thread Wendy Kirk
She's not a Berner, but I had to respond. I have a German Shepherd, Registered name Widerhalls Fully Involved Sequoia call name Cinder. And she is an Accelerant Detection Canine (arson dog). The kids love it! Are first Berner will be coming home in March. We are still searching for that perfect

RE: Dogs call names

2003-02-17 Thread A. Sufi
We were not sure about how to choose a call name for Zeus, because the breeder had not yet given the litter a name (such as the P litter, etc.). Because my daughter is such an avid fan of mythology, she was pushing for Zeus. I was pushing for Romeo, my (then) 5 year old son was pushing for

PART 3: Moses' recent hospitalization

2003-02-17 Thread Lisa D Allen
Moses appears to have lost all of his enormous confidence and the weather is contributing in no small part to this. Even with assistance, manuvering on the frozen and/or snow covered ground has begun to fighten him. When he naps in the house, he cries unless I am near. He will stand as if he

Attracting aggression from other dogs?

2003-02-17 Thread Martin Baldwin
First, an introduction. I live in North Vancouver, BC and have been lurking on this list for about a year now. Duncan is our 10 month old intact male Berner. Lots of pictures at: http://homepage.mac.com/martinbaldwin/PhotoAlbum31.html He is a very curious pup. He can be very excited to meet other

PART 3: Moses' recent hospitalization

2003-02-17 Thread Lisa D Allen
Moses appears to have lost all of his enormous confidence and the weather is contributing in no small part to this. Even with assistance, manuvering on the frozen and/or snow covered ground has begun to fighten him. When he naps in the house, he cries unless I am near. He will stand as if he

Re: Dogs call names

2003-02-17 Thread Teresa Dominguez
My first berner, and my first Registered dog this was very hard for me .. Patriot was from the A litter with a 4th of July theme .. Mountainair American Patriot CGC Romeo .. from the C litter, actually had his call name from the minute he was born .. he was the C-section pup, thought he was dead

BARF and trichinosis

2003-02-17 Thread Vicky Whitney
Mary, I'm sorry to take so long responding to your question about the potential of contracting trichinosis through feeding raw pork meat and bones -- I wanted to look into it a bit. Now I'm behind with my digests, and hope I'm not being redundant. The general consensus on NaturalBerners about

Dog call names...

2003-02-17 Thread Judith Van Nostrand
Cinderella started life as Agnes Mimaber from Slovakia...can you imagine a name like that! Her life got worse as Bub Gage and Bob Hughes entered it and when she was rescued by BARC she was a mess. Her coat was described as dull, dry and Amy named her Cinder because her coat reminded them of

Re: Dogs Call names

2003-02-17 Thread Ray Pat Burgett
Well now, I must say I'm glad we started this thread as it is very interesting reading all the posts about how you Berner or other breed came by its name. We sometimes need something funny and happy on the L as at times it is saddening to read about all the illness and death of our Berners. Do not

breeders

2003-02-17 Thread BenandDee
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Names

2003-02-17 Thread Amanda McLean
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call names

2003-02-17 Thread Peggy Ford-Smith
I have always named our dogs before we get them, it's part of the anticipation to me. Maddy-Deerpark Sheer Madness. When our friends (clearly not dog people) heard we were getting a puppy from Arizona and how much we were paying for her they thought we were mad. Miller (gone from our lives but

Re: Introducting our new Berner Puppy.....

2003-02-17 Thread jean cheesman
Oh Joye, So thrilled for you I know what it meant to us when we collected wee Simmy and brought him home. Sure filled that empty space in our hearts with laughter again! And just knew that Sam was smiling down! I had mail from Pat earlier too saying she was stranded in snow drifts! Hope she

call-names

2003-02-17 Thread Beverly Arnold
Silas means woodsman in the name book so my roommate who was an arborist (and Silas's dad) gave him the name. Ken didn't know anything about choosing names so in reading that the name should be unique he registered him as Kens Termite Silas Hope. Termite because he was eating wood at the time

RE: Canine blood donors...

2003-02-17 Thread Ravhall
This has been several years ago, but my first Berner, Rosie, was asked by her vet to be a blood donor and she donated on a couple of occasions. Rosie was about 75#, which was sizeable enough to be of value as a donor without compromising her health. I would have no problem agreeing to one of

Re: Question about Dog Call Names

2003-02-17 Thread BMDwags
Hi Cindy- My first Berner was simply Chewlot's Tully. Chewlot is the kennel prefix, and Tully is my dog's name. My second Berner was Tully-Sky Avery v Wingfield...Tully-Sky is my kennel prefix, Avery is my dog's name and the 'v Wingfield' refers to the kennel where my dog was bred. Finally,

re: blood donors

2003-02-17 Thread Lisa Baldwin
all of my dogs have been blood donors, including the 45# mixed breed. the small brown dog only gave 1/2 - 2/3 units, but apparently he had 'lucky' blood has saved a lot of dogs over the years. all three of the berners donated. dickens, at one time, was donating about every 3-4 weeks. we usually

names

2003-02-17 Thread Lisa Baldwin
ty - i wanted to name my first berner after the emperor tiberius. he came from an h litter, so we used hircus for his h name - latin for goat. was entirely appropriate, since he ate anything was particularly fond of flowers. alpenrose hircus ti caesar. dickens - a christmas puppy born on 19

