Latest NewsLatest News2008 Updates Puppy News: Karma x Aussie pups arriving in May. Bayley has been bred and will be due in Mid-June. April 2008 Show Results: Aussie takes back to back WD for another two points. At the same shows, Mojo (Hickory's Tribute to Tibor: Seri x Volmar son) takes RWD out of the 6-9 puppy class. Scout takes RWB the first day and WB the second day. March 2008 Show Results: In his second weekend show, at the age of 6.5 months, Orry (Aurora x Volmar) takes Winner's Dog and Best of Winners for his first point. Congrats to Joelle and Orry for their accomplishment. It looks like Hickory's Master of the Sky will be a shining star for his owners, Joelle and Richie and the Hickory Berner Bunch. Orry is a third generation Hickory breeding ... he's an Aurora son (x Volmar), a Tucker and Seri Grandson, and a Bayley Great-Grandson.. Tucker gets his Rally Novice Obedience title and the first leg towards his Companion Dog obedience title. Ch Hickory's All Tuckered Out wasn't too tuckered out to perform in March. He got the first leg towards his CD, only missing high in trial by an ear scratch and receiving Rally Novice title in only a few shows. Congrats and thanks to Elaine and Vilma for bringing out the best in Tucker! 2008 Wisconsin Regional Specialty Results: Aussie takes 1st in the Bred by Exhibitor Class on Friday and 2nd on Saturday. Scout takes 3rd in Bred by Exhibitor Bitch on Friday. In his show debut, Orry (Aurora x Volmar son) takes first in 6-9 month puppy Sweeps on Friday. Vienna takes 4th in her Sweeps and Breed Classes both days. And lastly, Emmett (Ch Hickory's Breaking the Ice ... a Seri x Baran son), takes an Award of Merit. This is the third straight year that Emmett has had a great achievement a this show. He took Winner's Dog both days in 2006, Winner's Dog and an Award of Merit one day in 2007. A huge congrats to Emmett and Sue for their great accomplishment!
Thank you Sue for all you've done with Em. You make a great team and have always been nothing but a class act!
It was lovely show with some very nice dogs, great people and a good all around showing January 2008 Show Updates: In his West Coast show debut, Aussie takes WD/BOW for a 4 point major out of the Bred By Exhibitor class at the Sierra West BMD Club Supported Entry at the Golden Gate Kennel Club show. Aussie went on to take a BBE Group 1 placement. Aussie is a Tucker X Seri son. He is 28 months old, OFA Good Hips, Clear Elbows, Current CERF and OFA Cardio clear. Watch for more show results this winter and spring as Aussie begins what I'm sure will be a bright show career. Vienna Baer takes WB/BOW/BOB in back to back shows! In the B Match following the show, both Vienna and Orry (5 month old Volmar x Aurora son, in his puppy match debut), take BOB and Group Placements. Congrats to Joelle, Vienna and Orry on a great job! Winter 2008 Puppy News: Please contact us for more information -- neither breeding was successful. We will likely try again in the summer or next fall. Alinghi was bred to Aussie. If successful, pups are due in March. Duesey was bred to Trotter. If successful, pups are due in late February.
2007 Updates December Show results: Hickory's Vienna Baer takes WB/BOS for another two points being shown back east. December OFA results: Aussie (Seri x Tucker) receives OFA final ratings of Good Hips and Normal elbows at 26 months of age. Aussie is also OFA Cardiac Certified and current on his CERF. He will be hitting the New England show circuit this winter. Cooper (Alinghi x Tucker) prelims with OFA Good Hips and Normal elbows at 20 months of age. 16 November 2007: The home page was updated with a photo of original 3 Hickory Kids and in Memory of Einstein Baer. Yesterday we had to help a dear friend leave this life and cross the Rainbow Bridge where Curie and Seri were waiting for him. I take comfort in knowing that the original 3 Hickory Kids have been reunited and that Einstein is currently being bossed around by Curie and Seri is pestering him like all good little sisters do. I'm sure he is loving every minute of it! Today is a new day in the Hickory House and marks the start of a new era of sorts. Our first three berners, Curie Marie, Einstein Baer and Seri have left us but they will always remain in our hearts and never be forgotten. Einstein and Seri's legacies will live on through their children and grandchildren. Curie never had children but her spirit and memory will live on and none of them can or ever will be forgotten. These wonderful creatures add so much to our lives. They give us all they have to give and they give their love freely, wholeheartedly with no strings attached. They do not judge, gossip, or speak badly of anyone. Many people could learn a lot from their dogs and the world would be a better place if people lived by the examples set by our canine companions.
