TA DA!!!! *~*~*~* and the WINNERS ARE...... (Part 4) - final part!!

2003-09-08 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
Continued... Now...for more WINNERS and (their WINNING BERNER NAMES): ITEM #55 - Large Stuffed Mom Berner Her Puppy, donated by an Anonymous donor and won by Martha Hoverson (Lovey) ITEM #56 - Berner Costume, donated by Vicky Hall and won by Amy Jacksic (Ripley) ITEM #57 - Rubber Berner

Fundraiser prizes.....

2003-09-08 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
Congratulations to all of the winners from last night's drawing of the Name the Costco Berner Contest and the Berner-Garde Fundraiser.I have a business conference in St. Louis this week and will not return until Sunday evening, so I know that with a short week at work here in Pittsburgh,

Winners....and upcoming Fundraisers

2003-09-08 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
look who got herself a fancy new tote bag to carry her fancy new sweater in??!! Hi Jennier, Isn't it exciting to win things in the Fundraisers? Congratulations!!! The funny thing is that it's even exciting when you don't win something, because in our fundraisers, you know many of the people

Re: Winners....and upcoming Fundraisers

2003-09-08 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
I always take advantage of an opening to give a plug to our fundraisers!!! ;-D Hey...did you know that if you go to the raffle website at: http://www.overthefence.com/helpberners/bg/ that through the magic of our own Karen Pickel, all of the winners are listed by the items they won. It's

Re: Merly 2/5/97-9/8/03

2003-09-08 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
Dear Mie, I am so very sorry to hear of the passing of your Merly. How very sad. I know the heartbreak of malignant histiocytosis and the absolute feeling of helplessness you feel when you can't change the course of events. I'm sending you healing hugs and hope that the pain that you are

LAST DAY - Drawing is this evening....

2003-09-07 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
This is your absolutely last day to be able to make a donation to Berner-Garde and be entered into the drawing for the wonderful 99 Berner items in our fundraiser.The drawing will be late this evening and I would hate anyone to miss out on an opportunity to win some very nice things.

TA DA!!!! *~*~*~* and the WINNERS ARE......

2003-09-07 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
Okay, folks, this is what you have all been waiting for: The winners of the NAME THE COSTCO BERNER CONTEST which benefits Berner-Garde. BUT, before I tell you who the winners are, I want to THANK EVERYONE who helped to make this fundraiser 2nd highest amount we have raised for Berner-Garde ~

TA DA!!!! *~*~*~* and the WINNERS ARE...... (Part 2)

2003-09-07 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
Continued... Now...for more WINNERS and (their WINNING BERNER NAMES): ITEM #1 - Paper Mache' Berner Lamp - Unique and a cutie, donated by Dollyn Doyle of Mache Originals and won by Lynne Hawkinson (Ruffis) ITEM #2 Paper Mache Bowl. This is great for chips, change etc., donated by Dollyn

TA DA!!!! *~*~*~* and the WINNERS ARE...... (Part 3)

2003-09-07 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
Continued... Now...for more WINNERS and (their WINNING BERNER NAMES): ITEM #27 - CUTE Berner adult Puppy Picture by Janet C. Wissmann, donated by Nancy Stitley and won by Denise McClure (Mac) ITEM #28 - My Dog's Journal book, donated by Nancy Stitley and won by Beverly Arnold (Sweet

Still time - Drawing for Berner-Garde is tomorrow evening...

2003-09-06 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
Yes, you can still send me a check to support Berner-Garde and still be part of the drawing for tomorrow night, BUT you have to send me an e-mail telling me how much your check is for and how you want me to distribute your tickets. We are not going to raise as much money as our all time high

Re: [Berner-l] waiting to win! (fwd)

2003-09-06 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
-- Forwarded Message --r Date: Saturday, September 06, 2003 11:19 PM -0400r From: Dr. William B. Neff [EMAIL PROTECTED]r To: Mary Shaver [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] com [EMAIL PROTECTED]r Subject: Re: [Berner-l] waiting to win!r Hi Mary, There are a lot of people just

There is still time to enter the Berner-Garde Contest......

