The following is basically a reduced extract from our printed Puppy Pack which goes with all our Waldershelf puppies. In addition anyone taking one of our puppies will have had hours of verbal discussion over several visits to cover all details before leaving with ‘our baby’. The other sections of...
There are many aspects to Bernese Mountain Dog health but for the purposes of this page we will split them into two sections, namely: things to know as an owner and things to consider as a prospective owner who is choosing a puppy or considering the breed. Health Issues for Owners Hopefully...
In a sense all interaction with your puppy is training, the trick is make sure you are training the puppy and not the other way around! A well behaved dog is a joy and pleasure to live with and poor behaviour is hard work, embarrassing and potentially dangerous and expensive....
We attended the Greater Swiss Mountain Dog Club Judging Seminar where Stephen and Emily PASSED the assessment and examination. Emily and Jeanette left the UK but this time to Poland whereby they had a girls weekend away combined with dogs of course! They visited the Diekowej Doliny Kennel where they were made to feel very welcome by...
As always we took a weekend away to the Bernese Mountain Dog Club of Great Britain Garden Party in Coventry. Whilst Jeanette and Steve stayed at the venue to help set up and do the barbeque preparation Emily took Hattie to Birmingham Championship Show where she won Veteran Bitch, RBCC and Best Veteran in Breed. On Sunday at the garden party we had our puppy...
At the end of August Steve was judging at the Finnish Sennenhund Club who were celebrating their Diamond Jubilee with a whole week-end of events including the show. Accompanied by Jeanette for the trip, this time Steve had an enjoyable day judging Junior and Veteran Bernese on a lovely sunny...
July was a rather quiet month for us on the show front (partly because we missed show closing dates due to being on holiday) but we did manage to visit a few shows and Erik won a very large Junior class at Leeds Championship Show. ** Hip and Elbow Results** We are so proud of...
At Blackpool Championship Show Emily handled Hattie to win the YKC Working Stakes this qualified her for the semi final at Crufts 2016....
This was our big holiday of the year, and it was with great enthusiasm that we set off with the caravan and all the dogs both to visit the wonderful places in both Austria and Italy and take the opportunity to show the dogs overseas. We competed at 5 continental...
Due to Edna being in season it was only Erik and Hattie in the show ring for the majority of this month. W&P of Wales championship show saw Hattie took her 2nd CC after winning veteran bitch. It was also a great day for Erik winning best puppy dog aswell as winning the heat to complete in the final for Our Dogs/...