Hi. I used to post on this forum a while back, and since then we have decided on getting a Bernese mountain dog. We have gone through the process of finding a good breeder etc, and on the weekend her bitch had 5 puppies. 1 girl and 4 boys.
We prefered to have a bitch over a dog because of what some other breeders had told us. They said for a first time owner it would be best to get a bitch because they are less likely to challange you etc, and because the BMD is such a big dog, it could be hard.
But the breeder has said that she may want to keep the bitch to give to her friend, who recently lost her dog.
We need to decide that if we cant have the bitch, would we be ok with the dog.
Please give any advice you can. Thanks.
We prefered to have a bitch over a dog because of what some other breeders had told us. They said for a first time owner it would be best to get a bitch because they are less likely to challange you etc, and because the BMD is such a big dog, it could be hard.
But the breeder has said that she may want to keep the bitch to give to her friend, who recently lost her dog.
We need to decide that if we cant have the bitch, would we be ok with the dog.
Please give any advice you can. Thanks.