2003-09-05 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
Never fearthere is STILL TIME to enter the Berner-Garde Fundraiser and to try to win one or more of the 99 wonderful berner prizes. Check out the fundraiser website that Karen Pickel did for us: http://www.overthefence.com/helpberners/bg/ The drawing for the winners will be late Sunday

Re:Kids clothes with Berners

2003-09-03 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
The Prime Outlets at Grove City, PA has a Hartstrings store and about one month ago, I bought 3 full outfits for my granddaughters. When I took some berner friends to the store last week, they both bought berner clothes for presents. Hartstrings also had an oxford shirt with a berner on the

You can still enter the Name the Berner Contest (Berner-GardeFundraiser)

2003-09-03 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
There is still time to enter the Berner-Garde Fundraiser - The drawing will be on Sunday evening, so you can still join in on the fun and try to win some or our excellent berner items. Check out the web site: http://www.overthefence.com/helpberners/bg/ There are 99 items for this fundraiser

Re: Ari update

2003-09-02 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
Whew.that is good news!!! I hope the news keeps coming like that. I'm keeping you in my thoughts and prayers and will eagerly more good news from you later tonight!!! Love and hugs, Joye --On Tuesday, September 02, 2003 6:41 PM -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:r Just got off the phone from

Berner-Garde Fundraiser is over - BUT - you can still send a check...

2003-09-01 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
The Berner-Garde Fundraiser is officially over - BUT you can still send a check to me. Okay - all of you procrastinators out there, you can now think about going to look at the Berner-Garde Fundraiser Website and can now enter the Name the Costco Berner Contest and try to win some fantastic

JUST ONE MORE DAY....

2003-08-31 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
Wow. Those prizes are awesome. I just put my check into the mail today.. Hope it will arrive in time. ** Thanks!!!With 99 prizes to win, everyone who enters has a really good chance to win something nice. Spreading tickets out over that many prizes is what makes this possible, so if you

RE: JUST ONE MORE DAY.... BG Fundraiser

2003-08-31 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
Oh...here I sit sipping on a Baileys after a leisurely dinner for two. My berner, Nicky, is sitting here beside me, lovingly looking at me. I guess we'll go for a nice long stroll this evening, since I don't have anything else to do. My Berner friends were here for a three day visit, but

RE: Berner-Garde Fundraiser

2003-08-27 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
TERRIFIC!!! I am always HAPPY to hear that another check is coming for Berner-Garde.THANK YOU. I'll let you know when your check arrives. By the way, my computer is now alive and running well, but if anyone sent a check and it's had time to reach me and you haven't received a thank you

Re: books

2003-08-26 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
--On Monday, August 25, 2003 11:20 PM -0700 Elaine Diedrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:r By all means go to Borris books first and have a percent of your money go to a good Berner cause. My problem is I haven't always found everything I want at Amazon. When that happens I go to Dogwise.com

Etchings on website now.....

2003-08-24 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
The Berner-Garde Fundraiser Website now has a photograph of the color etching that was commissioned by BARC (Berner Auction Rescue Coalition) that has just been added as a bonus to the 97 prizes we already have for our fundraiser..You have to check it out. It is absolutely gorgeous!

RE: Berner-Garde Fundraiser

2003-08-21 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
Nope...it doesn't end todayIn fact you have ten more days until the official ending of the Berner-Garde Fundraiser and then another week for your checks/cheques to reach me.SO.DON'T DILLY DALLY Visit the website and send me your money!!

RE: Berner-Garde Fundraiser

2003-08-21 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dr. William B. Neff Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 6:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Berner-Garde Fundraiser Nope...it doesn't end todayIn fact you have ten

Re: Putting things BACK together

2003-08-14 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
Actually, Nell, I can't take credit for the money puzzle. It must have been another 'Berner Mom' - brilliant way to not lose the money, though!!! Joye Neff and Nicky --On Thursday, August 07, 2003 8:56 AM -0400 Nell Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:r Joye wrote: It only took him a minute to

Ordering supplements....