November OFA results: Aurora's final xrays come back with Good rated hips and Normal elbows. Karma and her littermate Angus (Bayley x Volmar) prelim with Good hips and Normal elbows and Vienna (Alinghi x Volmar) also prelims with Good hips and Normal elbows. 19 October OFA results: Cooper's (Hickory's Little Deuce Coupe) final OFA's come in: Cooper previously xrayed with OFA Excellent Hips but his vet did not do his elbows so they were xrayed this fall and they came back as Normal/Unaffected. Cooper is the last of the dogs from the Bayley x Ivan litter to be xrayed. All dogs this litter came back with Excellent or Good Hips and all came back with Normal/Unaffected Elbows with the exception of one dog that had Prelim normal/unaffected elbows but per the OFA website, appears not to have final elbow clearances. Regardless, the results for this litter with 100 percent being xrayed have been well above the breed average and an exceptionally strong litter for orthopedics. Ch Hickory's All Tuckered Out (Tucker) seems to passing this on to his offspring as his daughter, Jura (Ch Hickory's Jura Claire de Lune), out of Ch Seri, just finalled with OFA EXCELLENT Hips and Normal/Unaffected Elbows. Aurora (Hickory's Northern Lights) prelimmed at 18 months of age with Excellent Hips and Normal/Unaffected Elbows. Check full litter results on our litter results page. 15 October 2007 Updates: Links to 8 week old photos of Aurora and 7.5 week old Alinghi puppies. All puppies have homes. Ch Hickory's She's a Duesey will be bred later this fall/winter to a European male, TBA. Duesey is a Bayley x Ivan daughter and has OFA Good Hips, Unaffected Elbows, OFA Thyroid and Cardiac, and recent clear CERF clearances. She is 3.5 years old and this will be her first litter. Please contact us if you are interested in receiving more information about this breeding. Orthopedic updates: Willie (Hickory's Willie Rolls In) from Bayley's litter with Ivan xrayed with Good Hips and Normal/Unaffected Elbows. Willie will be hitting the show ring this fall. We wish Willie and his wonderful Mom, Joan, all the best with this endeavor and have high hopes that Willie will become the 4th Champion from Hickory's Classic Car Litter. Volmar's first litters of offspring in the US turn one year old in late September/early October. We had a little birthday party in the Hickory House. Check back soon for photos of the celebration and of these wonderful dogs. Karma (Hickory's Right Back Atcha out of Ch Bauernhofs Volmar and Ch Bayley van de Weyenberg) wins her class and then Best Puppy Honors at the Sir Francis Drake Kennel Club show/NorCal BMDC Supported Entry in Mid-September. This was Karma's third time in the show ring. She will be one year old in late September. Summer 2007 Website Updates: Alinghi x Volmar puppy photos added to Alinghi's pages as well as some updated photos of Alinghi. Scout and Aurora's pages updated. Volmar's picture pedigree added to the site. September 2007: New Champion!!!!!!!!!!! Jura takes back to back WB/BOW wins for her last two points to finish her Championship. Ch Hickory's Jura Claire de Lune is out of
Ch Hickory's All Tuckered Out x Ch Seri. August 2007: Jura takes WB/BOW for her second major against some tough competition in a big open bitch class with her Mom Kim showing her. Jura only needs 2 more points to finish her Championship. Way to go Jura and Kim! Jura is a Seri x Tucker daughter. Puppy news: The girls are getting big and fat. Pups are due in 2-3 weeks! July 2007: Puppy news: Aurora and Alinghi were both bred to Volmar. Pups are due in mid-August. Aurora is a Seri x Tucker daughter with Excellent rated hips, clear elbows, clear CERF, OFA cardiac clear, and AKC DNA. She is AKC Championship pointed. Alinghi is from Hickory's first litter and because our first home bred Champion at 18 