More Updates May 28 2021

First: The bite. I mentioned it in the last post.  Well, almost a week later and I have a nasty bruise.  No other issues so the shot &  antibiotics are doing their job.     Here's a few pics now that we're a week out.

It's extremely sensitive to touch, but other than that--no major after effects!

And....

She's HERE!!!!!!!!   Born May 27 There were 3 females, so we will be getting one. Which one, we do not know yet.  The breeder wants one for herself. There is the other person in front of us, a breeder that wants one for showing--either sex doesn't matter.  We knew about that person.   SO Essentially If they choose a female, we get the remaining one.

They won't pick until their personalities begin showing. They need to see which one will have the best temperament for a show dog. 

We will not be able to see the pups until they're at least 3 weeks old.  So we have to be more patient.   

Momma Rosie is doing well. As is all the pups. 

So we have a few weeks before we can meet with Momma Rosie and the little pups. We have time to begin prepping for another puppy.  I swore we would never get another puppy, yet here we are again.     

As an aside- there have been several Berners needing homes become available. Unfortunately they've all been male or much older.  I would have loved to bring them home, but we really need a young female.  This is exactly why we've gone this route, through a breeder.   
We know what we need to offset the dynamic of the pack.   If we had a bigger home & yard...more pups would be welcome.

So I'll share a few more pics I was sent today.    We don't have any more information that what I have shared with you.   So You can ask more questions, but we don't have anything else to tell you.

The puppers

Rosie Recovering. See pups in corner

Little babies

Additionally, here is an updated Couch Potatoes photo.

Finally-- I've recently been able to transfer most of my personal home movies (8MM) to digital.  Here we have my baby, my #1 Pupper...Galen to finish out this post.

Letting you in on an upcoming "Surprise"

 

Rolling Acres Puppies

so if you figured it out based on the picture, good for you!   If not, the beautiful pups pictures are expecting a litter May/June. Rosie is from Rolling Acres Puppies & Beckett from Adesa (Bobbi Kinley-Blewett) are expecting puppies.

Why is this exciting? Unless there are no females, we will be bringing home one of these beauties in the August time frame!

It was total happenstance that we found them.

As we've mentioned before, we talked it out and decided our next dog was going to be a Berenese. In the past we didn't have a breed specific desire when rescuing, we just waited for the dog to call to us.

After many years of raising these pups, we've definitely determined that the Bernese Mountain dog is the breed we want.  It's a big "scary" dog.  It has a deep bark to deter people.  It's sturdy for me to hug tight.   Most importantly, they are cuddly. These giants love to get attention and get loving. That is something we loved with our originals and something we still want. 

While we preferred to rescue, a few hiccups put a stop to this.  Well not a few, several.   First Bernese rescues are very rare to find as a rescue.  Most of them that end up in shelters & rescues are pulled from puppy mills, back yard breeders, or older Bernese with health issues.     

Second, to find a young FEMALE to adopt makes it more difficult.  We need a female to even out the male to female ratio.  The two boys do not need any more testosterone.  The best way to bring another pup into the family, we need a young female. Lada will most likely be more accepting to a puppy than a grown dog.   Peryn will love a young playful pup.   Volos ...we'll see.

Third--timing. We want the puppy now.  The older the dogs get, the greater the divide in ages.   Waiting lists for some of these larger well known breeders puts us out 12-18 months.

So Rich was at work discussing my crusade against scammers on Facebook puppy groups.  He mentioned how we were looking for a Bernese puppy.
The guy actually used to work with a woman who BREEDS BERNERS.

He gave us her name & #, said he'd let her know we'd be reaching out.  I reached out the next day via message and she called us.  They were trying to get Rosie inseminated for a new litter. As a matter of fact, that's where she was going when she called.  

Long story short, we completed an application & sent a deposit.   SO here we are today....waiting for the puppies to finish "Baking" LOL.   

We are nervous & very excited.   We would have preferred to miss the whole puppy stage, but it's a sacrifice we needed to make.   

You shouldn't need to ask her name as the name is chosen....just not the pup.   Look back a few posts to find that info. 

What we do know that unless a miracle of having a RUNT female happens, we're getting a big one. Momma & Daddy are NOT small.    I joked that Volos was our "Intro Berner" seeing as he's tiny at 68#. 

So that's are upcoming "Surprise".   You can only read that here as we're not posting it anywhere else yet.