2003-08-14 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
I need to order Dog Bloom C-2 Sodium Ascorate and Glyco-Flex II and wondered if anyone has a good place to order these at a good price. Thanks!!! Joye Neff and Nicky (and Ben) Mt. Lebanon, Pittsburgh, PA

Re: Counter surfing

2003-08-14 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
OH NO!! It must be a gene in these dogs Nick is a thief too!!! So far he hasn't taken food off the counter, but then he's still only 7 months old and around 75 pounds. I guess he could easily get up on the counter and reach things from the very back if he wanted to. But having no

Berner-Garde Name the Costco Berner Contest....

2003-07-31 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
Okaywe are already 18 days into the Berner-Garde Fundraiser and so far, I've only received $496 towards our goal!!!I always get a bit nervous during the early days of the fundraisers, because the donations come in so s - l - o - w - l - y...but this one seems slower than most.

Berner-Garde Contest Challenge!!!!!

2003-07-23 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
It is always exciting to announce a Challenge to our current Fundraiser ;-D A generous, anonymous Berner person has donated tickets for the Entlebucher fundraiser to encourage donations for our Berner-Garde Fundraiser.The National Entlebucher Mountain Dog Association (NEMDA) is

Berner-Garde Name the Berner Contest...

2003-07-22 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
I've received the first few entries into the Name the Costco Berner and we have already raised $140 for Berner-Garde!!! For this fundraiser, we have 97 terrific Berner things that you can win. In 2000 we were able to raise $7,284.25 for Berner-Garde through our fundraiser with a lot less

Re: Berner-Garde Fundraiser

2003-07-22 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
Why Patricia, Maria Crifasi would do nothing like that to get the paintings. She'd have a much more subtle plan - she'd just walk by with Buddy and Daisy and when you started paying attention to them, she'd calmly and collectedly, slip the paintings into her BIG purse and continue walking

RE: Good News!

2003-07-18 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
I, too, wrote a note of thanks to Cabelas to commend them on their decision to discontinue selling puppies in their Michigan store. How nice it would be if everyone who wrote a note to them asking them to discontinue the practice would now thank them for their responsive reaction to our

Re: dog with a mission

2003-07-15 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
Hunting in our back yard takes on a group effort.Ben, the 6 1/2 year old German Shorthair, is so fast and he frequently will get a mouse, or a mole, or a groundhog, or a bunny. Both Winston before, and Nicky now, are always in on the chase, but are nowhere as quick and agile as Ben is, so

What's Next???

2003-07-14 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
Late last night I launched our Name the Costco Stuffed Berner Contest to benefit Berner-Garde. In case you missed the announcement, here is the web site: http://www.overthefence.com/helpberners/bg/ We have 97 items in our 5th Annual Berner-Garde Fundraiser and so we are really all set with

Re: What's Next???

2003-07-14 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
Hi Pat, We do have a LOT of lovely Berner items for our Fundraiser for Berner-Garde. Yes, that clock is not only one of a kind, but it was lovingly carried back from the Swiss Berner meeting last year especially for this event!! I will accept all ideas for names for the Costco Berner.

ANNOUNCING........THE 5TH ANNUAL BERNER-GARDE FUNDRAISER~!

2003-07-13 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
ANNOUNCINGTHE 5TH ANNUAL BERNER-GARDE FUNDRAISER~! This is what you have all been waiting for ~ it's the 2003 Berner-Garde Fundraiser.This year, we are doing something a little different to add a little variety to your lives! Nancy Melone, Berner-Garde Treasurer, has donated one

Re: Fun and Games and a Brag

2003-07-12 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
HUGE CONGRATULATIONS, Mary-Ann - that is quite an accomplishment for you and Abra!!! I am very impressed with Abra's new title. I thoroughly agree with you that you get a whole different level of interation with your dog when you train and work together. Winston and I spent a great deal of

Re: P.S.

