She said it was very common in puppies this age since their hormones are
changing
Had similar thing with Sim around this age, not the acne round the butt area
but he developed itchy patches back of the neck. Used Tee Tree Oil and
cleared up very quickly but also made sure he had extra walks in
My 8 month old male has started a terrible habit of digging!
Oh, join the Club!
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
My 13 year old bitch, Tinka, would still dig down 3' hole and uproot shrubs
to find a cool comfortable spot But I got her as six/seven year old adoptee!
And never got
Hi Sheila, Magic and PJ,
My old boy, Magic, who is coming up on 10 yrs old is experiencing very dry
coat, losing hair in small tufts and has developed a dandruff problem.
I would cut back on the shampooing and try adding a chopped clove of garlic
to his food for a natural flea protection.
I *knew* you couldn't resist THAT header.
Too right, Eileen, couldn't resist it!!
Thank you for such a wonderful funny post!
Everyone knows where you go
because you have a little troop after you.
Oh, my! I always have the three dogs and one cat, now the Winter is
approaching make that
I just took my dogs to an animal physical therapist for an evaluation
(she is a a human physical therapist who went back to get a Master's
Degree in Animal Physical Therapy, does dogs and horses.) She told both
me and our other club member who was there earlier in the day that she
is amazed that
Both the original posts on this topic referred to approx. six months old
Berner bitches jumping up and peeing on the bed.
Hmmm! Haven't met this behaviour myself but occurs to me to ask if these
young ladies have been spayed? Here UK, six months is when we normally do
it! Association here was in
Hi All,
Just uploaded the funniest pics from Carol and her 4 month Berner Puppy.
They went to a Halloween Party and met a little boy dressed as Annie!
Find on the latest updates for Friends' Gallery! Enjoy!
All love,
Jean, Sunny, Simmy, Barney and the Gang
X
Hi Jackie,
I have a 12 weeks old male bernese. He has started to
hump peoples legs ? Why would he being doing this ?
He seems to be more attracted to males rather than
females when he does this ? I know its not a sexual
thing I am thinking its more of a dominance thing.
Agree this is
What is it about a little snow that makes a previously
very well-behaved Berner completely lose his mind and
think that it's appropriate to dig up the bulbs and
uproot established plants?
Dreaming on those really deep snow drifts that they can tunnel in and make a
way through for their humans
If a dog is fed too much, but does NOT have the genes
for HD, it will NOT develop HD.
If a dog is fed too much, and DOES have the genes for
HD, it WILL develop HD.
I had always understood that HD was not just a genetic thing and that diet
and inappropriate exercise are also contributing
Hi Beverly,
Yesterday I
noticed that Han's gums around his teeth were unusually red and several of
his teeth had blood around the base. His mouth is definitely sore, he
hasn't chewed up a remote control in a week. He had a bout of ulcers in
his mouth about a month ago could both incidents
Hi Valerie and Chiara,
Take a deep breathe...and relax.
What you're seeing is quite common, the cause is unknown. What you
remember
reading about is hypomyelinogenisis, commonly known as Tremblers. It did
occur in appx a dozen dogs having a common sire in their pedigrees, in
England, in the mid
Just been looking at all the posts that came in tonight re: Histio Roll
Call!!
This is so hard and so sad, and this just touching on Histio! So many
cancers out there!
I lost my Sam to Lymphosarcoma a few years ago, so proud that memory of my
Big Boy goes on!
Hope you will all take a look at
Hi All,
Just a reminder for those of you who have not yet entered this raffle for
these two beautiful Berner paintings donated by Willem, tomorrow is the
closing day!!
http://www.overthefence.com/raffle/CHF/
OK, I have a big interest here 'cause one of 'em is my Mr Mischief Sam as an
eight week
Would love to add a current dog to this roll call, but my eldest dog at the
moment is Sweet Sunny Girl aged eight! Have also Simmy at three and adoptee
Barney at four.
