Re: the dog on the mountain in Switzerland:becoming rare breed

2002-12-05 Thread Emma Goodall
Michaela, thanks for expressing thoughts I have too. Emma

Re: the dog on the mountain in Switzerland:becoming rare breed

2002-12-04 Thread Michaela Simmons
Lisa How can we possibly expect to improve health in the breed if over 2000 per year are bred in the USA alone, and these are ONLY the Berner pups registered with the AKC! and, more cryptically: With a population of Berners, regardless of source, exploding, perhaps an understatement, and

Re: the dog on the mountain in Switzerland:becoming rare breed

2002-12-04 Thread HenochNJ
Michaela, I think that Lisa's point is primarily that no one who loves Berneses, warts and all (literally and figuratively), wants to see the breed go the way of the Dalmation, the Rottweiler, or even the Golden...bred in numbers to meet perceived demand, often bought up by people who saw the