2003-07-12 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
And how could I forget to mention that OF COURSE I was wearing the lucky green socks when Abra finished her latest title ;)Mary-Ann Bowman * AND..when you look at the long list of items for the Berner-Garde Fundraiser, you will see that Nancy Stewart has donated a pair of those

Re: A New Vocabulary for the Berner-L

2003-07-11 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
Dear Maria, Thank you for the advice about posting to the Berner-L about the new vocabulary that is necessary because of the new rigid spam filters. As you suggest, I'll be looking for MANY LAVISH BESTOWALS over the next month and a half during the 5th Annual Berner-Garde Fundraiser. We want

RE: Selling puppies...... (fwd)

2003-07-10 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
I sent a letter to Cabala's - we regularly used to order from them, as well as my son and his wife. I told them that we would take our business elsewhere because of their irresponsible practice of selling puppies in their store. This is the form response I got - they were soliciting my

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 that

Re: bell question

2003-06-25 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
My Winston used to love to wear his Swiss bell. When he was a puppy, I got a tiny wedding bell and put it on his collar just for fun. It didn't phase him at all and he wore it all the time on his collar. When I was at the Specialty in Wisconsin, I bought a beautiful, melodic Swiss bell

Re: Stuffed therapy Berner?

2003-06-20 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
Vicky, That is a beautiful story about the Power of a Berner, whether living or stuffed!!! I guess it just goes to prove that people need someone or something to hug. As far as the brag fund.since Pat is out of town, I'll respond. The brag fund is a voluntary fund and accepts

SHOPPING AT THE 2003 SPECIALTY - Part 17

2003-06-17 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
SHOPPING AT THE 2003 SPECIALTY June 17, 2003 - Part 17 With a name like OUTREACH TEES you have to buy one of these shirts!!! *** BMDCA PRC (Public Relations Committee) Contact:Sherri Venditti E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] These terrific white

SHOPPING AT THE 2003 SPECIALTY - Part 16

2003-06-15 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
SHOPPING AT THE 2003 SPECIALTY June 15, 2003 - Part 16 Happy Father's Day to all of the fathers of both two and four legged kids on the Berner-l. I hope you all have a very wonderful day with your families!! *** Alpen Schatz Mary Dawn DeBriae

SHOPPING AT THE 2003 SPECIALTY - Part 15

2003-06-13 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
SHOPPING AT THE 2003 SPECIALTY June 12, 2003 - Part 15 It's always so much fun to visit the booths at the Specialty and see what the clubs have to sell. I always end up bring a lot of things home to use as gifts during the year. I bought some really cute pins from this club.

Re: stupid questions

2003-06-12 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
But it IS there!!! #5! Joye Neff --On Thursday, June 05, 2003 4:36 PM -0400 Janice Parky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:r You forgot my favorite one. 6. Yes, they shed. Berner fun FAQs 1. Purebred Bernese Mountain Dog 2. From Bern, not Burma 3. Girls, about 70-95; boys, 80-120 4. Not as much

SHOPPING AT THE 2003 SPECIALTY - Part 14

2003-06-12 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
SHOPPING AT THE 2003 SPECIALTY June 12, 2003 - Part 14 I'm back from China!!We arrived back at home in Pittsburgh at 11 p.m. last night after a 29 hour travel marathon. My son and his wife's new daughter, Gracie (11 month old Chinese baby) was wonderful during the entire trip. She never

SHOPPING AT THE 2003 SPECIALTY - Part 12

2003-05-30 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
SHOPPING AT THE 2003 SPECIALTY May 29, 2003 - Part 12 My daughter, Gwen, is a potter, so I really appreciate Debi Manduca's beautiful pottery. *** MudiPaws Pottery Jim Manduca Artist: Debi Manduca 2604 Starling Dr Paso Robles, CA 93446 Phone: (805) 239-2170 Fax:

SHOPPING AT THE 2003 SPECIALTY - Park 13 and ***Trip to China.....

