Updates 8/21/14

Hello everyone!  I know I know, it’s been a very long time since I have posted any updates.  Things have been slightly crazy here.  Lots has happened since I last posted.  In January Luna had one beautiful puppy, this was our litter D.  We called him Lone Wolf.  We loved that little pup, but unfortunately he passed away a little after turning 3 weeks old.  He had a very bad condition called mega esophagus.  The vet said it was one of the biggest he had ever seen.  We were so sad to see that little pup go, but were so happy for the time we were able to spend with him.  

Ella was bred to Axel in March and had 7 wonderful puppies born in May.  We had 3 females and 4 males, this was our litter E.  This litter was a blast.  They picked things up so well.  They were very easy to potty train and were just so fun.  They even adapted well to all of the crazy things in our personal life.  At the same time we had our litter E, we were also in the process of moving.  It was quite a hectic ordeal.  About 5 days after litter E was born, we got under contract with our new house and put our old house on the market.  We had to move in with friends for about 2 1/2 weeks while we showed our house, because we figured it would be much harder to sell a house with dogs living there.  We sold our house quickly and were able to move back into our old house for 2 weeks until we could move into our new house.  Right when we were supposed to move into our new house a mix up happened with our lender where we had to be out of our old house but couldn’t move into our new house for about 4 days, so we had to move in with another friend until our new house was finally ready.  Not only did we have to move all of our stuff several times, but we had to move all of our dogs and puppies.  It was very stressful.  Thankfully all of the dogs handled all of the back and fourth very very well and everything went very smoothly.  Finally we were able to move into our new house nestled on 6 acres in beautiful Eagle Mountain.  The dogs love it here, and we love all of the extra space.   

luna kyra

When litter E was 7 weeks old, we had Litters F & G born on July 5th.  It was such an incredible experience.  Luna and Kyra went into labor at the exact same time (literally), even though they were bred on different days, they both decided to have their puppies together.  It was so awesome.  Throughout the day, before they officially went into labor, Kyra basically never left Luna’s side.  It’s like Kyra knew Luna had done this before and so she wanted her support.  When they were finally about to pop they both went into the whelping box together (even though I had two set up for each of them) and layed back to back while they each delivered their pups.  Kyra had contractions first, and then Luna, but I Think Kyra was waiting for Luna to go first, because she didn’t have her first pup until after Luna had her first pup.  They each blessed us with 2 puppies, both male and female.  Luna’s pups were named freedom and liberty.  Kyra’s male pup was named Hulk (he is a massive boy!), and unfortunately her female pup didn’t make it.  She died shortly after she was born.  She was very very small, had a huge cleft palate and cleft lip, and also had one ear missing.  She was just underdeveloped and wouldn’t have made it even if we had rushed her to the vet.  Kyra knew she wasn’t going to make it.  After the female pup came out Kyra didn’t even bat an eye at her.  She didn’t lick her, sniff her or anything.  She knew.  It was sad, but those things happen unfortunately.  So, we ended up with two beautiful pups out of Luna and a beautiful male out of Kyra.  They are currently almost 7 weeks old and doing so awesome.  They sure are fat, though.  With their ample milk supply they gorged themselves everyday and now are huge.  I love them so much.  They’re all very mellow and sweet.  I’m going to miss them when they’re gone.  Although, I miss every litter after they leave.  Luckily I still get to see almost all of them through the training sessions that I do with them.  

After these two litters leave we will be taking a much needed vacation for about 10 days to California and Florida.  We’re very excited for the long break!   While we’re gone Cedar will be with handler Kyle Hennefer so he can show her in the Farmington, UT shows.  She will also be showed in the Grand Junction, CO shows when we get home.  I’m super excited to see how she does in these shows!  We will also hopefully be breeding Ella again in September.  This will be her 3rd litter.  We may retire her after this litter, we will see how she does and how she bounces back after a year break.  We will hopefully be breeding Ella to Fame Lover Bakoti (sire of our F litter), but if that doesn’t work out then we will be using Boss.  

Check back for updates on Cedar’s page and on our Current Litter page to see how Cedar does in the show ring and to see who we breed Ella to and if it takes or not!

