Barbara, I put together a poster to display at the Philadelphia Dog Show about the costs of owning a berner, it's a list of normal first year costs, and a list of the costs of various genetic based problems that reputable breeders attempt to minimize, and a list of costs to breeders for testing breeding stock for those genetic based problems.
It was an easy poster to put together, it was carefully read by almost everyone who passed by (which really REALLY surprised me), and I think it was very effective. For those of you who would like something similar to display at events, I have a word document version of the poster, along with a jpg file of the finished product. You can put it together yourself with a glue stick, or I can do it for you for a donation to BLEF. Pat Long (& Luther) Berwyn PA