Re: BARF and trichinosis

2003-02-17 Thread Jeff Mary Chapdelaine - SnoBear berners
Thanks for the info. Vicky. I don't feed BARF, but am not against it. Growing up I had a Mom who drilled into me that pork MUST be well done or we'd all die of trichinosis! So was just curious about dogs who ate it raw. : ) Bernerly, Mary Jeff Mary Chapdelaine SnoBear Berners N. California,

new member who wants a Bernese

2003-02-17 Thread TK
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glucosamine supplement

2003-02-17 Thread Tambi Rondinone
Our boy, Olaf, had a bout with HOD (hypertrophic osteodystrophy) around 4 months of age, but thankfully, had a relatively mild case (although the x-rays looked terrible!). As part of his treatment regimen, we added glucosamine sulfate among other supplements on the advice of our holistic vet

potomic river speciality

2003-02-17 Thread Beverly Arnold
For those who know much more than I.What is the difference in the special classes - puppy divisions and the regular conformation puppy class? I entered Han in the specials before I saw that there were puppy classes in the regular division. Did I do right or did I screw up again? Beverly

Re: BERNER-L digest 4277

2003-02-17 Thread KSchulz2
A coworker of mine found a Berner in a pet store in Chandler, AZ this weekend. After work today I stopped by the store to see if I could get some information on where this dog came from. He was a male Berner born 10/28/02 and looked underdeveloped and covered in urine. The sales lady blamed

Emma has Portosystemic shunt aka...berners and seizures

2003-02-17 Thread David and Stephanie Stacy
Hello. First I would like to begin by thanking everyone who replied to my berners and seizures posting. I took Emma to the vet today for her blood work,ect... and I just received a phone call saying that she has Portosystemic Shunt. This answers a lot of questions about her urinary tract

Re: Dogs call names

2003-02-17 Thread Cindy Buhner
Our BARC boy was named by Amy Kessler who had him in her house for about 2 months before we got him. We had planned to change it when he got here but upon once the large ball of fluff came barreling out of his crate on those huge feet, we stuck to the name Paws! He's just over a year now and

Re: Pat Long eating doggie treats??

2003-02-17 Thread Janice Parky
I can vouch for the eating of scrapple at Pat Long's house with Jane - and it was DELICIOUS!!! WHAT? Pat fed you scrapple and all I got when I was at her house was lobster ravioli in a vodka cream sauce! She must have really been trying to impress you guys!! Janice Parky and Halley Cape

Grief

2003-02-17 Thread OberonsAL
It has been one month since we lost our boy, Oberon, and I am still having a very hard time. Forgive me, but I don't want to talk to anyone about the loss of a cat or any other kind of dog. Please e-mail me privately if you want to talk about your own experience with the loss of a Berner. I

The naming of (dogs) is not a difficult matter, it isn't just one of your ordinary things

2003-02-17 Thread kay.taylor
Both of my babies are gifts from God through Barc. Carly came to me first, and as I got to know her it became apparent to me that she is Lady Carly the Magnificent. Last fall I was serendipitously blessed with a boy baby, 9 weeks of age. He's now 6.5 months old and about 65#. I named him after

Call names

2003-02-17 Thread Nell Ward
With Merlin we tried Casper (the friendly ghost), as a great name for a black dog. Then we tried Hector, as in 'since Hector was a pup. But none of those were right. Then he escaped from gates etc. that confined his 4 year old sister. Only a magician could do that, so he became Merlin. He

Back Online and Update On Hope

2003-02-17 Thread Kelly
Well after a little over two weeks of being offline, because I have been computer less up until today, I am back. Both computers had to go out for service (thank goodness for warranties), I got one back this evening and the other is due to be back tomorrow. Since I have been computer less I will

Re:Call Names

2003-02-17 Thread Jills
What a great thread. We often laugh about how Bob's name. Bob was Bob before his litter and many before him were even twinkles in his breeder's eye. Since I was a child I wanted a dog named Bob. So when we finally met the litter, we looked for Bob. Boy did we pick right. Everyone who meets

Re: Introducting our new Berner Puppy.....

2003-02-17 Thread Marion Brown
Dear Joye I am so pleased that you have a little bit of sunshine running around in the snow! I wish you lots of happy times with Nick. I too have a Nicky. He is Teversal Niklas and is from the N litter of 11 pups, although he is now 3.5 years old. He had the most terrible start in life. Wasn't