Re: A Tribute to Winston Poohbear (1998-2003)

Hi Susan, Thanks for your note of condolence. I guess it's good that histio takes our berners so fast so they don't suffer so long, but it sure is hard on those of us left behind. Winston was a very special boy. Love, Joye --On Saturday, January 04, 2003 6:11 PM -0600 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

A Tribute to Winston Poohbear (1998-2003)

SEAVARIDGE'S WINSTON POOHBEAR January 8, 1998 ~ January 4, 2003 It is with profoundsadness and a broken heart that I write to tell you that my Winston crossed the Rainbow Bridge this morning, January 4, 2003 at 10:30 a.m. He was diagnosed with Malignant Histiocytosis on Tuesday, December 31

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

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 rubbe

BARC LOC Challenge Fundraiser.....

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, th

re:BARC LOC fund

Hi Zoe, Thank you for wanting to contribute to the Light One Candle Fund. We currently are having a fundraiser on the Berner-l to help raise money for that fund, as well as for the Berner Auction Rescue Coalition. If you go to this website: http://www.overthefence.com/raffle/BARC/ you can

Re: BARC/LOC Challenge

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 B

BARC LOC Money Raised to Date.....

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!!! W

BARC LOC winners' packages are ready to mail....

I got up at 5 a.m. this morning so I could get the winners' prizes ready to mail to them and to finish some other odds and ends before I leave for the weekend this morning. Please let me know when your prizes arrive safely at your home next week if you won something in the Pre-Holiday Drawing

HERE ARE THE WINNERS FOR THE PRE-HOLIDAY DRAWING....

The winning tickets have been drawn in the Pre-Holiday BARC LOC Challenge Fundraiser. Thank you to the generous people who donated items for our fundraiser and for those who entered early so they could have a chance to win one of the holiday items. Here are the very lucky people who have won

Last chance for the Pre-Holiday Drawing for the BARC LOC ChallengeFundraiser

This is you final chance to be included in the drawing for the Pre-Holiday items (Items A through O - 15 items) for the BARC LOC Challenge Fundraiser. I will be doing the drawing later this evening so if you still want to be part of the drawing, all you have to do is go to the website that Karen

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

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 BA

Re: Nose to Nose Book

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. T

Re: Nose to Nose in Europe

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

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?

You really do need to check out the new BARC LOC Challenge Fundraiser Website 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~!

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 ta

Re: BERNER-L digest 4149

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 shepherd

AND THE WINNERS OF THE AKC CHF FUNDRAISER PAINTINGS ARE..................

THANKSGIVING is a time for giving thanks and I would like to express my gratitude to Willem Wijnberg for painting the two gorgeous Berner paintings, especially for our fundraiser, to support the study on Malignant Histiocytosis. The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, in Seattle, Washingto

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

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 do

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

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 families

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

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!!!

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

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

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 almost

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

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......

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......

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 s

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

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 t

Celebrating Seniors and the Histio Study .........

--On Wednesday, November 20, 2002 7:58 PM -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:r It occurs to me, as I look at the growing list of seniors, that if each one of us donated blood from these wonderful old sweeties to the histio study, we could get Heidi Parker all the control samples she needs! I'm sen

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

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

AKC Canine Health Foundation Fundraiser

Today I am expecting a LOT of checks to arrive in my mailbox in support of our fundraiser to fight cancer in Berners. I already have 3 checks totalling $80 and the fundraiser is only five days old. I'm hoping that many of you have already mailed your checks for this important cause. Remembe

Mini-Fundraiser for Cancer Research.....

Yesterday I announced 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 23rd. The d

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

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 ca

MINI-FUNDRAISER TO BENEFIT CANCER RESEARCH!!!

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 23rd.

Re: Anyone paiint with acrylics

Hi Gail, This project sounds like it has some great potention for one of our upcoming fundraisers!!! ;-D Joye Neff, always thinking of ways to raise money for our beloved Berners!! --On Friday, November 01, 2002 8:24 PM -0600 Gail Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:r Wow.lots of 'artist

BARC LOC CHALLENGE RAFFLE.........

There is a new kind of raffle on the horizon!! I am now collecting Berner items for this raffle ~ all of the prizes that I receive are going to be combined into one HUGE MEGA Raffle. It's a raffle that EVERYONE can contribute towards and support, because you can choose which organization (B

BEHAF Raffle items have been mailed.....

All of the Raffle items that I had for the BEHAF Raffle have been mailed. I also mailed the last of the Specialty Bags to those who had made donations of $50 or more. I had enough bags that everyone who donated over $50 got one! Actually I mailed them all on Monday morning - the other custome

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