2003-05-30 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
SHOPPING AT THE 2003 SPECIALTY May 29, 2003 - Part 13 The Paintlady is our Lucky 13th Vendor to be featured on the Berner-l!! ** Wing-It Designs (The Paint Lady) Katherine Warren 34470 Agness-Illahee Road Agness, OR 97406 Phone: (541) 247-0456 (The

SHOPPING AT THE 2003 SPECIALTY - Part 11

2003-05-28 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
SHOPPING AT THE 2003 SPECIALTY May 28, 2003 - Part 11 If you are looking for some very nice embroidered Berner items, this is a great place to buy them. Red Dog Fan Club Susan Petefish 1270 Vailwood Drive Danville, CA 94526 Phone: (925)

Re: AKC CHF Malignant Histiocytosis Fundraiser

2003-03-14 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
Thank you, Marjie, for suggesting that people who want to make a donation in Dunbar's memory contribute to the current AKC CHF Fundraiser. You are right it is a double win - money donated to this fund will help in fighting malignant histiocytosis and also the donor stands a good chance of

AKC CHF Malignant Histiocytosis Fundraiser

2003-03-13 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
When I get home from work, I rush to the mailbox to see what checks have arrived from which countries and there have been none!!! My mailbox has not had any checks for our fundraiser for THREE WHOLE DAYS!!! Remember.this fundraiser is for Grant #2214 and is being conducted to help raise

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

Re: Copper Cookie Cutters and Oz. Cha.

2003-02-26 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
Hi Coral, I got wonderful Berner cookie cutters from Patt Wiegand.Here is her web site http://www.canterbury-tails.com Patt has a lot of great Berner things. This is the site for the cookie cutters: http://www.canterbury-tails.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGYStore_Cod

AKC CHF Fundraiser Announcement.....

2003-02-25 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
Announcing...a new fundraiser to fight Malignant Histiocytosis. A very generous gentleman artist from the Netherlands has donated two more lovely paintings of Berners to help raise money for cancer research. Willem Wijnberg, a hobby painter, lost his Berner several years ago to cancer.

Re: 2003 raffle question and upcoming fundraisers.....

2003-02-23 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
Hi Susan, Hey Pat and Joye, will Berner folks not actually at the 2003 specialty have a chance to bid on some of the special raffle items and if sowhen do you think we can see them. I have a need to spend money * Although we will be posting some photos of the items for the 2003 Specialty

Re: Cancer Study

2003-02-13 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
THANK YOU, Ray and Pat for sending in the blood sample of Talee! We do NEED more blood donations from Berners such as your Talee, who are 10 years or older and who have never been diagnosed with Malignant Histiocytosis. The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center is trying to find the marker

Re: BARF

2003-02-13 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
H .I think that Pat is going to have to add a 5th (no pun intended) item (Margueritas) to her four basic food groups!!! Joye Neff --On Thursday, February 13, 2003 6:10 PM -0600 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:r On Thu, 13 Feb 2003 18:48:00 EST [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I see that you do in

Re: FW: Sick Berner, Jake

2003-02-10 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
Hi Laura, How terribly sad that Jake crossed the Bridge at such a young age. It's never long enough when we are talking about our beloved Berners. He was so very lucky to have lived his live surrounded with love and care. He knew that he was loved and I'm sure he returned that love.

Zellers Valentine Berner - and Lobby Fundraiser....

2003-02-08 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
THANK YOU, Coral. I can always use new items for my ongoing fundraisers!!! Just a quick reminder to everyone that we need to support the fundraiser that Terri Zimmerman is conducting a fundraiser for the lobby effort. This is such an important fundraiser and she reported tonight that she has

THE BARC LOC PRIZES ARE IN THE MAIL

2003-02-03 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
Hi everyone, I wanted to let the winners of the BARC LOC Challenge Fundraiser klnow that I mailed most of the prizes on Saturday morning. I took 50 packages early Saturday morning to a small out of the way post office that isn't very busy. I go there so that I don't hold up the lines in the

Re: THE BARC LOC PRIZES ARE IN THE MAIL

2003-02-03 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
Dear Halley, I guess I'll have to have a word with your Mom about ticket selection the next time we have a fundraiser. ;-D Maybe we need to get some more doggie items for the upcoming Berner-Garde Fundraiser, so there will be more things that you and your fellow (and gal) Berners would

It's almost time for the drawing - BARC LOC Challenge Fundraiser....