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Updates on Fall/Winter 2013 litters …. again

Well, last time I wrote with puppy news, we had just found out that the AI breeding on Ella didn’t take, and that we had just bred Luna to Briggs and had an accidental breeding between Cedar & Axel.  Thankfully the breeding between Cedar and Axel didn’t take (hallelujah!), which I am very happy about because both of them were way too young to be having puppies anyway!  We thought that the breeding between Luna & Briggs hadn’t taken either, because we did two ultrasounds on Luna and came back each time with no puppies.  Well, a couple nights ago I was relaxing on the couch, and Luna was on the floor in front of my sleeping on her back, belly up.  I glanced down and noticed that her belly was moving… A LOT!  So, off to the vet we went for an xray.  Low and behold, she is pregnant after all!  She only has one puppy in there, which is why it took us so long to notice, and I am lucky I looked at her belly when I did because I may not have ever noticed.  She doesn’t look pregnant since there is just one in there.  We are just thrilled with the fact that she has least has one!  One is better than none!  

She is scheduled for a c-section this coming Saturday January 25th.  Fingers crossed for a successful surgery and a healthy puppy!  Since we were already hoping to keep a nice puppy from this litter, we don’t know if this puppy will be going to someone on our hold list yet.  We want to see first, if it is a female (if it’s a male it will be sold to a family on our hold list), and if it is a female we will be evaluating her as she gets older to see if she will even be a good match as a breeding/show female when she is older.  So, keep checking back to see pictures of this pup and to see her grow!  We are excited! 

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Snow day!

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Updates on winter 2013/2014 litters

It has been a while since I have updated with puppy news and litter announcements.  Last I wrote we were planning on litters out of Ella and Luna.  Well, after lots of progesterone testing, money, and doing a surgical AI, the breeding on Ella didn’t take.  We were very bummed, because we were very excited about the litter out of her and Miura, but we will just have to try again next time.  

We did have a very sneaky and accidental breeding between Axel and Cedar.  Cedar, Kyra and Ella were all in heat at the same time, and we thought we were being very careful to keep them all separated, but Axel definitely had different plans on his mind.  Sneaky, naughty boy.  I didn’t want to breed either of them this early.  They’re too young.  I’ve learned my lesson, though, and can’t change what happened.  We will have nice pups out of those two at the end of December.  Even though they’re young, I think that out of all of my dogs, they’re the best match.  Look for updates on their litter soon!  We have an ultrasound planned for the Monday before Thanksgiving.

Luna was supposed to go into heat and be bred in September, but she decided to take her time and go into heat two months late.  Better late than never!  We have started progesterone testing on her, and plan on breeding her hopefully mid to end of next week.  We will be driving her out to Montana to be bred to the handsome Briggs.  He is a very nice boy with an extremely impressive pedigree, with lots of health clearances in his line, as well as very long lived berners (both of his parents lived to be 11!).  We are super excited to see how his puppies turn out with Luna.  We may consider keeping a pup from their breeding, if we have a female we really like.  We’ll see how things turn out!  Luna’s puppies will be born at the end of January, and ready to go end of March.  It will be a fun litter!

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How To Properly Rear a Litter Seminar

Highly experienced breeder and Certified Dog Trainer Bethany Tracy will be holding a seminar strongly focusing on properly raising and naturally rearing a litter of puppies. This will be an awesome seminar for any and all breeders, aspiring breeders, or for those who just want to learn more about raising a litter of puppies. In this seminar we will go over:

– Early Neural Stimulation
– Weeks 0-9 of a puppy’s life and what they need to experience to become a well rounded dog, based strongly on how The Monks of New Skete raise their puppies (Bethany Tracy had the previlage to spend 3 days with the Monks of New Skete learning about their puppy raising program)
– How to properly potty train a litter of puppies
– How to start puppies off on crate training
– How to naturally rear a litter of puppies (pros of feeding a litter of puppies a 100% raw diet, as well as pros of limiting which vaccines your puppies are exposed to and at what age)
– Temperament testing a litter of puppies
– Socialization of puppies
– Handling of puppies
– The importance of exposing your puppies to stress and stimuli properly
– And much much more

This will be a 6 hour long seminar, with a lunch break in the middle (lunch not provided). There will be plenty of time for questions and answers, many packets and material you will be able to take home, as well as video and hands on examples (there should be a litter of 2-3 week old Bernese Mountain Dog puppies that will very lightly be used to examples). This is a seminar you don’t want to miss! 

When: Friday Dec. 13th 2013
Time: 10am – 4pm
Where: TBA

The fee for this seminar is $100. Early registration will be closing on November 23rd, 2013. Late registration after November 23rd is $125.