Honoring Seniors is very special to me, lost my first ever Berner, Tinka, a
few weeks short of her fourteenth birthday!
Biggest
Dear Radha and Smokey,
But when he eats a $200 cellphone, all of the
television remotes and rips newspapers to shreds, I
get to my wits end.
Biggest Berner Sympathy hugs here!
I have gone through similar things in the past with my various pups! Sam
would tear up towels and teatowels, Sunny
Congrats to Ray and Pat and the Eaglecap Gang,
Got some beef ribs and trimmed off some of the excess fat and gave each 6
week old puppy one . GROWL SNARL SNAP and then the fun begin They are
a
riot tracking around with those ribs in their mouths. We are big dogs
now.
Just love it! Fond
Hi All,
On the various posts here re. clipping dogs' nails.
This is something I have never had to do yet, do leash walk my dogs down on
the road and they wear down naturally! When adoptee Barney arrived he came
with toys and cushions and a pair of clippers! Was told he was due for a
trim! Yes,
Wow, just got today's Digest in and already loads of replies! Looks like we
Berner Folk also love horses!
We have two Welsh Mountain Ponies, Arthur and Andy, in our Gang. Much loved
by all three of my Bernese,
I am particularly interested in hearing from someone who has or had
horses and Berners
Where can I begin??
Well, have just posted while ago re. the Berners and Horse together and
haven't even got the mail back in yet on the Digest tonight! Oh, this has
been a very busy one! Cannot believe how many of you out there love horses
too. Well, yes I can! I love horses and ponies too!
Just wanted to report that my Basil is a happy dog. 1 inch of snow on the
ground in chicago, and still falling steadily. Gotta hurry home to let
Basil
out to sleep on the driveway. What bliss.
Envy, envy, Maggie and Basil
Still Humid and Very Wet UK. Hmm! Supposed to be cold here
Global
Hi Kim,
Can say no more than that I share your pain on losing Tonka!
So hard when so young and unexpected!
Having been through a young Berner death myself and so worried about Sunny
who had never been an only dog! Was a bolt from the blue for us when we got
wee Sim, Puppy, just a week later!
From Karen:
My first problem and question is that I have an old wicker love seat that I
just discovered has been nibbled on. Please suggest what to put on it to
stop my delinquent.
Would suggest what we here UK know as Vick's Vapour Rub! You must have
equivalent US! Very smelly menthol,
Oh, well done everyone who contributed so generously to this Raffle. And
biggest hugs to Joye and Pat and Karen who made this all happen.
Congratulations to Maxine Toyzer who won Willem's gorgeous picture of Yaspar
and also to Meg Novorro who won the beautiful painting of my Mr Mischief
Puppy
Hi All,
Here UK, switched on the Box the other morning, Channel 4, to find Bernie
advertising Jumbones!
Well, now I know what my three want for Christmas, they were fascinated!
Yes, they get these when we come back from doing Farmers Supply for the
goat, sheep, pony, cats and even dog food
Poor Lexi!!!
My exuberant 13 mo. girl had a collision with a few labradors intent on
fetching a ball today.
Sounds familiar here, my Sweet Sunny Girl had similar run-in a couple of
weeks ago with Sim and Barney! They all tried to get through a gate at the
same time!
The vet seems unclear on how
Could someone please advise me if there is a user friendly supplement or
additive that I could use for Stevie's dry skin. It is just a wee bit
flakey
and I usually call that kind of flakiness at this time of year, Winter
skin.
I would add oily fish to his diet, after all our Berners were
Recently my 4 month old BMD (Bella) has been having an inordinate amount
of eye discharge.
Any sort of eye discharge in any of my animals I always keep a tube of
Brolene. Used to be Golden Eye ointment here UK, no doubt in the US you have
a similar cream over the counter, chemist/pharmicist,
Has been great to see just how many other Berner owners also have horse and
ponies! Any pics forthcoming here? Happy to make up a special page on my
Friends Gallery!