months of age. She is an Aiyana x Einstein daughter with Fair Hips, PennHip ~70th percentile, Clear Elbows, Clear CERF, OFA cardiac clear, and AKC DNA. Her entire litter was xrayed and CERFed and everyone cleared Hips, Elbows, and CERF eye exams. This breeding is a repeat of the breeding that produced Vienna late last summer. Volmar has A/A Hips and Clear Elbows (Austrian ratings), OFA Cardiac, Clear CERF and vWD (pending). June 2007: Another New Champion!!!! Duesey finished her Championship in early June. Duesey is Hickory's fifth home bred Champion and Bayley's third Champion kid ... all three of Bay's Champ kids having come from the same litter. Much appreciation goes out to Elaine Gunn for helping us out and taking Duesey and finishing her Championship. At the same show Duesey finished, Vienna (Alinghi x Volmar daughter) took Reserve Winner's Bitch. May 2007: New Champion!!!! Tucker finished his Championship in mid-May with our good friend Elaine showing him. Tucker is now officially Ch Hickory's All Tuckered Out but he's not quite All Tuckered Out just yet. While he will reside full time on Elaine's couch in Mississippi, he will make an occasional appearance in the ring as a special and begin working on his Obedience and other titles. With Elaine's help, we know this boy will have letters on both sides of his name ... they make a great team! Tucker's sister Duesey, took Winner's Bitch the day before he finished and is almost finished with her Championship herself, only needing two more points to join the ranks of her brother. She took Reserve Winner's Bitch the day Tucker finished. Vienna takes a 3rd Place placement in Sweepstakes at Nationals in Kentucky with our friend Ben showing her. Jura (Hickory's Jura Claire de Lune out of Seri x Tucker) takes WB/BOW two consequative days for 3 more points. Jura only needs one major and a few singles to finish her Championship. She's a lovely girl very much in the style of her mother. Orthopedic Results updates : Tucker's final OFA's are in. He has Good rated Hips and Clear Elbows. His daughter, Aurora (out of Seri) was rated with prelim Excellent Hips and Clear Elbows at 18 months of age. That brings the tally for the Seri x Tucker litter to 5 of the 8 having been prelimmed and submitted to OFA, with Hips rating: 1 Excellent, 3 Goods, and 1 unilateral Borderline, with all 5 dogs having Clear Elbows. 2 girls from this litter are Championship pointed. April 2007 Show News: Hickory's Vienna Baer (Alinghi x Volmar) makes her show debut and takes Winner's Bitch/Best of Winner's/Best Opposite/Best Puppy and a Puppy Group 3 Placement! Not a bad start to her show career! We are quite fond of this pretty little lady and think she a bright future in the show ring. In Memory of our friend Tibor . . . Puppies Arrive: Seri free whelps 7 pups, 4 males, 3 females. Pics coming soon. March 2007 Show News: It
was a weekend for Seri's kids in the show ring. Second, Hickory's Jura Claire de Lune, aka Jura, took Winner's Bitch and Best of Winners for a 4 point major the day after the Arizona Regional Specialty. She also took RWB one other day of the weekend. Jura only recently began her show career and already has 7 points. Jura is out of Seri and Tucker. Thanks goes out to Kim and Steve for doing such a great job with Jura. Third, Hickory's Northern Lights, aka Aurora, began the show weekend as the Bridesmaid with two RWB finishes but got to be the bride in the end finishing the weekend off with a Winner's Bitch/Best of Winners/Best of Breed win over a Special. Aurora upstaged her auntie Duesey who only got to be the bridesmaid two days with RWB finishes. Aurora is also out of Seri and Tucker. Breeding/Litter updates: Seri is bred to Volmar and is pregnant. Pups are due at the end of March. Duesey will be bred later this spring to a male TBA. Ortho/Health Test updates: Results from Seri x Tucker's litter: 6 xrayed (4 officially) with 3 OFA Good Hips, one OFA unilateral Borderline Hip and 4 sets of Unaffected Elbows. 