RunningBearDog News! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A trip to see Tuuli, Peli and their human family the Niemelas!
Tuuli is Kesa and Sydan's littermate and Peli is from the litter a year later. They're two very lucky KBDs that get to go to work with their family every day. Gary and Liisa say that many customers stop by again and again, even after their business is done. Why else? To see Tuuli and Peli, of course! Check out our new pages on training your KBD! Febuary 25, 2010- Check out our new video of Mieli playing with her mule deer pack! Click HERE! January 23, 2010 - Three videos have been added under the training tab. I have alot more to add, but have technical difficulties that I need to work out. @^&*#+~%{=%"<> !!!!! January 22, 2010- I hope you enjoy our new training tips pages, graciously shared by our Mieli's, Papa Rick, probably the best animal communicator I have ever seen. Click on the link below. Training your KBD Mieli and her pack of big horn sheep........Winter 2009/2010 Congratualtions to Seide!!! Just before Christmas, Seide graduated from her first round of Puppy School. Here she is with her Mom Phyllis, proudly displaying her diploma. A big congratulations!! Below is Seide and her buddy during "puppy playtime". Besides being fun for the pups, it's very important for socialization. Check out our new page!!! Hope to be adding more info to it as time goes on. Is the KBD right for you?? Pictured is beautiful Runningbeardog's Tuuli playing with one of her feline companions..... A visit to the cabin On Thursday October 22, I made a trip to the western end of the U.P to visit Seide and her family, Phyllis and Mike. How great it was to see them! They have the perfect, quaint cabin in the forest in a KBD's paradise! Warning My friend Anna, from Grawpaws, got some sad news about one of her pups, who our Ilo is also the daddy to. Below you'll find a warning that she posted on her website, and I wanted to share it, as it could happen to anyone and we all want to keep our four legged family members as safe as we know how. "We got some very sad news earlier this month and Kulta's owners are letting me tell their story in the hopes that it will warn others and save another dog from going through the same problem. Grawpaw's Kulta's owner Steve had her out with him target practicing. She had crawled under his truck while he did his shooting. Everything seemed normal but after they got home they tried to get her to move away from the door and noticed she could not hear them. Steve tried blowing a whistle, etc. but she was completely deaf from the gunshots. Acoustic trauma can be tremendous enough to cause immediate, permanent hearing loss although we hope that is not the case with Kulta. It may be that her lying under the truck amplified the gunshots. People, during target practice, wear ear plugs but dogs, whose ears are very sensitive to loud sounds, wear no protection. Target practice is different from hunting because you are shooting many rounds at once (not just one or two shots) and the dog is generally further away from you when hunting. So please NEVER take your dogs to a shooting range or any target practice and when they are pups do not even take them to fireworks. If there is a recovery, it can take up to 16 weeks so there is a good chance Kulta's hearing will come back with time.....we really hope so, because we know how much she and Steve enjoy their time in the bush. Our thoughts and prayers are with Kulta hoping she gets even partial hearing back and with Steve, because we know how guilty he feels and hope he remembers that this was an ACCIDENT and no ones fault. We will let you know if there is any change..... Update as of October 20, 2009 Hi Anna, Just an update on Kulta's hearing - on Friday she started to hear low pitches, such as talking and other dogs barking, but she seemed to have trouble locating the source of the noise. Over the weekend, that appears to have improved and she can still hear low frequency sounds, but the higher ones, such as a whistle or the beeper on her collar are beyond her hearing at present.I've been in moose hunting (got a small bull yesterday) and Kathy has been walking her off leash in the fields by her sister's house and just using voice commands with no problems. Hopefully more of the higher frequencies will return, but even if they do not she is a much happier and lively dog with her limited hearing. We are going back home in about 1 1/2 weeks, so I will send you another update at that time - I still have my fingers crossed. Steve & Kulta" Muffy's whirlwind Puppy Tour! 5/24/09 Muffy with Mommy Kesa - May 24, 2009 Muffy, Zane, and their Karelian Bear Dogs, Sisu and Talvi live in Ontario, Canada on the Bruce Peninsula, about 12 to 13 hours away from us. Muffy decided to make a puppy tour, stopping in Restoule at GrawPaw's BearDogs to visit our friend Anna and her puppies for a couple of days and then on to visit us. Talvi is from GrawPaw's BearDogs, and GrawPaw's Anu is her mommy and our Ilo is her daddy. Ilo is also the daddy to Anu's current puppies, and of course, Sisu is the daddy to our Kesa's pups. One big happy family! Thank you Muffy for driving all the way here to see our babies! We loved having you and had a great time. Also thanks for the gifts for everybody, both KBD and human! We hope you can come back for another visit soon! To see more pictures of Muffy's visit, click: Announcing our spring 2009 Litter! 4/29/09 We're so excited!!! Runningbeardog's Kesa gave birth to her first litter on April 30th, 2009. Runningbeardog's Kesa X Bjornehusets Samson (Sisu) Sire to the puppies, Bjornehusets Samson (Sisu), is a Karelian Bear Dog from proven hunting lines. His sire is a direct decendent from Swedish and Finnish hunting champions and was imported to Explorer Bear Dogs in Ontario, Canada. All of Kesa's puppies have gone to their new homes. To read more about them and their new families, Click HERE Runningbeardog's Kesa X Bjornehusets Samson (Sisu) Dam: Runningbeardog's Kesa Pedigree UKC Registration P454-335 - AKC Foundation Stock WS14995305 OFA Hips: KB-21F37f-VPI Normal Cerf: KB-131/2008-39 Eyes clear Sire: Bjornehusets Samson (Sisu) Pedigree Sisu is from Explorer Bear Dogs in Ontario, Canada Canadian Kennel Club registration:1096048 University of Guelph ONTARIO VETERINARY COLLEGE: Hip Dysplasia Certificate No: 0039369 CERF: KB-132/2008 Eyes Clear All of our puppies from this litter have wonderful homes waiting for them. We are, however, doing screening for future litters. Click on the "Contact Us" link on the menu to the left to request our questionnaire. Please share a little information about yourself as well! |
| The Tree Climbing Karelian! 2/11/2011 The two big pictures were sent to me by the family of RunningBearDog's Sampo, a pup from our Kesa's first litter, now almost 2 years old. Nadia said that Sampo very enthusiastically was trying to get to the squirrels up in the tree. As you can see, KBDs are sooooo persistent, they just don't give up! |
| Sampo as a puppy - picture taken at 7 weeks old before going to his new home |
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| We have no litters planned at this time. We will be taking an extended break from breeding. |