I have just, very belatedly, (post bad gales here UK that set me way
behind!) uploaded some new pics from Carole and Tony's visit
Maybe they DO wear down the dewclaw
nails through use.
My Tinka was thirteen when suddenly she would paw my leg and leave
scratches, did start to clip her front dew claws then! Until then, no
problem! My three at the moment have front dew claws intact, they still seem
to wear them down naturally,
Hi Jordan,
Some advice sought... How might one relate to cancer in a Berner?
Bad luck?
Genetic?
Or, what?
I moderate a group on Yahoo for owners of pets with cancer and have done for
the past three and a half years since my Sam was first diagnosed. Many pet
owners come and go through this
I was wondering how many of you have neutered/spayed/unneutered/unspayed
females and males, and what you're reasoning for doing it or not doing it
is--i.e. breeding purposes or personal preference, or whatever--and how
many BMDs you do have.
My first Bernese, Tinka, I inherited aged 6/7 yrs and
What do I see hidden in some leaves?
My missing bra.
I *know* who the laundry thief is . . . the man in the black and tri-color
suit.
Blasted Micawber.
Oh, this made me giggle! Many thanks, Eileen, for this reminder of
fun/embarrassing times with pups!
My worst one ever was postman arriving
Blimey and Phew
My Barney is total thief and I do my best to keep anything edible locked
up!!!
Defrosted the two big fat ducks for tomorrow's dinner, sitting on the marble
slab in the pantry!
Friends here tonight and just went down the drive in the pouring rain to see
them off and pick up a
My recent adoptee, Barney, has suddenly come into his first big moult! Has
been very mild here UK on the Welsh Borders. Christmas Day we walked four
and a half miles to a very pretty pub over the River Wye and sat out in the
Beer Garden in gorgeous sunshine drinking pints of Guinness. Got home
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.
Oh, please give Sloane extra belly rubs from us all and biggest extra hugs
for yourself. Then relax
Hi Folks,
Yippee! Well, we haven't got snow but here Welsh Borders UK we have had two
days of very heavy ground frost. Bitterly cold here but the good news is
that all that horrible mud is frozen solid!! Cleaned the house yesterday and
polished the floors and we are still clean! Downside is that
My Han is now 9 months old and since I want to show him, intact. I feel
that he needs the chance to run more than he can in our small yard and
soon
he won't be able to go to the dog parks.
Beverly, keeping an intact male can always be difficult, as is keeping
intact female. You just never
Safe enough at Longlease as long as you are sitting on a chair, you will get
heads on the lap and plenty of paws!!
However, sit on the floor or my tiny footstool and you are in big trouble.
Was wee friend James's favourite thing that when he would come to visit he
would sit on the stool and my
Hi Steve,
Yesterday, Long Island temperatures were in the high forties,
complements of a nice southeasterly breeze.
Lucky you! Here UK we are below freezing point and have been the last week,
but at least the mud is frozen over and my Berners are still clean!!!
I felt that Hunter needed alone
Hi Lisa,
4:45AM found me following Moses
out the back door and into the yard, cup in hand, to obtain some of his
urine for the renal profile they would be running at Angell in several
hours.
Oh, shades here of chasing Sam round the garden with a sterilized coffee jar
for the sample. He
Continues very cold here UK, Welsh Borders, and have to say my Bernese have
been wonderful! Not only have we be doing big, long, brisk walks to keep the
circulation going but have not needed an electric blanket or hot water
bottle at night!
Keeping warm naturally!
Check the Updates. just
Hi Everyone,
This has been a topic that has been mentioned a lot recently.
Me, I have always found my Bernese to be the gentlest giants ever!
Have just uploaded some new pics, Friends Gallery on my Longlease Site, of
Hannah Burnell with Tucker! Early pics of Hannah, fifteen months, and
Tucker,
Dear Wendy,
Know we are keeping you and Miss Kitty in our thoughts and prayers.
