Of course theres room!

Rocky making space on the sofa.

Alright now!

The Rockmeister got a bit of an ear chewing from Reuben a few months back, since then Rockstar has been called Pinhead due to his very unflattering haircut as the vet shaved his head and ears poor lad! Well alls well, he is back to normal and I think he senses this as he is back to being leader of the pack after taking a back seat and letting Reba rule the clan.

Queen of the hill

Reba on top of her world

Trail Blazer

Sometimes we make our own paths

Downhill all the way

Poppy and the Rockmeister at the start of The North Face Gulley, not for the feint hearted due to the slope and a very interesting descent on wet ground in wellies. This section wont be included in the First Annual Dolyhir Bernese Mountain Dog Treasure Hunt 10 June 2012.

Bad Boys

We are often told how well behaved our Berners are, which comes as a surprise to us as we often think other peoples Berners are far better behaved than ours. Given there are 7 Bernese at Rock HQ all demanding sofa space we sometimes have to tolerate a bit of Bernese badness.

Like today while we were at the supermarket the Rockmeister was left in the conservatory with Reba and Montana, Spotty was in the kitchen with pathetic triever, Reuben, Bliss and WooZah were watching TV in the annex. All were left with new fresh from the bull marrow bones, a selection of magazines to read, some chewy toys and a mobile phone in case of emergencies. Confident all would be well in our world in our absence we engaged in retail therapy and got lots of jelly and ice cream for little t's birthday party on the weekend.

The Rockmeister got bored without us and opened the front door to the lounge, had a good old root around before letting Spotty out of the kitchen. It appears both ran around the house, undoubtedly cheered on by Reba and Montana, finding our bedroom door open had a right old game on our bed, in our wardrobes, under the bed, you get the idea. They turned their attentions to the spare bedroom where to their delight they found the bed had been made up with a new unlsept in mainly white duvet cover ready for friends staying over on the weekend so they decorated that with Bernese shaped mud prints. The bathroom was a new adventure, there they found the bags of clean clothes and baby toys that were being sent to the charity shop, each item had to be taken out and given the Bernese quality check. Happy with their work they made a pile of whatever soft furnishings that came to paw and made a nest where they happily waited for our return.

They are now all hiding or keeping very quiet aside from Reuben, Bliss and WooZah who are enjoying the feeling of self righteousness.

You gotta roll with it!

When you find fox pooh get a good start on your back.... ..coat both sides evenly....

.......just try not to look too mental.

Its everywhere! Roll on the top.....

higher still....

...and in stereo!!! What do you mean Bath!!?

Bye Bruv

We are down to our normal compliment of 7 Berners at HQ as Chester and Lucy have gone back home. Its quieter and unusually we have some spare sofa space.

Almost there

The Rockmeister had a close shave a few weeks ago, after a bit of a spat with Reuben, so his head was shaved, this sort of spoiled his good looks, but as you can see he is almost as good as new. 100% handsome.

Uncle Chester

Spotty on the right with Uncle Chester on the left, handsome boys the Dolyhir clan.

Charge!!!

Spotty rushing around for a change.

Brotherly love

The Rockmeister and his litter brother Chester

The Budmeister

The Budmeister exploring terrain very similar to that he will encounter at the 1st Annual Bernese Mountain Dog Treasure Hunt, June 10th 2012. Practice makes perfect. Thanks to Nikki for the pics.

Looking back

Reba's in season causing panic and confusion as we have three intact males here, one of which is her son, so the doors open doors closed routines here are stricter than at Porton Down. We cannot let her have a litter as she is too early, so here's a pic of last July and the Fab Four with the Rockmeister.