Happy August, friends! I hope your July was wonderful! Warm weather, puppies, trips to the lake, outside playtime–these were some of the good things that filled our month. Pictured above is Brookie, who LOVES to be outside and especially loves playing ball.
Bulochka and Brookie came with us to the lake a few times last month. They both went paddleboarding, and Brookie’s been enjoying some swimming!
We love hearing from our puppies’ families, and recently got a couple of updates about Brookie’s littermates.
We enjoyed this picture of Rosie (formerly Fiona).
And we got this from Nala (formerly Fjord)’s person:
“Hello… in January my mom bought a puppy from you. I believe Nala’s name was Fjord and I just wanted to give you an update on how she is doing. She is such a wonderful dog and she listens very well. Thank you again for allowing my mom to purchase Fjord!”
And a picture of her:
Our current litter, Bryhska and Bourne’s puppies, are also doing great. Huckleberry, Hadrian, Hans, Henry, Hudson, Helina, Haven, and Hazel are seven weeks old already! They love people, and love playing with each other and their mom and dad.
Fun fact about Berners: if you go inside and leave them outside or vice versa, they WILL find you. Mama and Sam were inside talking one day and looked out the window to see this:
And now a little story…
A couple of years ago, we saw a picture of the most beautiful dog we had ever seen. She was in Ukraine, and her name was Bulochka, Bulka for short. We contacted the breeder who told us she had “so many people interested in Bulochka.” It was looking like we weren’t going to be able to get her, but we still held onto a tiny little hope that just maybe Bulka could be part of our family.
A bit later, we were camping on the Oregon coast, when I (Savannah) and my sister Sadie woke up one morning to hear our parents talking on the phone, making arrangements to buy a dog from Ukraine.
Bulochka!!!
The next week, we were in San Francisco. After navigating all the technicalities of Customs at the airport, a dog crate was finally brought out to us with a big, fluffy, beautiful seven-month-old Bernese puppy in it. Poor Bulka had been quite traumatized by the journey over, but it didn’t take long for her to adopt us all as her new family and Mama as her special person. Now, we can’t imagine life without her! She follows Mama literally everywhere, wants to please, and loves to go on walks in the woods.
Here’s a picture of Bulochka and her daughter Brookie on the 4th of July. We can say Bulka’s very happy to be living in America now!
And now, some exciting news…
Bulochka is having puppies due on August 25th!
Eli, an AKC Grand Champion and import from the Van’t Stokerybos kennel in Belgium, is the father of this litter. Here are a couple of pictures of Bulochka and Eli together:
And some pictures of Eli:
Thanks to Sparrow’s Nest Bernese for their partnership in this breeding!
You’ve already seen a few pictures of Bulochka’s puppy Brookie and a couple of her littermates in this post, but here are more pictures of some of Bulochka’s puppies:
And a few of Eli’s past puppies:
We already have several puppies reserved from Bulochka and Eli’s upcoming litter, so if you want a puppy, don’t hesitate to contact us! And head over to our PUPPIES page for more information.
Well, until next time!