Watching Hannah with Marciano and TFP with Dakota... Like come on ladies! Get it together please. How are these grown adult women? It absolutely blows my mind
My sweet Berner passed away in October at 9.5 years old. I truly feel spoiled that we got so long with him, he was such a healthy boy up until a year and a half before he passed when he started having seizures, his last month of life he got a cancer diagnosis. He was a great boy from the beginning, I don't want to say I didn't train him - but I really didn't. He didn't jump, didn't bark (aside for the classic give me attention Berner bark im sure you all know the one), never had accidents, was awesome off leash. Was he a rare occurrence for this breed? Not sure.
But now I'm feeling the itch, my house is so lonely without him. I still think I'm going to trip over him in the middle of the night, sometimes I catch myself opening the door to call him inside for bedtime.. only to be left with an empty yard.
I'm just not sure if I can do another Berner, I loved his personality, I loved everything about him BUT I had guilt. Guilt because these past few years the summers have been so hot, he didn't get to go outside in the summer nearly as much as he wanted. He LOVED chewing on bones in the backyard, digging holes to lay in but for 4-5 months a year that was limited.
Is it cruel to own a Berner when summers have been getting so hot? His breeder has 2 litters on the way and said that if we wanted to join the waitlist she would bump us up. But I wonder if the choice to own another is selfish, if I should go for something that handles the heat better... I don't know... Let me know your thoughts.