I need to know about your experiences with lymphosarcoma. Jean, I read
your Sammy's story and thank you.
It is the most heartbreaking time to find your loved one suddenly diagnosed
with this awful disease! I was in
To all of you who responded earlier here and to those of you who have yet to
respond.
Joye, Pat, Karen and I are preparing a new special Website to celebrate the
lives of those
beloved Berners lost to Histio.
Now I am not giving away more details here but I am hoping to have it
together for the
Well, I got the weirdest one today!
Was preparing a lunch for myself with a chicken quarter, garlic, onion,
lemon, tomato and mushrooms. Had all the food on a roasting tray ready for
the oven when the phone rang. Came back and only the chicken remained!!
Well, I thought I was going mad! Brought
Thanks Anne,
I am at the point after having lost our boy, Oberon, last month where I
can
begin to laugh at some of his adventures and tell some of his stories. I
thought this one needed to be shared.
Good to hear that the happy, funny times are coming back for you, that was a
great story!
Hi Joye,
It sounds like you have a vegetarian on your hands...
'Cept he loves raw beef!!!
He is a thief!! But didn't think the day he filched my piece of rump steak
counted as weird things dogs have eaten!!!
All love,
Jean, Sunny, Simmy, Barney the thief and the Gang
Bright sunny morning up at crack of dawn, the sun is shining, and looking
forward to a good long walk with the dogs and staying dry for a change. No
chance!
No, not the rain. A very unhappy goat!
Well, blimmin' Abbi escaped when I was putting her in the shed last night
and went tearing off up on
Hi All,
Earlier today I had put a Guestbook on the Histio Roll Call WebPage I am
busily constructing at the moment and a little later had the usual
confirmation mail back from from the host server. Here's part of the
message:
You've just created the Web ID: histiocytosis for yourself, and
we
Just spoke to Kelvin and results are back from Bo's needle aspirate biopsy
on the lymph nodes. Diagnosis is Lymphosarcoma.
Bo will now be having full biopsy done to identify the type! Bo is on
Prednisone at the moment and is doing fine so we are hopeful is one of the
milder forms of lymphoma that
Hi Fellow Berner Listers,
I have received a very special Valentine's Greetings Card today from Michael
Johnson and he has asked me to share it with you all! As you know, Berner-L
does not accept attachments so I have made a special page!
http://www.angelfire.com/anime3/longlease/valentine.htm
Our dogs were the ring bearers in our wedding. This was before we got
our Bernese Ginger last year. (I'm having a figurine made so that she
can
sit next to the cake topper from our wedding.)
I'm attaching a picture also - I hope you can open it!
As you all may know, attachments are banned
Biggest Berner Hugs and Thank You from Bo!
Further biopsy has been done on lymph node tissue to discover exactly which
type of lymphosarcoma it is!
Kelvin and Royce have asked me to give you special thanks here for all your
mails! We are very hopeful that will be a milder lymphoma and treatable
Valentine's Day, February 14th 2003 was a very special day for me this
year..
Just fourteen years since my husband, Vincent, died!
We met on Valentine's Day 1985, work out the maths here and was double
special day!
Here at Longlease, Welsh Borders, UK, we are north facing up on a hillside!
Lose
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
Hi All,
With great pleasure I am announcing three new wonderful pages on the Friends
Gallery of my Longlease Site, have just uploaded!
From Laura, wonderful pics of Ravel's 2nd Birthday Party, and yes! Laura has
managed to get those dogs to pose with party hats again and even Lloyd the
cat!!!
Pheww
Busy here tonight!
Pat Long has managed to dig herself out of the snowdrifts and get home!!!
Just sent me some gorgeous pics of Joye and Bill Neff's new puppy, Nick.
Have just uploaded and added to the new page.
Welcome wee Nick!
Check the Updates on the Longlease Site!