2003-01-22 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
Okay folks, this is just about the last call for your donations for the BARC LOC Challenge Fundraiser. The drawing will be this weekend...then the fun begins with me packaging up the 83 items for the winners and taking huge carloads of packages to the post office. People just love to get in

Re: Xstitch Jackets

2003-01-22 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
Hi Barb, When we were at the Potomac Valley Draft Test this fall, I bought a really nice blue jacket with an embroidered Berner on it. They also had them in green and Laurie Montoya bought one of those. It has a nice warm hood, too, which is nice in this single digit weather we're having

RE: What do you have in your medical bag?

2003-01-22 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
Lynne Weber sent a post about what she puts in her Canine First Aid Kits and I can tell you that they are wonderful. If you want to take a chance on winning one in the BARC LOC Challenge Fundraiser, you can still send me a check for your tickets. It's Item #39!! Just be sure to send me a

MANY WAYS TO SAY I LOVE YOU - BERNER FUNDS!!

2003-01-22 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
There are many ways to say, 'I love you!' is a song that I remember from the Mister Rogers' Show, which by the way originates in Pittsburgh, PA!! Well, that song seems appropriate for the ways that people have found to make donations to the various Berner causes that need our help. Jim

Re: New Champion

2003-01-19 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
WONDERFUL!!! Congratulations to Nancy Melone and Tim Melone on Caruso's new Championship. That is so exciting for them and for our Three Rivers Bernese Mountain Dog Club!! Caruso is a gorgeous boy and I knew that he'd get his Championship soon. Give him a big hug from me, Nancy!!! Joye

There is still time - PROCRASTINATORS.....

2003-01-17 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
Okay procrastinators - now is the time for you to 'swing into action' and mail your checks to the BARC LOC Challenge Fundraiser. I will announce the amount raised by this fundraiser when all of the checks are received. I will tell you that BARC is ahead of LOC by about $200. SOyou LOC

ID tag idea for Winston (fwd)

2003-01-14 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
Andrea Field Stefanac sent this note to me about making a Christmas ornament for Winston using his name tag. I thought others might like to do this too, for both your Berners at the Rainbow Bridge and the ones that you have with you now.. Joye Neff -- Forwarded Message

Re: Christmas Tree Topper

2003-01-12 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
Hi Maria, Yes there are Berner Christmas Tree Toppers. I have one and bought one for each of our kids, too. I've also bought the breeds of their other dogs and our former dogs and have an Angel Dog Choir at Christmas on our piano. I'll have to figure out where I got them - it was about

Re: Paintings for the current BARC/LOC Fundraiser

2003-01-09 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
Now, Patricia and Maria! You two women must not take possession, even if it is in your vivid imaginations, of the two beautiful paintings that Willem has done for our BARC LOC Challenge Fundraiser. There happen to be many people on the Berner-l who are salivating over these paintings

Re: Happy Birthday to Buddy

2003-01-08 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
Hi Maria, Happy 2nd Birthday to your exuberant snoweating Buddy and also to Karen Connor's sweet Amika. Both of these wonderful Berners, who I have had the pleasure of cuddling in person with on several occasions, shared Winston's birthday. He would have been 5 years old today. I'm sure

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

BARC LOC Challenge Raffle NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT!!!

2003-01-06 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
A belated Happy New Year to everyone - may 2003 only hold good things for you and your Berners. I want to remind everyone that you can still make a donation to the BARC LOC Challenge Fundraiser. We have 83 super Berner items that you can try to win. If you haven't seen them, then you need to

Re: Ben's Rubber Stamps

2003-01-05 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
Did you look in my shopping at the specialty - if you didn't I'll pull out the disc and send you the info. Joye --On Sunday, January 05, 2003 4:12 PM -0500 Pat Long Paul Dangel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:r Does anyone know if Ben's Rubber Stamps are still in business, and how I would contact

Re:afraid to read anymore

2003-01-05 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
Hi Arlene, I'm not naive and I acknowledge the fact that a lot of berners live well into their early teens, but I honestly have to admit - I am now freaking out and I am now scared out of my skin. * I'm one of the people who have just experienced the sadness of losing a wonderful berner

Re: Tribute to Winston Poohbear

2003-01-05 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
Hi Johanna, I am so sorry to learn of your loss. It sounds like Greta was a very special Berner. I know the pain that you are experiencing now, but also know that the pain in your heart will someday be replaced with many happy memories of time that you spent with Greta. She is now at the

Re: bathing--ahhh...fresh, fluffy, clean puppies!