2 others were xrayed but not submitted to OFA yet. They look to both have Good Hips and Elbows. Hickory's Southern Lights (rated @10 and 17 months), Hickory's Jura Claire de Lune (@ 12 months) and Hickory's Candle in the Wind (@ 12 months) are all OFA Good for Hips and OFA Unaffected for elbows. Hickory's Lunar Kosmonaut has an OFA unilateral Borderline for Hips (and will be rexrayed) and is OFA Unaffected for elbows. Hickory's Northern Lights and Hickory's Hollywood Star have been unofficially xrayed and look good. They will be re-x-rayed in the fall at 24 months of age as will the remaining two pups. Duesey's health certs: OFA Good Hips, Clear Elbows, Clear Cardiac, Clear Thyroid and Clear CERF. 2006 News December 2006 Show News: Volmar finishes his American Championship with three back to back 4 point majors. Duesey takes two 4 point majors the same weekend and only needs a few single points to finish her Championship. Scout,in her second weekend showing, takes Reserve Winner's Bitch two times and Aussie (Hickory's Southern Lights out of Seri and Tucker), in his first weekend showing, takes Reserve Winner's Dog. Breeding Update, November 2006: Duesey is bred to Ch Bauernhofs Volmar. Pups are due in late January. September 2006: Pups due in late September and early October. Stay tuned for details and pics! August 2006: Volmar hits the show ring again and takes WD/BOW. Duesey takes RWB at the same show. Pic coming soon. August 2006: Volmar makes his show debut and takes RWD. Duesey takes RWB at the same show. August 2006: Seri is bred to Volmar. Pups due in late September. Orthopedic results updated: Cooper (Hickory's Little Deuce Cooper) from the Classic Car litter (Tucker and Duesey's litter) rates OFA Excellent in the hips. The vet forgot to do his elbows but they will be done in the near future. This makes for 6 of 7 pups in the litter xrayed with 3 Excellents, 3 Goods and only one uni-lateral Grade 1 elbow. The 7th littermate will be xrayed this fall. Also, Seri and Tucker's son Hickory's Southern Lights aka "Aussie" prelims OFA Good with clear elbows. His sister Aurora (Hickory's Northern Lights) looks clear as well but was not officially rated yet. Click here to see orthopedic and health data on all of Hickory's litters. July 2006: Hickory welcomes Bauernhofs Volmar to town. Volmar is a lovely Swedish boy that lives in Austria. Much appreciation goes out to Christina Jakum of the Bernerelite Kennel in Austria for sending us her boy and to Tibor for bringing him to us. June 2006: Tucker takes WD/BOW for another 4 point major. Only a few points to go to finish his Championship. Thanks Elaine for showing our boy for us! Website updates: Check
out the new pics and sections: Einstein's debut as a Veteran, new
Seri pics, All about Duesey with some pics, Tucker at Nationals, upcoming
litters, Summer 2006: HickoryBerners.com begins the process of a long overdue update and undergoes a facelift. Look for a whole new section on our litters with lots of pics. During this process, parts of our site may be unavailable. Feel free to contact us should you want or need any info. 19 May 2006: BMDCNC Regional Specialty: Einstein makes his show debut as a Veteran and takes Best Veteran in Sweeps! We are very proud of our Grandpa of the Hickory House. Click here to see pics. Aurora (Hickory's Northern Lights) wins her puppy class in Breed and Sweeps competition all 3 days of the show. 27 March 2006: Hickory's
First Home Brewed litter arrives: March 2006 Show Results:
Hickory's Breaking the Ice aka Emmett owned by Sue Wellenstein, takes
Winner's Dog/Best of Winners both days at the Wisconsin Regional Specialties.
