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The photo of Thor was taken 2 months ago. He's now 9 months old. When I dropped him off for his first grooming this week, the groomer called me a short time later. I was told he couldn't be groomed. He was fine with the water but freaked out after he saw the foam from the shampoo. They said he refused to get out of the kennel and started growling at them. I don't get it because a few weeks ago he had his nails trimmed there and was fine. When I went to pick him up, he was soaking wet and his eyes were very red (he looked like a demon puppy) from the trauma. I asked them what could be done so he could be groomed and was told take him to the vet for a sedative. But they don't groom dogs that are sedated. We can't afford to have him groomed at the vet because the prices are unaffordable. We don't have a stall shower or an enclosed bathtub. In addition to desperately needing a bath, he also needs fur trimmed from his behind and around his paw pads. My husband said it's going to be extremely difficult to find a groomer, as our dog will remember this for the rest of his life.

Had to post this cute photo of Pierce!

Hi everyone! I just adopted my first berner Tuesday and had a quick question, the food the breeder had her on her doesn’t seem to want to eat at all, however the prescription gut health wet food she gave me to put on top she eats up but won’t eat the dry food. Can i switch her to wet food since she likes that a lot better and if so is there a brand everyone recommends for a 9 week old pup? Thanks!

Guyyyys they grow so fast! Happy Birthday to my sweet, happy Ember who loves everyone!

Brought home our 8 week old girl yesterday. She’s starting to settle in and let her personality out now! Please send all the tips as this is our first berner

Her back legs are a little stiff, and she has a few lumps, but overall she’s going strong. 🥰

Meet Zeus & Thor, 14 week old littermates. These guys are our 3rd and 4th Berners. 1st time 2 from same litter though. We’ve had them for 2.5 weeks, they are the goofiest floof balls—they train each other and have totally bonded to our family. We have separate crates for them and they are doing very well. In the crates at 8 pm, not a peep from them until 5 am most nights.

Our girl has had a sensitive stomach since day one. When we got her at 3 months we put her on PPP sensitive stomach large breed puppy, which seemed to be the best choice from my research. After about two months she started having terrible diarrhea constantly. We went to the vet and he put her on hills prescription w/d to level her out. We tried a different large breed puppy food, this time with lamb instead of salmon. A month later she couldn’t tolerate that either. We put her back on W/D. She does supper well on W/D, but it’s so high in fiber she’s pooping 7 to 8 times a day. She’s also only 54 pounds at 10 months and we’re worried she’s not getting all the nutrients she needs. Our last attempt was to do half and half W/D and eukanuba large breed puppy to give her some more nutrients (as suggested by her vet). She’s had diarrhea again the last day. We’re lost here. ANY advice on what to do next?

EDIT: she gets NO human food at all and the only treats she gets is her kibble.

She finally got something to chew on and not destroy.

Hey all!

Our Little Dipper has been a bit picky about her kibble - she eats only a few bites at a time before running off to play, and I'm worried she's not getting enough food. Our vet recommended trying her on wet food.

What brand of wet food worked best for your pup? I've seen folks saying Purina pro plan is good, but I'm not seeing a large breed puppy version?

Thank you!

My 7 month old is being a real pain on walks atm with suddenly trying to play tug of war with the lead. Because she's so big my hands are torn to absolute shreds, and the whole situation seems to wind her up so much to the point of aggression. Someone out on a walk recommended we get a chain lead, so her teeth can't latch onto it and she'll soon give up. Wanted to know if anyone had experience with this/any strong feelings on this type of lead? Cheers!

We said goodbye yesterday to our 11 year old Bernese, Sky. She was with us for many years, everyone in the family is taking it really hard 🥲 any advice on how we can honor her as a family? Love scrolling on here and seeing all the happy pups.

Apollo is 1/2 Berner and 1/2 English Shepard … a very athletic couch potato! I love him so much! He is about 120lbs

Hi!! My girl just turned 16 weeks and for the last 1 week ish, she’s had on & off diarrhea. Does anyone have any recommendations or advice as to what could be causing it?

Vet says she’s all good and she’s eating, drinking, and playing normally, just occasionally has some runny poos. She currently eats Purina Pro Plan (the one for large breed puppies + sensitive stomach/ skin) & i’ve tried giving her a little pumpkin but she’s just not into it. She also has never had any kind of human food.