2002-12-31 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
I have a few hints for bathing your Berners in your bathtub. First, Get yourself a rubber mat so your Berner feels secure in the tub. There's nothing worse than a sliding Berner who is then leary of the whole process. Winston loves to get a bath and jumps right into the bathtub onto the

BARC LOC Challenge Fundraiser.....

2002-12-28 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas/Holiday. Since we are approaching the end of 2002, I just wanted to remind you that you can still make a donation to the BARC LOC Challenge Fundraiser this year. We have 83 super Berner items that you can try to win. If you haven't seen them,

BARC LOC Money Raised to Date.....

2002-12-22 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
What terrific news, Ruth, that our lobby efforts are paying off. It shows how important it is to have Dr. Melcher working for the BMDCA. Stopping the shipment of underage puppies is a HUGE step and we need to help raise money to continue his work against the abuse of dogs. Grerat job!!!

Re: BARC/LOC Challenge

2002-12-22 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
Thank you Pat Tackett, Vilma Kistner Briggs and the others who have sent me e-mail telling me that they are making donations to the BARC LOC Challenge Raffle in memory of their previous Berners or in honor of their current Berners. Thanks also to those of you who have made donations honoring

Challenge Amounts and another New Painting for the BARC LOC ChallengeFundraiser....

2002-12-09 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
This is a CHALLENGE Fundraiser for BARC and LOC. The idea is to see how much money we can raise for both organizations who are trying to education the public about the dangers of puppy mills and to prevent poor quality puppies from becoming part of the breeding pool. The information which

Re: Nose to Nose Book

2002-12-08 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
Hi Kelly, Here is the Boris' Books website: http://members.rogers.com/bernerboris/bernerbooks.html Some of the proceeds come back to the BMDCA Health Fund, so it's always a good idea to shop at Amazon.com, Dogwise, sitstay.com by first going to the website, then going to those other sites.

Re: Nose to Nose in Europe

2002-12-05 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
Please remember that if you're shopping at Amazon.com or Dogwise (Wendy, where else can we use Boris' Books?) be sure to enter through this website: http://members.rogers.com/bernerboris/bernerbooks.html#BT because a donation will be made to the BMDCA Health Fund for every dollar you spend.

Re: BARC LOC Challenge Fundraiser

2002-12-04 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
Hi Marilynn and Star, What a thoughtful way to spend your tickets for the BARC LOC Challenge Fundraiser!!! That is really great - I'll put MS (Marilynn Star) on each of those tickets so the next 28 people who send in their donations will know which tickets are their bonus tickets from you.

Have you visited the new BARC LOC Challenge Fundraiser Website yet?

2002-12-03 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
You really do need to check out the new BARC LOC Challenge Fundraiser Website http://www.overthefence.com/raffle/BARC/ that Karen Pickel did for our current fundraising event!! We have a Pre-Holiday Fundraiser that has 15 items and we will have that drawing on December 12th. You need to get

ANNOUNCING THE.......BARC LOC CHALLENGE FUNDRAISER~!

2002-12-01 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
I am thrilled to announce our new Fundraiser which will run from today, December 1, 2002 through January 15, 2003! There is even a Pre-Holiday Fundraiser portion to the fundraiser, so you better send in your checks for those items right away since the drawing for these fifteen items will

Re: BERNER-L digest 4149

2002-11-29 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
About 16 years ago, our three dogs ate a four pack of regular sized light bulbs (they ate all of the glass and left the metal ends.) The vet told us to feed them butter and mashed potatoes. Everything came out okay.. Joye Neff and Winston (Samantha and Ben) - and yes, our rescue

HAPPY THANKSGIVING AKC CHF DRAWING IS THIS EVENING....

