Posted on 04/19/2007 7:24:03 AM PDT by bedolido
Whatever you call them, pups Arnie and Angel could be the first of a new breed.
Cath and Graham Wilson think they might have uncovered a new breed of dog after their Dalmation Tom mated with their seven-year-old Bernese Mountain Dog Cassie.
Cath and Graham, of Croston, Lancs, have dubbed the two unlikely puppies Bernations.
(Excerpt) Read more at thisislondon.co.uk ...
My sis just said, “Not a Labramation?”
*sigh*
Ever practical sis of mine.
I have fond memories of my St. Bernard/Bloodhound mix.
He was a county junkyard dog, as in he came home with me after buying an oil pan.
He ran off with the coyotes for 3 months and came back lean and chewed up but still friendly and lazy.
We named him Chewbaca.
I’m sorry but these are the first two puppies I’ve ever seen that I won’t go “aaaaaaawwwwww”.
Would it more likely be an “aaaaaugh!”?
Glad someone said it, I was just about to post the same thing.
So ugly, they’re cute.
Berners are really great dogs, BTW. Every one I’ve ever met has had a fantastic disposition and has been very well-trained. I’ve ever seen one running an agility course...not very well, mind you.
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LOL Pretty much it.
Bertaination? or Dalnesetian? I don’t know they both sound weird. Wonder how big they will be?
If I were a breeder, I’d totally cross-breed a Bulldog and a Shih Tzu.
I’m wondering how big, and slobbery, they will be full grown.
I want one!
A lady runs 3 Berners in our agility club. Well, maybe "run" isn't quite the right word . . . "amble" more closely fits their style.
But her big male, Rudy, is infatuated with my little (43 pound) Chocolate Lab female. We let them out on the nearby baseball field to frolic together, it's like watching a Clydesdale playing with a Shetland pony. They rear up and bump chests -- which sends our little Lab sprawling, but she bounces up and goes right back in again. She can leap over his back and turn on a dime, which makes it a fairly equal contest.
Our girl is (sadly - before I knew what a great dog I had) fixed, so no weird offspring.
“so no weird offspring.”
A Choconese Mountrador?
. . . but, thankfully, it was not to be!
(I'm really sick about spaying this dog. She has 2 Excellent titles in Agility, 1 Retriever title and halfway to the 2nd, good obedience dog (she could get her CD tomorrow but we've not entered), great temperament with people and other dogs, and splendid health and conformation. Every trial I go to somebody asks when I'm breeding her, and I look sad and say, "never.")
Had a husky shepherd mix named “Tiny”.
(D.O.G. unit mk3, medium size, small bark, wicked bite when provoked.)
Not certain what one would call her, but she was an odd one.
Yeah, large and cute.
What a neat dog! Looks like he picked up the best of both breeds. How’s his disposition? Sad to say, every Chow or part-Chow I’ve ever known (including a Chow/German Shepherd mix my parents had when I was a kid) has been a nutcase of a dog. I know they aren’t all like that, though.
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Heh, no, Berners running an agility course are pretty funny. They’d probably be much happier if you loaded up a wagon with the fences and jumps and let them pull the wagon around the course while setting up. :)
My in-laws own three Hungarian Kuvasz currently, but they used to have a Berner about 15-18 years ago. My wife (in high school at the time) still misses that dog.
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