6 January 2006: Bayley and Alex's babes arrive! Pics coming soon. Puppies Due: Bayley was bred to Alex and is pregnant. Pups are due early January 2006. Alinghi and Aiyana are due to be bred in early 2006. Please contact us for more information about these breedings. 2005 News A new Hickory Champion! Hickory's Stutz her Stuff strutted her stuff to her Championship in Connecticuit on November 5th at 17.5 months of age. Puppies Arrive!!!! Seri free whelps 8 pups, 4 males and 4 females in the middle of a power outage. Mom and her candlelight pups are doing great. Pictures of Seri and the Blackouts to be posted soon. 17 Sept 2005 Show Results: Tucker takes BOS in Sweepstakes at the BMDCNC Supported Entry Show in San Rafael, California 11 Sept 2005 Show Results: Duesey
takes WB on Saturday and RWB on Sunday at the Redwood Empire Kennel
Club show in Petaluma, California. Tucker took RWD on Saturday and
misbehaved on Sunday:-) 28 August 2005 Show Results: Tucker takes WD/BOW and Duesey takes WB/BOS at the Sierra-Tuolomne Kennel Club show. This was Duesey's first point and Tucker now has 7 points and one major. Their littermate Sophie (Hickory's Stutz her Stuff) has been strutting her stuff very sucessfully back east and won two days this past weekend for 4 more points. Sophie has 11 points and one major. Ortho Results: Tucker's hips are OFA Excellent and his elbows are Normal. Tucker's littermate Baron also went OFA Excellent for hips with Normal Elbows. Einstein's elbow films (taken at 18 months of age and previously rated by GDC) are rated Normal by OFA. Charm rates OFA Good hips and Normal elbows. More ortho results: Bunny from the mating of Einstein and Heidi (Durrabachler's v Porsche) x-rayed OFA Good Hips and Clear elbows. Three of her littermates have been x-rayed and all have been clear in hips and elbows. July 2005: Breeding Update: Seri and Alinghi are in season. Seri will be bred to Tucker, Alinghi will be bred to Yulian v.d. Buut Vrij Hoeve. Pups due late September/early October. Charm (Hickory's A Simple Spell: Bayley X Einstein) has been out with a handler in the midwest. As of the end of July, Charm has 9 points including 6 Best of Breed wins to her name. She only needs her majors. We hope to get her to some majors and finish her this summer. She will be sent to Europe for a breeding this fall or next spring. Details to follow. June 2005: Tucker takes a 4 point major in Fargo, North Dakota. He now has 6 points with one major. June 2005: Unfortunately, it does not look like Bayley's breeding to Trotter took. We will repeat this breeding on her next season. Alinghi and Seri will be bred this summer. Details to follow. Results from Nationals: Our silly bouncy Seri passes her Canine Good Citizen and Therapy Dog International tests. A big thanks goes out to Jenny Pollard for taking Seri through the test while we were picking Terry up in New Jersey. May 2005: Off to Nationals! Amy, Alex and gang head back east for Nationals in Gettysburg and to visit some family and friends. We will return in early June. May 2005: Bayley is bred to Doremis Globetrotter von Ask. Pups will be due the beginning of July. April 2005: Our "Upcoming Litters" page has been updated. March 2005: Tucker takes BOB Puppy and a Puppy Group 2 Placement. 18 February 2005: A very
special Hickory Litter arrives ... a singleton .. January 2005: Bayley takes Brood Bitch at the big Cow Palace show (Golden Gate Kennel Club) and Duesey takes Best Puppy. Click here for pics. January 2005: Duesey takes BOB over Tucker at a Puppy Match and goes on to a Puppy Group 3 Placement. Looks like this girl is set to follow in her mother's paw-prints:-) 2004 News November 2004: Tucker and Duesey begin their show careers with Reserve Winners while Alex takes Breed and Bayley take BOS. Another great day at the dog show. Duesey takes another RWB that weekend and Tucker takes RWD in a show the following weekend. October 2004: Back
