[nagdu] Bernese Mountain dog

Julie J julielj at windstream.net
Sun May 16 14:24:21 UTC 2010


I'm thinking they have a relatively short life span too, like 6-8 years.  I 
do know of an owner trainer who uses them as her breed of choice.  I just 
don't know if I could accept a guide who I knew was going to have a fairly 
short working career.

Julie


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From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Subject: [nagdu] Bernese Mountain dog


> It's Bernese mountain dog, actually.  There a Swiss breed; Bern is the
> capital of Switzerland.  They are indeed big furry dogs, and I wouldn't
> think one would be too happy in the South. And BIG!
>
> Tracy
>
>> Hi Steve and all,
>>
>> Oh yes, isn't that the truth.  I wonder how much of this is the 
>> reporter's
>> slant.   I'm not at all impressed, the reporter didn't even get the breed
>> of
>> the dog right.  I think he meant Burmese Mountain Dog.  I know they use
>> them
>> a lot in Canadian guide dog schools.  The guy the article was about, is
>> from
>> North Carolina?  I'm surprised they would give a dog like that to a guy
>> down
>> south, those dogs are cold climate dogs and have lots of long hair, and I
>> wouldn't think they would do so well in the heat.  I saw a Burmese
>> Mountain
>> Dog once at the dog park.  They sure are beautiful, and huge!!   Quite a
>> bit
>> bigger than a golden or lab, that's for sure.  The one I met was a gentle
>> giant, very sweet and calm.  I've heard that  laid back temperament is 
>> the
>> norm for that breed, and I've also heard they are very intelligent, which
>> I'm sure are the reasons the Canadians use them as guides.
>>
>> But like everyone else, I was thoroughly disgusted by just about every
>> aspect of the article.  Just when you think things are getting better and
>> people are more enlightened these days...  We still have a long way to 
>> go,
>> don't we?
>>
>> AnnaLisa and Sundance
>>
>>
>>
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