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 and enjoy! It tends to be the downside you read in the mails, people mail most when something is wrong. I found this list myself when my Sam was first diagnosed with lymphoma and found such help and support here. That was three years ago and I am proud to belong to such a caring, sharing group of people. Please don't be frightened for Sloane. My first ever Bernese, Tinka, lived to a few weeks short of her fourteenth birthday and never went to the vet apart from routine checks! My present lady, Sunny, who is now eight similarly has never had any problems (apart from a black eye from Puppy Sim and bruised shoulder when she tried to get through the gate same time as my two Berner Boys!!) The Boys, aka the Terrible Twins, are Simmy three and Rescue Barney four. Healthy happy dogs all of them! Treasure every moment for, believe me, even when they live to ripe old age it's still not long enough!! Find us all on my Longlease Site, have recently added in some New Year pics. Oops, haven't taken the cyberspace fairy lights off yet!! Time to get online and do that, well, have been up a ladder taking down the decorations at Longlease itself. All Love, Jean, Sunny, Sim, Barney and the Gang XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX http://www.angelfire.com/anime3/longlease/index.htm
