Santera Kennel - Bernese Mountain Dog Breeding Program

Bernese Mountain Dogs - Stud Dogs

We x-ray all our dogs hips/elbows at a year and again at two years. The males we use in our breeding program have had their eyes CERFed and are also genetically clear of vWD (a blood clotting disorder).

We generally do not offer our dogs at stud until we have proven them and found out what traits they might be producing. For the most part our studs are for our own use but we do sometimes let others use them if they have the same clearances as the males and are of sound temperament and structure.

At this time and point we have 2 older males, AM. CH. Always An Angel, and AM. CH. Santera Original Kahill who are being used at stud.

We now also have two younger boys who have been bred to females so will be anxious to see what they produce - Santera Myboy Tavi and his half-brother, Santera Concho v Crest. Both these boys are sons of our AM. CH. Always An Angel.

Yadigar av Milkcreek has been used with our Santera Kyrie’s Prelude and produced some interesting puppies but he does have one grade one elbow. He was normal at one year. He is only available at limited stud to others.

We do use outside males for breeding at times who have the health clearances that are important to us. We also have bought a number of males that have a pedigree and health background that we feel will add to our girls when bred. We do a lot of research before we do a breeding hoping we can continue with the health and type of each dog bred.

AM. CH. Always An Angel	AM. CH. Always An Angel - our Cherub, is from Norway. I met the breeder of his sire, Nor. CH. Newton av Milkcreek, at the Swiss Breeding Seminar in Switzerland in September of 2000. She helped me contact the breeder of Cherub. Cherub was named by his breeder according to his personality. He is a good boy. He has a great personality and also happens to be an exceptionally sound boy with lovely bone, coat, movement, and dark eye. We finished Cherub's championship at 23 months with limited showing. He is GDC Good hips/elbows, OFA hips Good, Cerfed, and vWD clear. At this time and point, Cherub has one champion son, several offspring that are pointed, and several with obedience titles. Cherub produces some lovely bone, angles and coat to most of his puppies. Unless he is bred to a large female he will not give you more size than what he is although you may get more bone. His pups have been healthy and had good temperaments. Many of his offspring are in performance events and have done well. He weighs between 95-100 pounds . He was born in 2000. He is an import from champion parents in Norway.

AM. CH. Santera Original Kahill	AM. CH. Santera Original Kahill - Kahill was shown a few times when he was 16 months old and picked up a few points. Then he lost his puppy coat and we put him away for a year. When we brought him out at 2.5 years, we found that he did not like to show in the hot summer. We thought we would wait for fall, but by that time he was out of coat. We found we were limited to showing him in the springtime. We picked up all of his points except for one major showing in very few shows each year. We often traveled to the Nationals in the springtime which often took place during our local shows so there were no shows for him. Finally, in July 2007, I decided I was just going to retire him lacking one major. In the fall of 2008, with Kahill being 6 years and 9 months, I looked at him in the backyard and said to myself that he really looked good. It was fall and he had coat and it was cooler. I entered him in 2 shows and on the final day he went Winners Dog for a 4 point major. Needless to say that made our day! Kahill has 3 champion sons from one litter. In that litter there were 5 dogs x-rayed and all passed their hips and elbows. In another litter from which Kayla came from, three were x-rayed and passed hips and elbows. One of those is working well in obedience with titles, another has a Canadian Championship and is pointed now in the states, and the third, Kayla, was slow to mature but in her second outing went BEST ADULT in at the Potomac Valley Bernese Mt. Dog Club sanctioned match in the fall of 2008. I also bred him to Tia and got Turina who has hips/elbows that are good and normal. He seems to be strong in throwing good orthopedics. He has been tested normal for vWD by VET Gen and has had his eyes CERFed.

Yadigar av Milkcreek	Yadigar av Milkcreek - Yadi arrived from Norway at 8 weeks. His sire is from Sweden and his dam is our AM. CH. Always an Angel's grandmother. He grew from a small 12 pound puppy to a large boy. He weighed 100 pounds at 17 months which is very unusual for my boys since I do watch their weight closely. He has a fantastic personality. He is very easy going but a very smart boy. He makes a great house dog. He has lovely angles front and rear with a good tail carriage and nice markings. His coat is very straight and is going to be quite heavy. His head is a soft expression but is a little longer in muzzle than what we often see here. I think he will fill out more as he ages. He is a little longer in body and not quite as fluid a mover as Cherub. His hips are OFA certified. He did get a grade one in one elbow at 2 years although he passed both his elbow prelims at one year. He is genetically clear of vWD. Yadi is producing some sweet dogs with nice size and lovely coats. He has had some very nice moving offspring with better head types than he has himself. Angles on his pups are usually very good front and rear and many of his pups have been shorter in body than he is. His oldest pup was born in 2005 so we are still watching his offspring grow up.

Santera Myboy Tavi	Santera Myboy Tavi - Tavi was born in Feb. ‘04. His first show was the BMDCA National in Gettsyburg in ‘05. He really did quite well by making the final cuts in both is 12-18 mo. class and his 12-15 mo. class in sweepstakes. He had never been away from home or on indoor mats before that time. He had a great time looking at everyone and everything as he moved along in the ring. He is a very sound male with beautiful markings, a heavy coat, excellent movement, and good head expression. He has lots of attitude also for those of you who have watched me try to show him in the ring. We hope to have some fun with him. He has had his eyes CERFed, his OFA prelims are hips good/elbows normal. Both his parents were tested by VET GEN for vWD and were found to be genetically clear of vWD. Tavi has been shown in the ring and is pointed.

Santera Concho v Crest	Santera Concho v Crest - Concho was born in February 2005. He is a nephew of CH. Santera Santos v Crest and one of the few dogs here that we have that goes back to our, Fiery, Santera Starfire v Crest (a sister to 4 champions out of our breeding of CH. Alex von Weissenberg and our AM. CH. Santera Chastity v Bev’s). Concho resembles our Santos more than any other puppy we have produced here. We kept him here due to that reason. Santos had an inoperable tumor right before his 9th birthday and we knew we were going to lose him soon. Concho helped us ease the pain in losing our Santos who was always so special to us. Concho has lovely bone and coat and is a nice moving boy. He has not been shown but has been x-rayed by OFA and has OFA good hips/normal elbows. He is CERFed and he is genetically clear of vWD. We hope to get him out and about soon.