Where Does the Time Go?!

~ Stanfield Marsh ~

Brooski & Jörgen (father & son)

Everest's Fern (4 & a half months)

Where does the time go?! It seemed like just yesterday when these pups were the size of a shoe! Jörgen & Fern are blossoming into big robust Berners! Despite being a week younger then Jörgen and a female at that, Fern has been keeping up in size and is proving to be the bravest one of the three. Since the weather has warmed up the dogs have been heading out to the lake every day, we look forward to many more exciting days out in the mountains. Pretty soon these pups will be full-bore trail dogs!!

Brooski (2 & a half years)

BMB

~ A Look Inside Bear Mountain Berner's Newest Kennel ~

Lunch Time!

Jörgen and Fern greeting at the door

With all of our plans for next year we decided we should put our energy into making a beautiful home for all of our puppies to grow up in. With a lot of hard work, screws and wood we put together a large insulated kennel! It was our own design from the floor up, and what a success!! The dogs love it! We are really looking forward to whelping Fern's first litter here. This is a safe, warm and clean environment to raise some big healthy puppies! Once all of the staining and painting is done look out for more photos!!

Jörgen 05/01/10

Fern 05/01/10

April Showers!

~ Springtime Snow! ~

04/12/2010

Brooski running down the snow covered bridge!

This morning at Bear Mountain Berners we woke up to a pleasant surprise! Snow!! Spring brings in so many different weather patterns, but who expected this!? By 8am Brooski was rearin' to go do something, so we decided to take a stroll around Baker Pond (also known as Stanfield Marsh). It was still quite crisp outside, Jörgen and Fern felt like sleeping in. The lake and town were just as beautiful as ever! Big Bear has some of the best weather in southern California, and we are so lucky to have a piece of it! Hopefully this won't be the last significant snowfall of the season!!

Broo sitting on a bench near Standfield Cutoff

Photos: Megan Kee

One long spring day...

- A trip to the Holcomb Valley Pinnacles -

04/10/2010

One of our favorite things to do during the spring is take walks deep into the forests, and trek for miles to find beautiful natural wonders. This time we decided to go find and climb the Holcomb Valley Pinnacles! Starting from Van Deusen Canyon, we hiked around eight miles to our destination. What a wonderful journey!! Jörgen and Fern enjoyed the comforts of home, as they are still a little too young for trails like this, but soon enough they will be tailing us around the mountains just like Brooski!

Finally at the end of Van Deusen! Can you see the Pinnacles across the valley?

Brooski rolling around!

Brooski hanging out in front of a deserted Pacific Crest Trail sign. The Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) is a 2,650-mile national scenic trail that runs from Mexico to Canada through California, Oregon and Washington.

So far from home and still so much energy! Bertha Ridge in the background, home is behind that mountain!

04/10/2010

Sawmill Creek!

~ Sawmill Creek ~

"Jörgen"

Waiting for someone to come get him!

"Brooski"

Photos: Megan Kee

Today was another warm and beautiful day in Big Bear! We knew there had to be some creeks and steams somewhere out in the woods from all of this melted snow, so we took the day off to go find some fun! We headed over to Sawmill and found and endless creek with little waterfalls and natural bridges, it was so exciting for Fern and Jörgen who are still experiencing a lot of things for the first time. Brooski went wild, he really knew how to show the pups a good time. This is a great beginning to a wonderful spring, soon enough it will be summer! What's next!?

"Fern"

Running down Sawmill Road

Spring is here at BMB!!

~ Spring is here at Bear Mountain Berners!! ~

Brooski keeping a close eye on Fern

03/29/2010

Spring is here at BMB and we are excited! Life as we know it has gotten busier!! This is Brooski's favorite time of year to go around and make the last snow piles into mud. We took a trip around Northshore to a beautiful area of the lake where we could get some photos of the resorts up here. It was a beautiful day, and surely, we look forward to more!

Fern 03/29/2010

Jörgen 03/29/2010

Photos: Megan Kee

A Photo Shoot With LA's Favorite Pet Photographer!

"Fern"

Photo by award winning photographer, Seth Casteel

with Little Friends Photo

03/01/2010

On Monday March 1st Seth Casteel, a talented and well-known pet photographer out of Los Angeles made his way up to Big Bear to take a few shots. It was a beautiful day on Baker Pond, and the dogs were happy to be out. It was a pleasure working with Seth, he got many priceless photos of the pups having a great time. I look forward to posting more of his amazing photos! Thanks Seth and Little Friends Photo! Can't wait for the next time!