Contact Bethany Tracy to register! 801-735-1978 or email bbarnes@wasatchcaninecamp.com

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Farmington Dog Shows 2013

Friday, Saturday and Sunday this weekend were the last days of the Farmington dog shows.  I took Axel Thursday and Friday, but then he got a little sick with diarrhea, so he stayed home Saturday and Sunday.  Cedar went all four days.  Axel did well on Friday.  He won his class and was able to move on to winners, but then he didn’t place in winners.  I know he is young and needs to grow into his body and fill out more.  He will do better in a year or so when he is more mature.

Cedar did really well on Friday.  She won her class and got Reserve Winners Bitch.  We are so proud of her.  She is very young, but has so much potential.  Give her another 6 months to a year and she will be rocking the show ring!  On Saturday and Sunday she won her class both days, but didn’t place in winners.  It was such a good experience for both of them.  They learned a lot and got to be more comfortable with the show ring.  I have high hopes for those two!

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Intermountain West Working AKC Show – Day 1

Today was the first day of the Intermountain West Working Group AKC dog show up in Farmington, UT.  I entered Cedar and Axel in this show.  They are both 9 months old, so I don’t expect them to go very far in it, it’s also their very first shows, so they are still learning!  Even though they are young and it was their first day of a real show, I think they both did really well!  There was definitely some room for improvement and things we need to work on, but despite that, they did great.  Axel won his class, and was able to move onto winners with the adult dogs.  He didn’t place in winners, but I don’t expect him to when he has to compete with adult dogs that have actually grown into their bodies (his back legs are so much longer than his front legs right now, he just looks like a dork).  Cedar got second female in her class, which was great!  I think she could have done better, but I made a few mistakes that I will not make again tomorrow!  I am excited to see how things go tomorrow with a new judge and a new day.  I will write again tomorrow about the results and the day.  Below are a few pictures from today’s show.  

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Utah Valley Kennel Club Fun Match

On Saturday we took Axel, Cedar, Boss & Wally to the Utah Valley Kennel Club Fun Match.  It was Boss and Wally’s very first fun match.  Boss did awesome for his first time.  Wally was a little too excited about being there, and was very wiggly and distracted.  He is over a month younger than Boss, though (only just barely 4 months old), so I didn’t expect him to be perfect at all!  It was good practice for both of them!  There was one other puppy in the 3-6 month class with Boss and Wally.  His name is Grimm, his owner is a good friend of ours.  She got him from Canada, he is a nice boy!  Grimm won best puppy, Boss got 2nd and Wally got 3rd.  Pretty great for their first fun match!  

Cedar was the only female there, so naturally she won best female.  I think she did awesome.  She is always a little bouncy and wiggly while she moves, we are working on it, but she did really great standing for the judge and showing her stuff.  Axel was also the only male in the 9-12 month class and he did decently well.  Overall I am pleased with the whole match.  This week will be Cedar, and possibly Axel’s, first AKC point show.  Keep your fingers crossed for them that they do well!  Below are some pictures from the match.  

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Health Clearances and Puppy News

I know it has been since June since I last wrote, things have been a little crazy busy here!  Since I last wrote our Litter C went to their new families, and everyone is doing great!  They are all growing like a weed and doing great with their puppy training and obedience training.  All of their new owners just rave about how great their puppy is, which we love to hear!  

In August we did Pennhip and Prelim OFA elbows on Cedar, Kyra, Axel and Luna.  We have lots of great news for them!  Luna came back in the 80th Pennhip percentile and NORMAL Prelim OFA Elbows.  Kyra Came back with Preliminary OFA GOOD hips and NORMAL elbows.  Axel came back in the 60th Pennhip percentile, and prelim OFA NORMAL elbows.  Cedar is the best news of all, she came back with >90th Pennhip percentile, Prelim OFA EXCELLENT hips, and prelim OFA NORMAL elbows!!  We are so excited about all the great news about each of them, but Cedar’s scores are the best news of all!  You can see their actual clearances on each dog’s page.  

We also have a couple of upcoming litters this winter.  Luna will be having her first litter, and will be bred any day now (whenever she decides to go into heat).  We found an amazing sire for her in Montana, his registration name is Bearpaw’s Briggs and Stratton.  He is a lovely boy, who has very long lived berners in his line (both of his parents lived to be 11!  And his grandparents all lived to close to 10!) and loads of amazing health clearances in his line!  We are considering keeping a puppy from this breeding…we will see how it turns out.  Ella will also be bred in November.  We are still a little unsure about which sire we will be using with her.  We are hoping to use a very very nice boy in Washington, but we will see how things pan out.  Keep checking back for updates on these two awesome litters.  We are very excited for both of them!

