Let’s celebrate our two Montana Moonshadow Boys today, starting with the puppy formerly known as Titan and now known as Pippin, Pip, and/or Pippy — take your choice!
Sandhano shares, “He was the smallest of the 2 litters! He is now 83 pounds and so smart and happy.
He loves snow, to go on hikes and absolutely loves to play with his companion dogs, Flo and June.
Thank you so much!”
One of the benefits of having litters is all the wonderful people we get to know — like Sandhano and her family. HAPPY BIRTHDAY PIPPIN!!!! We hope to see you all soon.
Aother wonderful addition to our family is Megan and her crew in Bozeman. Like me, Megan is a UC Berkeley graduate and so we were practically related even before she had Merlin (fka Metis). She sends us this update:
“Merlin has been a wonderful addition to our home and it's very difficult to imagine our life without him. He is the friendliest dog with an awesome smile…
He equally loves people and other dogs, and has the most epic nap positions…
The curly hair on his back often elicits curious comments and questions and he is quite easy to spot in a group of Berners. He is quite reliable off-leash and has very nice on-leash manners. He often insists on carrying his leash in his mouth on his walk. We are working on helping him quell his excitement and overexuberance as that can be a bit intimidating from a 90 lb dog for some people.
Merlin loves his food and has been very responsive in his training. Our family jokes that we would never hear Merlin say "Oh, no thank you" when it comes to food. Unlike his mom, Merlin is drawn to and loves water. He loves splashing in creeks (even when it's nearly freezing!) and the kiddie pool with his human siblings. Merlin also loves to intensely smell things. While out on a walk or hike, he may take up to 2-3 minutes carefully smelling something in one spot. It makes me wonder about all the amazing information that dogs can absorb using their sense of smell.
Merlin loves to go on adventures with his family and he has often encouraged his sometimes reluctant 5 year old brother and sister to get outside. Now that it is winter in Montana, he is overjoyed with the snow and cold weather. In fresh snow he can often be found jumping around, shoving his nose into it and digging into it with his whole body. He often comes back to the house looking like a "Snow Bear."
His enthusiasm and sheer love of it makes us laugh and brings us so much joy.
Our whole family is so grateful for the experience of raising this amazing puppy and we look forward to as many years as possible with this lovable giant.”
Thank you, Megan! HAPPY BIRTHDAY MERLIN!!
And Happy Saturday to all.