Please remove my name from the BMD list. Thank you so much.
Darbi Lynne Davis
Darbi Lynne Davis
The University of Arizona
College of Architecture, Planning,
and Landscape Architecture
Department of Landscape Architecture
Tucson, Arizona
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>Subject: BERNER-L digest 4499
>Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 00:01:03 CDT
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> BERNER-L Digest 4499
>
>Topics covered in this issue include:
>
> 1) Re: Response to Newspaper ad
> by "Mary Shaver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 2) Re: What's Next???/Goldie
> by [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 3) RE: lameness -- new surgical developments at ISU
> by "Nancy Melone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 4) Re: What's Next???
> by "Dr. William B. Neff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 5) RE: response to newspaper ad for Berner puppies in North Dakota
> by "Nancy Melone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 6) RE: What's Next???
> by Rose Tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 7) RE: lameness
> by Rose Tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
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>From: "Mary Shaver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: Response to Newspaper ad
>Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 20:22:40 -0400
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>My experiences in responding to newspaper ads in our Atlanta paper have
>been mixed. My ad read: "Bernese Mountain Dog. Looking for puppies?
>Call us first. $1,000. xxx=3Dxxxx.
>
>When I have called the ad department, they want to charge me $208 to run
>this ad for 4 days because I don't actually have pups for sale.
>However, if I place the same ad from their on-line classified section, I
>get charged $74.00 for 4 days. The last time we had ads in the paper
>and I responded with this counter ad, I only got 3 calls. The puppy
>miller ran his ad for 6 weeks before he evidently sold his four puppies
>(at least one of which died of parvo). His price came down by $100.00
>every week. He started at $1200. and by the time his last ad was run,
>he was charging $600. =20
>
>IMO, the best "bang for the buck" to reach PPO's is to advertise on the
>commercial websites. The most expensive ones are www.pets4you.com and
>www.puppydogweb.com , which charge between $150 - 200pa. I get roughly
>30 inquiries per month from these sites alone. Granted, you are
>reaching a national, not a local audience, but if your clubs funds are
>limited, this is a better investment.
>
>Just my .02 cents...
>
>Mary and the girls, Laurel and Bailey
>Fayetteville, GA =20
>
>=A0
>
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>To: "Maria Crifasi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: What's Next???/Goldie
>Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 20:39:51 -0400
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>Hi all
>
>Yes "she" will be worth her weight in "gold". Might I suggest the name
>Goldie? When we got our Costco berner, Bacchus went through the exact same
>things......licking ears, smelling nether regions [or will the new PC name
>be "neither regions"] rolled her over and gernerally fell in love. And this
>is a boy with a real live berner girl living here. He still "protects" her
>from Ari. Not in a mean way.....just in a "that's my baby and not yours"
>kinda way.
>
>Trust me.....a Costco berner in the home is worth HER weight in gold.
>
>Love from Cathi, Bacchus and
>Ari [her favorite is the little pup they sold at Big Lots that sings "and
>they called it puppy love"]
>Massillon, Oh
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Maria Crifasi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 9:28 AM
>Subject: Re: What's Next???
>
>
> > Pat wrote:
> >
> > > And will you accept even my bad ideas for a name for the Costco Berner?
>Do
> > you think your dogs would mind if I entered a name like Spot, or Rover?
> >
> >
> > sigh. oh Pat. Pat. Pat. Don't you realize how valuable that giant stuffed
> > Costco Berner is to those who own tactless, intact male Berners????? Win
> > that Berner and slap a nice big pink ribbon on "her" -- then watch as your
> > big male approaches "her" -- (I own a Costco Berner). This stuffed Berner
> > is matchless at ignoring your male.
> >
> > He will flip her ears. When no reaction is forthcoming, your male will
>face
> > her and eye her with confusion. Back to nuzzling and flipping ears. Nope.
> > No reaction.
> >
> > Your male will become more tender ... more ardent ... until that ear is
>(you
> > may trust me on this) sopping wet. Still no reaction.
> >
> > Your male will whine. No reaction.
> >
> > Bark. No reaction.
> >
> > He will sniff her nether region and give you, his owner, a very confused
>but
> > hilarious _expression_.
> >
> > You can practice "LEAVE IT" with that female.
> >
> > You can practice "NO SNIFF" with that female.
> >
> > She will be worth her weight in gold.
> >
> > trust me.
> >
> > Maria Crifasi
> > owned by Daisy and Buddy
> > Catoctin Mountains, Maryland
> >
> >
>
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>From: "Nancy Melone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: lameness -- new surgical developments at ISU
>Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 22:25:44 -0700
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>Iowa State University has announced some interesting recent developments in
>surgical treatments for canine elbow dysplasia. The website is:
>http://www.vetmed.iastate.edu/departments/vcs/orthopaedic/home%20page/total%
>20elbow/totalelbow.htm
>
>Nancy Melone
>Mars, PA
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 8:06 AM
>To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"; "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'"
>Subject: Re: lameness
>
>
>Hi Angela-Just my experience...My Maddie needed a CT scan to ultimately
>diagnose her elbow dysplasia--nothing showed up on X-rays, which were read
>by both her regular vet and an outside radiology specialist.
>She started limping at only 4 months, was x-rayed then, and again at 6
>months when she was spayed. Nothing. We consulted an orthopedist who did CT
>scans and said she had "diffuse dysplasia in both elbows." He said there was
>no corrective surgery for this growth incongruity and that she would develop
>arthritis within 6 to 12 months. Unfortunately, he was very accurate. At
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