All
Hi Everyone,
Thankfully some slightly better results today as a result of Bo's biopsy on
the lymph nodes on Monday.
Forwarded from Kelvin:
Hi everybody thanks for the messages of
support for Bolan. Results of the biopsy have just come through. The
good news is that lymphoma was not detected.
Hi Everyone,
First, a big thank you to everyone who has sent me photos of their beloved
Berners who have been lost to Histiocytosis.
Has been just over three weeks now since Joye Neff and Pat Long emailed me
suggesting :) that I do these very Special Tribute Pages! Have just uploaded
the 25th
Morning started off dank and wet and reluctantly put on my wellies to go and
do the morning feeds! Three frisky muddy Berners helping me! Fed the ponies
and left Sunny and Barney behind hopeful for the missed bits, or
occasionally Andy and Arthur will toss 'em a bit of corn. Me and Sim went to
Many thanks to you all for your kind messages, has been a very sad day!
Thankfully, the antibiotics from the vet eased her breathing and Hops went
quietly into her last sleep. She was very weak and we suspect it was
actually a cancer as she had been losing weight rapidly the last few days.
But she
Hi All,
Re Crufts.
Sadly I will not be able to go! Unless I can come up with a full time
crittur sitter. I don't go too far these days unless I can walk there with
Sim, Sunny and Barney and think is bit far for us though we love our hikes!!
However heard from Coral and David Dennis, they will
Hi Everyone,
Have just uploaded a wonderful collage of photos from Laura Lopez Mendez of
Joye opening the mysterious package that was Willem's surprise painting for
her of Winston! Find on the Recent Updates Page.
En - JOYE!
All love,
Jean, Sunny, Simmy, Barney and the Gang
Hi All,
Many thanks for my Birthday Greetings, have had a wonderful day!
Beautiful flowers arrived from Michaela in Devon (with Harvey and Rupert)
then surprise package from my sister which was body warmer (with a hood,
never seen this before) and a jumper, and Charles appeared with Tayberry
With great sadness have just uploaded a Tribute Page to Heidi!
She died on my Birthday earlier this week, after a wonderful long life!
Biggest Berner Hugs to Sandy Lakritz. who will be missing her Manhattan
Perfect Berner Lady so much.
Find Heidi's new Tribute Page on the Longlease Recent
Hi All,
Joye just sent me the most beautiful pics taken by Pat Long at the Potomac
Valley Regional speciality in
Maryland this weekend.
Gorgeous Nick at 10 1/2 weeks, how he has grown and how beautifully he poses
for the camera!
And Maria's Daisy and Buddy! Find also link on this new page to
Hi Again All,
Have just uploaded a new page for Molly and her story!
Martha Hoverson's much loved lady was diagnosed with HD and ED some months
ago. She underwent an operation for a Triple Pelvic Osteotomy on her right
hip on December 13, 2002. On March 14, 2003, Molly will undergo arthroscopic
Hi All,
I will be doing photos in Long Beach, assisted by the lovely Joye Neff -
Now make sure you go and grab this opportunity to have Pat take one of her
spectacular pics!
We'll be doing them from Wednesday through Saturday, with time
off for Berner-Garde board meetings and the like. I
On the 30th January, Pat and Joye and I were e-mail chatting about was this
new page possible! Pat sent me the original roll call that was gathered from
Berner-l a few months before and I was inspired to make a start!I Hmm!
Burning the midnight oil and beyond here UK, by the time Pat and Joye woke
With much sadness I have just added beloved Katie to the Histio Roll Call
Site
http://www.angelfire.com/anime3/longlease/histiorollcall.htm
From Chris and Herb Baker:
We lost our First Berner to Histio, this past Monday.
We've never dealt with this curse, personally, till now; in any Berner
Hi Renee,
With great sadness have lit more candles tonight at Longlease for Bear!
This is the most awful of diseases but thank you for being so brave and
caring and going through with the blood test at this awful time for you!