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Posts from April 2012 – June 2013

It took me a little bit to figure out how to create an actual blog page, instead of making the dates and posts myself.  So, below are ALL the “blog posts” I’ve made over the last several months.  Sorry It’s a little unorganized, but at least you can still read all of those posts without them getting deleted!

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6/20/13 – Wow it has been a crazy couple of weeks!  Litter C is now almost 6 weeks old, and doing so awesome!  Lots has happened for them since I last wrote.  They started wet food and potty training at 3 weeks.  They have continued their socialization with people, dogs, objects, sounds, etc.  We’re now up to 76 people, almost there but that’s a lot of new people they need to see in two weeks!  Let’s see… they’ve also started hard food, and are now completely on hard food.  They’re now weaning off of mom, which is the end of the world for them.  Every time they see her they just cry and cry.  They’re so funny.  They are now 90% potty trained.  They are doing so great with it!  We still get random accidents outside of the potty box throughout the day, but for the most part they are all peeing and pooping in the potty box when they are inside.  They’re such good pups.  They are getting huge!  I haven’t weighed them yet this week, I will tomorrow, but I am guessing they are all close to or over 10 lbs, especially the males.  They love their time outside.  They are just exploring everything and getting in to everything!  They love to chase the chickens and cause havoc with them, it’s so funny to watch.  I have added some videos and pictures below of the puppies through this week.  Lots of fun pictures and video!  Enjoy! 


Litter C @ 5.5 weeks, socializing with our chickens.


Litter C @ 6 weeks socializing with our other dogs

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5/31/13 – Litter C is now 3 weeks old and so cute!  This is a big week for them.  They will be starting potty training, wet food, their box will change around so we can potty train, they will be slowly introduced to outside (short outings), and introduced to toys.  We are constantly handling them, making loud noises and socializing them with new people.  They are growing so fast, all of them are already over 4 pounds!  Below are some individual pictures, group pictures, and a couple videos.

Early Neural Stimulation on Litter C

C Litter at 2.5 weeks

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5/17/13 – Litter C is now 1 week old!  Pictures below, and more pictures on their individual pages.

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5/13/13 – We have puppies!!  Our litter C has finally arrived!  They were born on 5/11/12.  It was a long and stressful day but we are happy they are finally here.  The first two puppies were born early Saturday morning.  They came out easily, and started nursing very quickly.  About an hour later Ella started having more contractions.  The third puppy was on his way.  About an hour after her first contraction started, we still didn’t have puppy #3.  We were getting concerned.  We could feel him in the birth canal, but just couldn’t get him out.  We tried to help the process along.  We walked Ella around outside to help get things open and moving.  Nothing.  We tried calcium supplements.  Nothing.  We tried putting lube around the puppy to help get him out.  Nothing.  We tried pulling on the puppy to get him out.  Nothing.  We did everything we could think of to help get that puppy out, but it was no use.  Very concerned at this point we rushed Ella to the vet.  Our vet is amazing.  We use Dr Pew, and he is the best breeding vet in Utah.  He and another vet at the office tried several different times and ways to pull that puppy out with no success.  It was time to get her in for a c section.  That puppy wasn’t coming out on his own.  After what felt like ages waiting for Ella to be out of surgery, we were finally able to go and see her and the puppies.  We had 7 beautiful puppies waiting for us.  6 of them were breathing on their own and doing great.  The 7th puppy (the stuck puppy) was struggling.  He had a very very tiny heartbeat and wasn’t breathing on his own.  He was hooked up to a respirator and the vet techs were working very hard on him to get him breathing.  After 20 minutes of nothing, they finally called it.  He didn’t make it.  I was crushed.  He was so beautiful and MASSIVE.  He was a whopping 2 lbs, when all of the other puppies were around 1.3 lbs.  I have never seen a 2 lb newborn puppy before in this breed.  No wonder Ella couldn’t get him out.  If we had gotten him to the vet a little faster maybe he could have made it… but I can’t think like that.  We all did the best we could and sometimes things just don’t work out.  We are just very happy and grateful for 6 beautiful and healthy puppies and a healthy momma.  We have 3 males and 3 females.  Perfect number.  Our theme for this litter is Hunger Games.  Keep checking back for more pictures, video, and updates on this wonderful litter of pups.  