2002-11-28 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!! As we celebrate this day of Thanksgiving in the United States, I have had several people send note to me today to make a pledge to our AKC CHF Malignant Histiocytosis Study Fundraiser. What a wonderful way to celebrate the holiday. Yes you can still make a

Fundraiser donation, still time? *~* YES *~*

2002-11-27 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
Hi Antoinette and Other Caring People, If there is still time, I'd love to pledge one 8 for $20.00 ticket group for Item 1, and one 8 for $20.00 ticket group for Item 2. Let me know and I'll mail both tomorrow (total: $40.00). ** There is ALWAYS STILL TIME to make a donation to one of our

RE: Oh....so close to my goal for the AKC CHF Fundraiser!!!

2002-11-27 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
Can you tell us how close to the goal we are? * I can tell you that we have hit our goal..but I won't tell the final amount that we have raised until I announce the winners late on Thanksgiving Day.;-DTHANK YOU ALL!!!And, YES, the real winners are the Berners and their

Re: Oh....so close to my goal for the AKC CHF Fundraiser!!!

2002-11-26 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
THANK YOU, Dino and the others who have responded to my pleas!! We are 'inching' towards our goal of $3,000, but we are not there yet, so your donations are a BIG help not only in helping us hit our target, but also in helping to fight Malignant Histiocytosis in Berners. We still have

RE: Oh....so close to my goal for the AKC CHF Fundraiser!!!

2002-11-26 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
Hi Pat, What day are you drawing the winning ticket (I should say MY winning ticket!)? ** Well, I think that you'd have a lot of people who could say the same thing - they all want their ticket to be the winning one and who can blame them when you see the lovely paintings that Willem did for

Oh....so close to my goal for the AKC CHF Fundraiser!!!

2002-11-25 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
I have just finished recording the last check that I received today and we are inching our way to the goal for our AKC CHF Fundraiser to fight Malignant Histiocytosis. I was hoping to be able to raise $3,000 for the AKC CHF Cancer Study and we are oh so very close. We only need $250 to hit

Celebrating Seniors and the AKC CHF Fundraiser......

2002-11-24 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
Jennifer Zaayer stated, ...I have Moritz's blood kit sitting here, and the blood will be drawn and sent in next week. Crombie was also entered into Heidi Parker's study. Please folks, don't forget to get the samples in, if you have a dog who fits (either diagnosed w/mh, or a dog over 10 years),

Tailwaggers......

2002-11-23 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
I was in touch with Linda Stiebris, Tailwaggers, about a set of Berner Bookends she had donated to one of our upcoming raffles. For those of you who have been looking for their site to buy Berner stuff for the holidays, I wanted to let you know that they have discontinued their line of breed

AKC CHF Fundraiser - There is STILL TIME.......

2002-11-22 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
The drawing for the two gorgeous paintings that Willem Wijnberg painted for our AKC CHF Fundraiser to fight canine cancer will be on Thanksgiving Day. Both of these Berner paintings are just gorgeous and once you see them you are going to want to make a donation to help fight Cancer and to try

AKC CHF Fundraiser....there is STILL TIME to donate.....

2002-11-20 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
I've had a few messages from people saying that they would like to donate to our AKC CHF Fundraiser, but were afraid that their checks wouldn't arrive in time for the raffle. NEVER FEAR!!! I am a very trusting person and if you let me know what amount you are sending for the fundraiser and

MINI-FUNDRAISER TO BENEFIT CANCER RESEARCH!!!

2002-11-13 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
I am very pleased to announce a Mini Fundraiser to benefit research on Malignant Histiocytosis in Berners. This fundraiser is Mini because it will only run for ten days. It also only has two fantastic items. The fundraiser will start today, November 13th and will run until November

Re: MINI-FUNDRAISER TO BENEFIT CANCER RESEARCH!!!

2002-11-13 Thread Dr. William B. Neff
Hi Carol, I'm so happy that your story has a wonderful ending - I think that the word benign is one of my most favorite words!!! It's great news that Stretch is doing so well and the NO CANCER report will help you feel a lot better, too! Thanks for your support for our fundraiser and for

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