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We had a Berner who was the most wonderful dog ever-until the histiocytosis hit at age 9 and a half (and we were lucky, as you all know).  This round we got a hybrid.  Her father is a full pedigree Berner and her mother is a German Shepherd Chow-Chow mix--she is gorgeous and wonderful, with the berner build and temperment.  Our idea is to breed her with another full Berner to make Bernese Mountain Chowpherds.  While AKC breeders may not engage in this kind of cross-breeding, their practices of strict breeding within shrinking genepools created the problems our large purebred dogs now have.  Breeding in some healthy outside genes actually just reproduces the natural way these dogs developed--but that is another, longer story.  The short one is, we are looking for the proud family of a proud father of the first litter of Bernese Mountain Chowpherds!