When you feel ready, please let me have some pics of Bear and will
Hi All,
After my recent weeks of mainly very sad uploads to my Longlease and Histio
Roll Call Sites, tonight I am pleased to announce have just done a very
happy upload!
My Gang - Springtime 2003!
The sun has been back the last few days, - dare I say it? It hasn't rained
since Wednesday! - very
Sadly,
Tonight I have just made up another new page for the Histio Roll Call Site,
Reid Myer's Oscar who died two days ago from MH, with the most beautiful
picture of Reid's daughter with Oscar - it was their Christmas card!
Earlier tonight I added Renee Jacquier's Bear to the Roll Call, he
Any of you out there, and this topic has cropped up a few times on the list!
Worried about Berners and children?
I have just uploaded some new pics for Oscar, sadly on the Histio Roll Call
Site, but the most beautiful pic of Reid's young daughter walking Oscar on
the leash!
Hi All,
Guess we are all in need of cheering up in these troubled times!
After very sad time for Chris and Herb Baker with the loss of Katie to
Histio and for me great sadness in adding her page to the Histio Roll Call
Site
http://www.angelfire.com/anime3/longlease/histiorollcall.htm
Here's
Hi Chris and Herb,
and cc Berner-l
Just came back from lambing duties down at Den's farm, good news here as we
have many triplets!
Sadly come home and switched on TV for War News!
My brother was RAF, thankfully now retired and long story of history here,
but I have good friends from the Royal
Hi All,
A sad day today but a positive ending!
Wee young friend James phoned me this morning to ask if he could bring Mum
and Dad and friend, Henry, over to visit! Henry's Dad is SAS and no doubt
thick in there with the action!
Henry has been very sad the last few months because Dad was away
Hi All,
With very kind permission from Jude Simonds have just uploaded her article
which appeared first in the BMDC of GB Handbook. Long story here but I
collected my copy and was so engrossed reading it coming up the drive, fell
over the dogs several times and finished up with entire flock of
Hi All,
Midst of these troubled times, from last week have attempted to upload jpg
to surpass my Berners with the Snowdrops Pic! Server let me in tonight
Berners with Daffodils!
Big story behind of Barney non-posing!
Hmmm! Would he pose??
All love,
Jean, Sunny, Simmy, Barney and the Gang
Just uploaded a wonderful new composite pic from Laura Lopez Mendez.
Ravel and Lloyd have a cute fight!
Nice one, Laura, hope you didn't get too flattened underneath that!
Find on the Recent Updates on my Longlease Site.
All love,
Jean, Sunny, Simmy, Barney and the Gang
And finally, this one really bugs my husband, at what age . . will he
start to lift his leg up to pee like a man instead of barely squatting
like a girl? (I guess It's a guy thing).
Funniest of all with this one was my Sam, around about nine months (and I
still lived in London then) he started
Hi Cecilia and Griffin.
Our prayers are with you tonight!
Margareta's Vincent was diagnosed with
systemic reactive histiocytosis late last year and has been doing very
well
on cyclosporin treatment. In fact, Margareta has given up Vincent's follow
up appointment this Tuesday so that Griffin
These Troubled Times,
Can only offer you picture sent to me last night from Chris and Herb Baker
of wee pup, Prince Valiant, trustingly asleep on Herb's belly with the
Flag!!
Beautiful picture, says it all!
http://www.angelfire.com/anime3/longlease/friends92a.htm
Wee Babe wishes for Peace on
Re: digging to China--HELP!
the other thing you can do is to watch her like a hawk whilst she is
visiting somebody and warn the hosts that she is very partial to digging.
My first Berner Girl, Tinka, was a Digger!
Let her out unguarded in the garden for two minutes, earth would fly, and
she
Pat forwarded me some pics from Amy of newly adopted baby Cara with her new
friend Rocky which she wanted to share with you all.
