Our Berner Family Blog

We took a short trip and of course brought Luce with us. When we were packing up we left Luce in the room for about 5 minutes and when I returned, he was howling in the room. Fortunately, I do not think anyone heard him but it looks like we need a little training time to extinguish this behavior. The rest of the trip was great and Luce had a good time. He especially liked visiting the house where Stacey was working. Here he is again in the backyard:

At one point, something caught his attention and struck a near perfect pose. If I didn’t know better, I would think he was stacked for a show:

Happy second birthday “E” litter. Luce “celebrated” with a trip to the groomer who gave him a birthday bandanna.

It has been quite an adventure over the past 2 years (minus the first 8 weeks). Although Luce should be well past the puppy stage, he is still our “cucciolo piccolo”. As you can see below, he still lays like a “little puppy”.

He is pretty stubborn when he wants to be and certainly gets the award for having extreme confidence. He is gentle at heart and even when other dogs have been aggressive, he just held his ground and dodged if he had to, but was never aggressive back. He is finally getting better with recall even in situations where he does not want to “come”. He loves to run at full speed but only if you run with him. It is best to get a head start so he can run until he catches up. I am sure he is looking forward to seeing his brother Max this summer, who obviously also turned 2 today. Happy Birthday Max!!!

We got a brief break from the rain so we took Luce out for a nice walk. We went around the tennis courts and Luce found a ball. I threw it and he actually ran and retrieved it.

Then he was like “Not sure what to do with it now, maybe we can call Max, he is probably good at this kind of thing”. But you might be thinking, no way, he is a Berner, not a Retriever. Well, we have proof: