Happy New Year!

A new decade begins!

Snow dogs

Reba

Rocky

Reba

Rocky. Both enjoying the snow in Sheep Skull Lane.

Snow dog

Rocky enjoying some seasonal weather

Get on with it!

Reba fed up waiting for the picture to be taken

Photo call

I tried to get a picture of all 8 Berners today and failed spectacularly, so here from the back left to right are Reba, Rocky, Spotty, Lucy, Montana and Chester having a lie down at the front. Bliss and Dotty are playing chase on the hill.

Whats this!

Bliss fascinated by my left boot

Montana

Not her best side but a great dog!

So tempted!

Dotty thinking about making a lunge for the turkey leftovers.

Christmas Day!

A time when all Berner owners have too much to drink at lunch time and humiliate their dogs with party hats.

Mad for it!

Reba, Dotty and Bliss enjoying a mad moment in the snow!

And then there were three

Dotty squeezing in!

No room at the inn!

We have 8 Berners at Rock HQ today so there is not a lot of room for man or beast, especially when you see how much room two of them take up on the sofa. Here are Bliss and Reba in a suitably relaxed pose.

Tiny News

Last time we saw Tiny she looked like this. We have just received a Christmas card with a more recent photo and as soon as I learn how to use the scanner it will be posted here. She is now called Nala and looks a very healthy happy dog.

Black sheep!

Look at this big lad helping himself to an extra breakfast.

Rocky2 or Spot as he is now known has settled to farm life really well and just like his siblings and parents has found where there are tasty treats to be had around the yard.

Here he is sampling the Ryelands corn and hay. Not sure why he likes it so much but he made sure he got his share!

More cute pups!

Another picture of the cutest puppies ever, you just don't get more adorable than Bernese Mountain Dog pups!

Brothers and Sisters!

How cute is this little puppy, 7 weeks old and waiting for a new home. This is one of Rocky's brothers or sisters, his mother, Lucy, had a litter of five and they are all gorgeous!We saw them for the first time today.

Tight fit

This is Fizz who has a nice new travel cage for her Christmas present. A tight fit with Dale inside!

Snow fun!!

This is Fizz, Liz her owner has just e mailed this pic of her first encounter with the white stuff, she soon got used to it and was playing around like Berners do when in the snow. Fizz is coping better than our big softy Spotty (Rocky2) who was observed in our yard holding alternate paws up in the air as the ground was too cold for him. Fizz is a lovely healthy dog and its great to hear from the owners about their pups. The only one we have not heard from is Tiny, but as its Christmas we are expecting some news soon!

Reba

She used to be able to get under the coffee table!

No obstacle

Reba showing how to avoid using gates or jumping fences

Butter would'nt melt

Dotty in the hay bales looking the picture of innocence. But look closely, there are so clues that she has been chasing chickens, mouthfuls of black feather type clues!

Dotty

A lot less trouble when they are this size! Dotty a few days old.

Holiday chums

This is HPD with a friend made on holiday. Berners are very sociable dogs, our five met up with a huge German Shepherd in the fog tonight and while the owners held their collective breath the dogs were all wagging tails and noses stuck in inappropriate places. They parted company without so much as a grrr.