First timer--barf diet and puppies

2003-06-08 Thread etfonehome1
My cute little Hawkeye (we are oringinally from Iowa) is 5 mo old and #58. He is not thin but looking tall and sleek. This is the first dog I have ever feed the BARF diet to. My other two adult dogs are also participating. They are doing great with the adult dogs eating 2% fo their body wt a

Input needed- Hip Dysplasia

2003-06-08 Thread Eric Seiler
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alternative to neuters

2003-06-08 Thread Amy Kessler
FDA Approves Use of Neutersol for Male Puppies. www.hsus.org/19195 For those who are leery of early spay/neuters..here is an alternative way to protect your boys. Amy R. Kessler LionHeart Bernese

Need Your expertise

2003-06-08 Thread Jeannie Schoen
Please help a pet owner who has never experienced this problem, or fleas. My darling Berner Girl went to a pajama party last Monday night. My husband ask me why her tail was so furless yesterday, Sunday. Oh my God, her tail is down to the bone on the underside! I have never seen anything lik

I am back and clean!!!

2003-06-08 Thread Jean Cheesman
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oops forgot about the Taking

2003-06-08 Thread Andie Reid
Also, Tugboat (the bad) has recently gotten into the whole counter-surfing thing. Ate his dad's hamburger bun this afternoon. Any suggestions here, besides the obvious leave the food out of his reach? Andie Reid, Wilmington, NC

begging: or, just taking!

2003-06-08 Thread Andie Reid
OK, folks, I need a pep talk. Tugboat and Steamboat have gotten pretty bad about begging, or just lingering around food preparations or snacks. I know what to do with them, for the most part, and I also know that aside from fruit and veggies, human food is not a good thing for these guys. But w

Ottawa Specialty pics

2003-06-08 Thread Ravhall
Robin, thanks for reminding us all to check out the Specialty pics. When you can't be there it is nice to look at photos from Sieger, obedience and draft as well as the conformation pics. Thanks again, Vicky Hall in Utah USA

Re: Berner family farewell party

2003-06-08 Thread steeles
Pittsburgh is a really great place!!! And there are some really great Berner people there and near there!!! sara steele >I am sad to announce that one of our Berner friends is moving from West to >East: Salt Lake City to Pittsburgh! We are sad to see Watson and his human >family Bridget and Ch

Berner family farewell party

2003-06-08 Thread Ravhall
I am sad to announce that one of our Berner friends is moving from West to East: Salt Lake City to Pittsburgh! We are sad to see Watson and his human family Bridget and Chris leave their Berner community here, and hope they will be warmly welcomed by the Pittsburgh area Berner community. This

Re:Backing Up In A Cart-long

2003-06-08 Thread steeles
Good, Jim. Breeching is great for this. sara > >I have put on many a draft clinic have have seen all kinds of setups where the participant have thought their dog was propered adjusted in their harness but were not. I would suggest that you have your outfit checked out by someone who has been worki

Re:Backing Up In A Cart-long

2003-06-08 Thread Workndog
I have put on many a draft clinic have have seen all kinds of setups where the participant have thought their dog was propered adjusted in their harness but were not. I would suggest that you have your outfit checked out by someone who has been working with carting dogs a little longer than you

Re: Collars for Berners

2003-06-08 Thread Margareta Strand
Hi, But there are always two - one in each end of the leash. I am a human being and I hope I sometimes is a little bit more educated than the dog when it comes to intellectual thinking. I am the one who can decide not to be a strength in one end causing my dog a damage. We are many, also many on t

RE: Collars for Berners

2003-06-08 Thread Rose Tierney
Hi, All collars have the potential to injure the dog and so do head halter type collars. The answer is in teaching your dog to focus on you and let the dog know what is expected of him. How many times I see people hauling their dog around with the dog gagging and the human straining on the other en

RE: Barking berner

2003-06-08 Thread Rose Tierney
Hi Daisy, Any attention you are giving him is a reward! Your best bet is to turn away from him and ignore him and reward with attention and treats when he is quiet. Rose T.

Re: Bad Breeders in BMDCA vs Lancaster County

2003-06-08 Thread Mary-Ann Bowman
Well written and sensible post by Esther. Of course there are BMDCA member-breeders whose standards are different from each other, and even some whose standards seem to be lacking but the BMDCA is not an organization of puppy mills by any stretch of the imagination. It is an organization filled wit

Re: Bad Breeders in BMDCA vs Lancaster County

2003-06-08 Thread Dawn or Tim Gabig
Esther Wilson wrote: >Your statement noted above was plain bad information. My response: I disagree. Esther Wilson wrote: > And worse, I feel Berner-L is an inappropriate place for your post. My response: Again, I disagree. I strongly believe that newbies need various viewpoints of all subject

RE: Bad Breeders in BMDCA vs Lancaster County

2003-06-08 Thread Esther Wilson
Dawn wrote: << There ARE puppymills inside the BMDCA. Should we boycott that organization? I'll wager to bet real money that BMDCA puppymills (& BYBs) produce more Berner pups than Lancaster county. >> Dawn, Thus far, I refused to involve myself in these online discussions about Lancaster County

Re: prong/pinch collars is forbidden to use in our country

2003-06-08 Thread Marion Brown
Margareta Same applies in S Africa except that it is KUSA (our official Kennel Club) that bans prong, spike or electric collars for use at any affiliated club. However, they are not unknown in private training clubs! We have never used anything but positive training on our own dogs, be they Rotti

RE: Lancaster County National

2003-06-08 Thread Pat Long & Paul Dangel
Radha, You ask some very good questions, and I'd have to do a great deal of research in order to give you specifics. But I'll try to cover most of them with the general information that I've followed over the years. Lancaster is unique because it has a group of people that are protected for sever

Re: Lancaster County National

2003-06-08 Thread Radha Iyengar
I am very new to the world of bernese mountain dogs and purebreds in general and until I started researching berners I did not know anything about puppy mills. So perhaps those of you who know more about this could answer questions that many some newbies like myself have. 1. Exactly what makes Lan

re: backing while attached to cart

2003-06-08 Thread Lisa Baldwin
have you tried backing the dog down a hill? i have found that that sometimes that can help to get them started. lisa baldwin (dickens, bark & zel) seattle, wa [EMAIL PROTECTED]