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Shandy Bridges
Jericho Farm
Newbridge
Penzance
Cornwall
TR20 8PS
UK
01736 788930
07769 865385
info@kernowanimals.com
My Dog History
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I was born animal mad...especially dogs. I still hear my Mum saying "for goodness sake , ask if it bites before you fling your arms round its neck!!" We had the family mongrel whom I taught lots of tricks, but he was Mums dog. As soon as I left school I adopted a lab X.....And then it snowballed... I knew I would like to breed & show dogs & after a few "other litters" I fell in love with the Bernese Mountain Dog.
In the early eighties, living in Sussex, there were few pups around, but after a long chain of phone calls, I found a bitch pup to buy in Berkshire. St. Fillans Astra became my foundation bitch. After moving to Cornwall in 1983, I was lucky enough to find a good stud dog in Penzance that I could use. I am now on generation 8 & have strived to remember that these are a Swiss family dogs that pulled carts to the creamery & helped work on the farm. They probably survived on scraps & dairy products & worked hard during the day. I believe we create a lot of the health problems we have in the breed today because we forget their origins.
I try to breed a big powerful dog that can walk the farm & check the stock & still be sound, can relax in the family home, deter when strangers may threaten...maybe a good woof !!!...but most of all, love the family they live with so they will always want to share their lives with a Bernese....as I do .
We also have 5 Tibetan Spaniels,Jessica, Pebbles, Lara, Pudgy & Mickey, bedroom dogs, all old & neutered but still trying to rule the roost, a Border terrier called Grizzle, an Australian Shepherd called Skip, a Leonberger called Rosie or Brown dog & her daughter Buffy, a brown collie called Rocket, Amadeus the HUGE Bernese x Leonberger & my latest breed Ticka the Russian Toy Terrier....so tiny....1.9kilos!
