Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

thank you ever so much Gail! :hug:  :hug:

she is such a little sweety!        

well... I have collected dolls like Himstedt and some reborn but I always found the ones that are in critical conditon a little disturbing, okay ALOT disturbing! and people acting like their real babies is really weird   I'm thinking maybe they never could have real children of their own, and having their own baby room with a crib! hmmmm.... I tried reborning a doll once, couldn't get into it. I do a have a very good friend that reborns dolls but not to worry, their not her REAL babies

That's fantastic Tami! :dance:  :dance:  :dance:

thank you for the compliment on her She's a good looking pup and she gets alot of nice compliments wherever we go. We don't see many of this breed here. If she gets too out of control I'll get everything I need to fly her to your place
WOW, does that dog ever like snow, great video!

don't mind the pajama girl next to her     I hope I loaded this pic alright

Thank you all for much needed advice! I did want a big baby that loves being with me and she's pretty much my baby. Being quite young yet I'm assuming she's like a young child and is well needy. I'm waiting for her to be fully housebroke until she can roam freely in the house, my other dog was a breeze [a shepard cross] but not this gal! also I'm waiting for her teething to completely be over with because she is very mouthy and we can hardly play nice when she's biting hands! We don't have to worry about shoes but our hands. She comes with me every time I go to town, she loves car rides and I take her for walks, but I won't go for walks when it's  -20 with a wind chill. She really needs a doggy door because she gets bored in the house so quick but with 7 cats I don't want the cats going outside. I am at home most of the time and when I go somewhere 80% of the time she goes with me. How can keep her occupied in the house when I have to clean and get my things done?? She whines when I have to block her off in the kitchen by herself and yet when she's outside by herself she's fine.
Thank you Cathy for posting that site, of all the research I actually missed that one I really don't think she's digging out of boredom, everything I have read about the breed is that they are real diggers and I should of did all the research before I decided on this breed but she's here now and very loved it's just getting the training done. I am very willing to show her the right way .I'm waiting for teething and housebreaking to be over with and I'm really trying to stop that jumping thing!! When you have a 58 pound pup jumping on you and kids it's not nice!
Please keep ALL tips coming on digging or any things that I mentioned above everyone! I feel like I have an unruly toddler on my hands! I get more advice here than I do on Bernertalk.
Also I'd like to add that our whole yard is enclosed with a 6 foot fence so I would only need a boundry on half of it. No other dogs can get in our yard and she can't escape

I will look at this site further There's so much information on what's good, what's bad, what you thought was bad is good and so on... it gets a little overwhelming. I guess we  or I should say I [ no one else here in my house does anything hardly which is a problem in itself] have to keep trying different things until I know what works for her. She is just going on 6 months old and I want to start the training before bad habits really form.

    fantastic!  

I'm really thinking about it, it's just convincing the other half that it might be best for Dakota. I'm the one that looks after ALL the animals so I don't see why it shouldn't be my choice. My daughter is supposed to be part owner but....of course the mother always ends up being the care taker! I was thinking about adopting a rescued dog that's about the same size as she will be or even her breed.
I was also going to tell you Daphne that the halti harness works wonders!!!! She hates it but doesn't pull near as bad as she used too. Thank the person who invented it!

thank you very much Nina and Natascha! :hug:  :hug:

Hannah Montana is a good one and Disney character toys too and Lego kits are always a hit!

When I looked up Berners they say they natural diggers :doh: I notice though that she never seems to get enough attention. We can walk her, play with her [when she's not biting hands and jumping like crazy] and she goes for car rides with us almost every day and she has toys, big sticks that she finds... and when we bring her in the house she gets bored right away and wants outside. I can see why they are mainly  outside dogs. She loves people and other dogs and I take her to play with her buddy Brutis for a few hours. It seems like she needs constant stimulation and attention! I'm almost thinking of getting another dog for her to play with that's a little bit older than her and is housebroken and likes cats! If only the cats would play with her...

hmmmm, I don't know what to do. I guess we could put up a chain link fence like a big play area for her, I just don't want her to start digging along the fence line. Can't a person control the shock? also I read to put their own feces in the holes because they don't like to dig where they smell their p--p, but what do you do if your puppy likes to well.....have her own things to eat? I've also went to an area in the yard just for her like they say to do and took the shovel and dug a hole, buried treats to encourage to dig in THAT hole but she prefers many holes! :pray:

what breed is your dog Joanne? and your sisters? I plan on doing this in the Spring. Bernese dogs are supposed to be a sensitive breed so I'm hoping she catches on quickly, although all I notice with her is she is a very happy BIG puppy that doesn't care sbout to much! I swear she has hardly any fear, jusy a happy go lucky brat!

Since there is so many dog lovers here, does anyone have that underwire fencing? Dakota is digging holes all over the yard and is ruining it! I thought maybe that kind of fencing would be good to block off at least half of the lawn. We have a big back yard so... anyone know how good it works?

thank you so much Birgitta! :hug: I started painting around 1993 and it didn't look like this when I first started

hi everyone   decided to go back to my roots and play around a bit with painting. I bought some frosted glass ornaments and thought the owl would look pretty. Hope you like

great color and wonderful job on those paw pads!!      

she's puuuuurfect! I never will understand how people can't get attatched to the animal and get rid of them for stupid reasons! It's a good thing there's plenty of kind hearted souls like ourselves that will love them

it looks Fantastic!! you did a great job I think you will sell all of them and the prices are so reasonable for such a talented artist like yourself!! Totally great!!          

wow, great info! Have to print this out

I've had the same problems on both ends   It took 3 weeks for express post to send a package into the States and it should of only taken 5 business days! also, I was waiting for a package from the US and they sent it to Germany! but I finally did get it. Lately I find air mail the best even though there isn't tracking, just hope and pray it gets there! and it can be held at customs on both ends for as long as they want. I find  Canada and US  both to be sluggish at times...........

another sweet one! LOVE HIM!!        

Thank you alot for all that info! I'll have to print it out Thank you all so much again! :hug:  :hug: