This large quilt is actually a wall hanging - a painting in fabric. The central image of the quilt is the landscape of the Bernese Oberland - the breathtakingly beautiful ancestral home of the Bernese Mountain Dog.
Surrounding this dynamic image of snow capped mountains, green hillsides, fir trees, rocky outcroppings and soaring sky are fabric borders made up of photos of Bernese Mountain Dogs - our Bernese - photos lovingly made available by many of the committee of this National Specialty. Our thanks to them for being so generous.
This quilt comes with a hanging rod - ready to hang in your home or office. Donated by Murray Johnson
Color: Intense Opulent Ruby Tones
Nose: Blackberry, Boysenberry, Cocoa and a Hint of Sage
Palate: Jammy Fruit with Pure Flavors of Cassis and a Touch of Toasted Oak
"Hannibal, my gentle giant. Hanni was sweet and lovable, counter surfer extraordinaire. Lost a turkey dinner to him one holiday with
my back turned. I was President of a local organization and had a party in my back yard. Probably had at least 50 people for appetizers
and dessert. I was busy socializing while others were busy watching Hannibal steal appetizers off of the table. He would sneak up
to the table, steal one, run to the shrubs, eat it, and go back for another. I had no idea what was happening until someone ruined
it for poor Hanni. He had quite a cheering section going on before I stopped it. I still bump into people that were there that night;
we have a chuckle about it.
We used to go up to my parent's cottage in Northern Michigan every summer. One particularly hot week, the minute we would open the
cottage door, Hanni would bolt out and run and sit in the ice-cold lake. We had a tough time coaxing him out. He always loved the
water. He would float on a rubber raft in our pool until we got tired of pushing him around."
15. Fabulous Straw Picnic Basket with Etched "Derby" Wine Glasses, Hummingbird Etched Cheese Tray, 2 Appetizer Wine and Cheese Motif
Plates, Brass and Marble Spreader, 2 Linen Wine Motif Coasters, and Cuvaison Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 Napa Valley, CA
Donated By the “Darlings” In Memory Of: “Hannibal Darling”
The most , and probably the most accurate, book ever printed on the breed. Currently out of print. It is 776 pages, hardcover with
jacket. Highly illustrated with charts, graphs, B/W and some color photos. Considered the Berner Bible, it's written entirely in German.
Donated by the Przybill family and Mie Kingsley in memory of Nala and Petra
Webmaster's Note: This book is WONDERFUL and EXTREMELY hard to find!
17. White Ceramic and Clay Wine Cooler in a Grape Motif Wine Pull and J. Bookwalter 2005 Chardonney 58% - Viognier 42%
By blending 10% more Viognier into this year’s wine, this 100% stainless fermented, dry white wine expresses more vibrant aromas of grapefruits and gooseberries wrapped with a hint of grassiness. Flavors of ripe citrus, sweet pears and honeydew melons are followed by a crisp, refreshing finish. If you enjoy un-oaked Viognier’s more than Chardonnay, this is your blend.
The 2005 Sauvignon Blanc has aromatic characteristics ranging from floral and mineral notes to citrus and green melon. The expressive
palate is clean and balanced with excellent richness and length. (Estate-grown Sauvignon blanc – 90% - and Semilon – 10% - from the
J.P. Spring Valley ranch outside of . ,
Donated by the Weber Family In Memory Of:
“Maddie” Madison Jones Clement
20. Show for the Roses Raku Auction Plaque
Inspired by a valentine of Ruth Nielsen's boy, Tonka.
Donated by Nanc & Duke & Miss Breeze of Riptide BMD http://pages.suddenlink.net/riptidebmd/
21. Certificate for a Custom Raku Plaque of your Dog .
22. Navy Wine and Cheese Picnic Backpack (Front Pocket Painted by Jeannie Whitton-Smith) and Maryhill Winery Zinfandel ~ Columbia Valley ~
2002 (Red) Columbia Valley, Washington
The past two vintages of Maryhill Zinfandel have amassed an impressive four gold medals and set a new standard for this sun-loving
varietal in the Northwest. Affordable, high quality Zinfandel doesn't just come from anymore. Maryhill's third consecutive vintage
is awash with holiday spice, cinnamon and berry flavors.A deep cherry undertone leads to a velvety soft coconut finish.
Donated by the Clement Family In Memory Of: “Maddie” Madison Jones Clement
Imagine the bringht glow of a candle illuminating this gorgeous Berner Head candle Holder. This is sure to be a conversation piece in your home for years to come!
Donated by David and Coral Dennis
Part of the 2007 BMDCA National Specialty in Louisville, Kentucky
May 9, 2007
The 2007 BMDCA
Health Fund Auction
14. Auction Quilt "Mountains of Memory;
Their Heritage - Their Homeland" by Murray Johnson
16. *Baertschi,* Margret, and Spengler, Hans. 1992. /Hunde sehen, zuchten, erlebenL Das Buch vom Berner Sennenhund/. Paul Haupt Verlag.Bern.
Donated by the Rickenbach Family In Memory Of: “Maddie” Madison Jones Clement
Gale Werth is a quiet and modest person, who would probably not be comfortable with any publicity. And I apologize to her in advance
for trying to give people who are new to the breed a bit of forgotten history.
Gale has probably had a tremendous impact to the dogs we see today, but with only a few notable dogs of her own. But go back in your
pedigrees, many of you will find Broken Oaks back there. She got her second Berner, Mon Plaisir's Shady Lady, in 1974, and she got
out of the breed before 1990.
Among her many other accomplishments she handled her girl Arjana to a HIT at the National Specialty, two back to back Winners Dogs
with her boy Deiter at the National, and two years later took a Best in Specialty Show with that same boy. The following year she
showed her girl I-Ching to a Best of Opposite Sex from the classes (and didn't take Best of Winners either, it must have been a rather
remarkable specialty that year).But the titles at the Specialty don't tell the tale. One of the bitches from Gale's "B" litter went
on to be the foundation bitch for the Dallybecks line. Her dogs figured prominently in a number of lines that are familiar to all
of us today. She is no longer breeding Bernese, but she had an eye for a good dog!
I have to wonder if her artistic talents didn't play a very large role in her eye for selecting dogs. You have to understand that
she didn't have a lot of dogs, didn't co-own with a number of other people, but instead kept and used the best she had. Not many people
have that sort of skill. But her artwork is what fascinates me most. The BMDCA was asked to provide a piece of art representative
of the breed to the AKC Dog Museum, and they selected one of Gale Werth's incomparable carvings - simple little wood carvings that
she did, Berners in various functions. But they have been described as the most anatomically correct Berner art that you'll ever see.
Gale was lucky, she lived in an area with some master woodcarvers from Germany. She took a class with them, and enjoyed spending time
with the elderly carvers. They were a bit nuts, because they were bird carvers – and of course every single feather had to be just
perfect. Gale didn't even try, she stuck with what she knew, and learned to carve Berners. And oh, what Berners! Jumping a high jump,
pulling a cart, doing agility, she showed these beautifully detailed dogs in perfectly scaled settings.She did a limited number of
wood carvings, all of which she has donated to be used as fundraisers. Only a few have been in fundraisers so far, each unique, and
each a fantastic work of art - by someone who bred, showed, and worked with her dogs. Although there are no Bernese Mountain Dogs
at Broken Oaks kennels these days, their memory is retained through her carvings, true collector pieces.
18. Gale Werth of Broken Oaks Kennels offers "A Labor of Love"
19. Handpainted Ceramic Wine Cooler in Italian Motif and Joseph Phelps Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc 2005 (White)
23. Stained Glass Berner Candle Holder
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