Have just uploaded:
http://www.angelfire.com/anime3/longlease/friends96.htm
Enjoy!!
All love,
Jean, Sunny, Simmy, Barney and the Gang
X
Where to start?
Tonight, beautiful pics from Amy Kessler and newly adopted baby girl, Cara,
with her baby gift, Rocky!
And from Cecilia Stahl, lovely picture of Griffin, As you may know Griffin
is not too well at the moment, possibly with systemic reactive
histiocytosis, we pray that today's
Mostly in the Winter my Bernese are Tri-Coloured,
Black, Tan and Pink!
We have heavy red clay in this area and it stains the white bits.
In the Summer this goes away naturally with a lot of brushing.
Refer to earlier mail here, I am combing my three outside now!
Hair floats away, actually
Hi All,
What a day! My Sunny had to be whipped off to the vet this afternoon,
diagnosis is reverse sneezing but possibility of being brought on by some
tenderness to the tonsils as she has slightly raised temperature and a
broken tooth that is looking bit nasty at the gumline, so she is on
Here are a couple more pictures of Amy's baby Cara and her new Berner,
Rocky as he has been so aptly named. I just happened to be visiting Amy
this past weekend so was able to take a couple of photos of Cara and the
Rocking Berner. Jaime Elliott is holding Cara while we waited for Courtney
Phew!!!
After stressful day yesterday all is well!
Sunny is back to normal, temperature down and no more of those awful attacks
and we have had good walk down the village again and a good romp in the
woods. Weather here is superb!!.
Have to say when I took her into the vet yesterday I was
Hi Kathy,
Many thanks for the post!
My old Lab, Babe Am Eskimo, Klondike go into reverse sneezing fits when
there are a lot of allergens in the air (spring blossoms, etc).
Will try the kelp and dessicated liver! For us all!
Strangely, Sim and Barney have both developed bit runny eyes, and I
Forwarded from Rita who found the Histio Roll Call Site
I live in Lancaster,
California and I don't think the vet has had many cases like this.
If you can help, are in the area! Message below! I have replied privately!
All love,
Jean, Sunny, Simmy, Barney and the Gang
Hi Rose,
She can be a good girl about going outside just
that sometimes she likes to roll in it.
My first ever Bernese Tinka I inherited at seven or eight years! She was
always immaculate except, anywhere near goose and duck shit, she would roll
and get it all yukked up around the left ear!!
Ah, me! Great sadness here today! Dennis's bull died today, was down in the
field below me with the cows and calves and he went down Saturday and I
called Den and he got the vet out. Still not sure what has happened, David
(Ros's husband, they run a partnership vet practise, she does small
Hi All,
Somewhere, somehow, I had this virus try to creep in on my 'puter last
night! Well, I went to bed last night and all was well! Turned on the 'puter
this evening and I was infected! AVG picked it up and cleaned my system!
Just been looking into it and seems I was not fully infected,
In the middle of all other things going on, my Sweet Sunny Girl had her trip
to the vet today and whether more x-rays needed!
Funny thing on the gum where tooth was extracted was much reduced today! Ros
had taken x-ray when tooth was extracted so not lurking bit of root here!
She thinks the weird
This got us wondering if there are any of you out
there who had a Berner who died of old age and if so to what age did
they live
My first ever Berner, Tinka, lived to a few weeks short of her fourteenth
birthday and until her final collapse which came very quickly, had been
still been enjoying
Hi Everyone,
This evening we are so pleased!
Sunny walked on the leash down to the farm and back with no problems, her
longest walk since the mysterious spinal injury a month or so ago and the
big broken tooth extraction. We have gradually been building up her exercise
over the last few days
We have a drooler and he's a complete slob about drinking. First a few
slurps then swings his head in a dripping arc to look around then slurps
more then a five foot trail as he walks away from his bowl.
I've got one of those too, Susan, my Rescue Barney Boy. Now I now why he
arrived with black
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