Our Berner Family Blog

Happy 10th Month Birthday to Luce’s littermates. Here Luce is celebrating with his favorite rope toy. He especially likes to play tug-of-war with me with it but I can only last so long.

Our little piggy was feeling a little down due to the rainy weather. If you turn up the sound, you can hear his little grunts and snorts.

I guess Luce did not appreciate the sign with “NO DOGS” (among several other things) as he decided to “mark” it using his new found skill at lifting his leg.

Luce is learning to get his teeth brushed. We first tried to just jump right in and brush them but that didn’t work out quite so well. He is “grande e molto forte” so trying to over power him is not likely to be successful. However, when we make it a game, the outcome is “molto diversi”. Here is a short clip of the “Tooth Brush Game”:

Happy Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day everyone!

Luce had a checkup at the vet today. He weighed 93.6lbs so he has put on a little weight since the last weigh in. All in all he checked out fine and got a clean bill of health. He was very excited to see the vet and the vet tech which they both attributed to “puppy energy”. Here you can see he has no issues being here:

Luce and I had a lunchtime adventure to Los Gatos, CA to go to the Apple Store and to Bunches florist. As usual, it took a little time to get my questions answered there and to pick up a headset adapter cable but Luce knew the drill and made himself comfortable during the whole affair. Then it was off the the florist across the street. Unfortunately, they do not allow dogs in the store, probably due to the pet duck they have in there, so he had to wait outside. This was good “down-stay” practice and he did great. He stayed in exactly the same spot which I knew because I could see him the whole time.

Luce really likes to ride in the car with his window down so he can rest his head on the bottom of the window. What makes him the ultimate car dog is that he keeps his paw on the arm rest. This seems to allow him to remain steady even when we might need to stop.

Happy New Year from the Beach! Luce got to run around at dog beach in Santa Cruz on this first day of 2018. He can really take off when he wants to and spent much of the time running around with the other dogs that were there. Here, he slowed down enough to get a good picture…

…but then turned right around back to the fun:

He got curious about a Dobbie name Seargent and said hello:

We were not there very long but never the less, it tired him out for a while.