to California! 21 September 2004: Curie is officially a Veteran though you'd never know it looking at her or by her feisty as ever attitude. Curie's page has been updated as well. September 2004: Alinghi takes back to back WB/BOS and then finishes her Championship in style with Best Of Breed over a Special. Alinghi is Hickory's first homebred Champion and was handled by Amy for every one of her points! September 2004: Alex takes back to back BOBs to finish his Championship. August 2004: Seri and Alex both receive rave reviews and "Excellent" ratings from breeder/judge Barry McMath at the Seiger show held in conjunction with the BMD Club of Ontario's Regional Specialty. August 2004: Alex takes RWD in the All Breed show in conjunction with the Ontario Regional Specialty. Alex then places 3rd in the Open dog class in the Specialty itself. Nimbus takes Best Puppy in the All Breed Show and wins his Sweeps class at the Specialty. July 2004: One show and all the prizes come home to the Hickory House: Alex takes WD/BOW/BOB, Bayley takes BOS, and Alinghi takes WB. July 2004: Alex comes to visit us for some shows and leaves a Champoin: Click here for a summary of Alex's Summer Midwest Adventure. 20 June 2004: Alinghi takes WB/BOS for another point out of the Bred By Exhibitor Class. She now only needs 4 points to finish her Championship. In the same show, Nimbus takes RWD. 14 June 2004: Aiyana has 2 beautiful baby boys. Pics coming soon. 1 June 2004: New pics uploaded to the website. Click here to see "the Kids of Hickory" and her to see photos of Bayley with her son, Nimbus. 17 May 2004: Bayley free whelps 7 puppies, 4 males and 3 females. Mom and babes are all doing very well. Pics coming soon. 7 May 2004: Aiyana confirmed pregant. Puppies are due around June 14th. Aiyana is bred to Dutch Import "Alex". 9 April 2004. Bayley confirmed pregant. Puppies are due in May. 4 April 2004: Bayley (pregnant and chubby) wins an Award of Merit at the BMDCA National Specialty. Pics coming soon. 28 March 2004: Alinghi takes WB for another point. She now has 5 points and one major. At the same show, Bayley takes BOB. Pics coming soon. 27 March 2004: Seri takes WB/BOS to finish her Championship. Pics coming soon. Bayley is
bred to a German Dog "Ivanhoe vom
Schafersgrund". Pics of "Bayley's Big Adventure"
in Europe coming soon. 2003 News Show Results: Seri takes WB/BOS at the Edwardsville Illinois Kennel Club Show on December 7th, 2003. She now only needs 1 point to finish her Championship. Show Results: Alinghi takes WB/BOS at the Edwardsville Illinois Kennel Club Show on December 6th, 2003. She now has 4 points with one major. Seri was sucessfully bred to Barancourt van de Weyenberg. Puppies are due on January 17th. Aiyana was sucessfully bred to Mozart vom Burgseeli. Puppies are due on January 12th. 12.08.03 - Website updated with photos from Europe 12.04.03 - New puppy photos posted. 11.07.03 - Aiyana, Seri and Amy off to the Netherlands for breeding Puppies Arrive: 3 Boys & 3 Girls, October 10, 2003 Alinghi takes WB for a 3 point major at the ripe old age of 7 months 09.20.03 - Curie takes a WB/BOS for a 3 point major ... a great start to her Birthday weekend Curie turns 6 years old on September 21st Bayley is pregnant ... puppies due on October 13th |
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