Current Litter C @ 3 days old: Peeta, Gale, Haymitch, Katniss, Rue, & Prim

Current Litter C @ 3 days old: Peeta, Gale, Haymitch, Katniss, Rue, & Prim

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3/14/13 – Today was such a nice day here in Utah!  It hit about 75 degrees this afternoon, and so we couldn’t pass up taking all of the Berners hiking!  It was Axel, Kyra and Cedar’s first time out on an off leash hike.  They did great!  They tried to wander a lot at first, but then caught on very quickly that they needed to stay close by and follow us and the big dogs.  They had a lot of fun romping in the weeds, chasing each other, and exploring all of the new smells.  They also had a lot of fun trying (and failing because we would correct them) to eat the many cow pies out where we hiked.  Yuck!  We wouldn’t let any of the dogs (mostly the puppies) near the cow poop.  That was a very tough challenge for them, but it only took a few corrections and they got the idea to leave them alone.  They’re all so smart.  I was a little nervous at first to get three puppies at once, but they have just been so easy and caught on so fast.  I love all of them!  Here’s a few pictures from todays hike:

Luna, Kyra, Ella, Cedar, Lilly, Axel & Dierks

Dierks

Lilly

Cedar

Lilly & Cedar

Berner chase!

Ella, Dierks, Luna & Lilly

Luna, Axel, Lilly, & Cedar

Kyra

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3/10/12 – This weekend we made a long drive to Iowa to breed Ella to Icon.  We had three successful breedings with them, so here’s hoping to a big and healthy litter!  Puppies will be due around May 12th.  We will do an ultrasound in 30 days (April 9th) to confirm the pregnancy, and then an xray a week before the puppies are due to get a rough puppy count.  Keep checking back for updates on this very anticipated litter!

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3/2/13 – How to Groom a Bernese Mountain Dog

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2/26/13 – Ella is in heat!!  We’re so excited that Ella is finally in heat!  Ella will be bred to Icon Vom Gipfelfeuer in 2 weeks, which should give us puppies in mid May.  This is going to be a fantastic breeding!  It is very long anticipated!  Keep checking back for updates on this awesome litter.

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Icon Vom Gipfelfeuer

2/21/13 – We have decided to switch up the sires for our next two up coming litters.  We were hoping to use Windrider’s Overboard (Dierk’s brother) on Ella in March, but his owner is having a hard time getting his health clearances in time.  So we decided to use him on Luna’s first litter (as long as his owner can get his health clearances) in the Fall.  For Ella’s litter in the Spring we are using Icon Vom Gipfelfeuer, a fantastic stud that lives in Iowa.  He is a very handsome boy and was imported from Belgium.  He has very impressive lines.  Icon has 29 champions in his 5-generation pedigree.  He is has OFA GOOD hips, OFA NORMAL elbows, CLEAR DM, NORMAL eyes through CERF, OFA NORMAL heart, and MSU NORMAL thyroid.   We’re very excited to use this handsome boy, and hope to keep a male from this breeding.  

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2/17/13 – Axel, Kyra & Cedar playing

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1/30/13 Our Berners playing in the snow January 2013

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1/29/13- Cedar and Kyra are here!  After a very very long drive to New York City to pick up Kyra, and then stopping in Nebraska on the way home to pick up Cedar, they’re finally home and safe with us!  The trip was so long, but it was very worth it to bring home these two beautiful girls.  We got very lucky on our drive, and didn’t hit any major bad weather and everything went very smooth.  We were worried about driving through New York City, we really aren’t city people and have never wanted to even go near that city, but we only got honked at a couple times and everyone we spoke to was very nice and helpful.  We were very relieved.  JFK airport was an experience, though.  That place is huge!  It took us over an hour to figure out where we were supposed to pick up Kyra, and then another 2 hours of waiting for her because her flight was delayed.  But in the end everything worked out and she’s happy and home with us.  She was such a good sport the drive home, too.  Very quite in her crate in the car, and only had one accident.  We were very impressed with her.  We did use some essential oils on her at first, because we knew she would be stressed, but she really didn’t need them.  She is so confident and outgoing that she was content just hanging out in the car.  Cedar, on the other hand, hated the trip!  Luckily for her she only had to be in the car for 12 hours, instead of Kyra’s 3 days.  We used a lot of essential oils on Cedar, and that helped her whining, but she still wasn’t a happy camper.  We knew there would be lots of screaming in the car, though, so we were prepared with lots of music and books on tape to sort of drown out her whining.  They are now adjusting very well to our home and to our pack of dogs.  They love all of our dogs here.  They’re picking up potty training and crate training very very well, although Cedar is struggling a little bit more with potty training and Kyra is.  She is 10 days younger than Kyra, so she has a bit more of an excuse.  They are already best friends and play like crazy everyday.  We will keep Cedar until she is 6 months old while we train her, socialize her, and everything and then she will go to live with her co-owners in Spanish Fork.  Kyra will stay here with us.  I’ve posted pictures below of them when we picked them up.

Me giving Kyra love at the airport

Picking Kyra up from the airport

Alan snuggling Kyra while we waited for our shuttle at the airport

Cedar when we picked her up

 

Cedar when we picked her up (it was so windy, her ears kept blowing in the wind)

Kyra & Cedar home at last

Cedar & Kyra

Playing!

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Bob – “Windrider’s Overboard”

12/19/12 – Good news!  We had a lady contact us that has an extremely close relative to Dierks that we will be most likely breeding Ella to in March instead of Tex!  He is out of Dierks’ Sire “CH Elf Kampinoski Raj” and Dierks’ grandma “MT Visions E”.  This male’s name is Bob, registered name is “Windrider’s Overboard“.  He has 37 champions in his 5 generation pedigree!  All he needs are his health clearances which his owner will get before we breed them, so we are keeping our fingers crossed that he will pass all of them!  We will be keeping the male pick of the litter out of this breeding so that we can keep Dierks’ lines in our breeding program.  We’re so excited that Bob’s owner found us and wants to let us use him as a stud!

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12/14/12 – After the breeding between Ella and Dierks in fall 2012 not taking, we decided to get Dierks’ sperm checked because we had several other breeders that wanted to use him as a stud.  We got the results back today and found out that he is infertile.  We are very sad and shocked to hear this news.  He has such an amazing pedigree, awesome health clearances, and the ideal Berner temperament and we were excited to bring that to our breeding program.  He will just now live here with us as a wonderful family pet.  

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12/12/12 – In mid January 2012 we will be taking an 8 day road trip to New York where we will be pick up one of our new female additions, Kyra, from the airport.  She is being imported from Russia, and Russia to Utah is way too long for her to sit in a crate, so that’s why we decided to go pick her up in New York.  We will then spend a few days with some of Alan’s family, and then we will make our way back home with Kyra, where we will also stop in Nebraska to pick up our other new female addition, Cedar.  We are so excited for this trip!  Not only will we be coming back with two awesome new puppies to add to our family, but we will also get a little mini vacation (since 6 of the 8 days will just be driving, it’s definitely a mini vacation) and get to catch up with some family members.  We will post updates, pictures, and stuff  once we get back from the trip.  It’s going to be great!!

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10/29/12 – Ella had her ultrasound today and it came back negative with no puppies.  So, unfortunately the breeding between Ella and Dierks did not take.  She got sick a little after they were bred, and so we think that made her reject the puppies.  We are super bummed about it not working out, but we will try again in March when she goes into heat again with a different male.  In March the breeding will be between WCC Ella von Doglovers RanieINT. CH Cochise Van De Samaika, or “Tex”.  Tex is an International Champion stud from Washington that we are very excited about.  We will be keeping a female from this breeding.  Sorry for the bad news about this breeding between Ella and Dierks, but keep checking back for updates on the breeding between Ella and Tex!

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9/23/12 – Dierks and Ella have been bred!  Their puppies will be due around November 24th, and their puppies will be ready to go to their new homes around January 26th at 9 weeks old.  We will do an ultrasound on Ella in about a month to confirm the pregnancy took, and to give us a rough count on puppies.  We will then do an xray about a week before the puppies are due to give us a closer puppy count.  This will be our “C” litter, and the registration names for the puppies will be Hunger Games themed.  

"C" Litter expected November 24th 2012

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As of 9/10/11, Ella is in heat!  Dierks and Ella will be bred the week of Sept. 24th, which will give us puppies in the end of November.  The puppies will be ready to go to their new homes near the end of January.  We’re so excited!

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Current Litter B 2012 @ 6 weeks

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Current Litter “B” 2012 at 5 weeks

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Litter “B” 3.5 weeks old

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Lilly and Samson’s puppies have arrived!  Lilly gave birth to 9 beautiful puppies on April 7th 2012.  There are 7 females and 2 males.  This is our “B” litter, with registration names of the pups being movies beginning with the letter B.  Go to our puppy page to see individual pictures of each extremely well marked pup!

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We’re Accepting Holds for Our Next Litter “B”

We will be having our next litter “B” (out of of Lilly & Samson) early April 2012.  Contact us today to get your name on the hold list for that litter of puppies!

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