The Big Dog Bus

12/18/2025

The first photo is the Christmas I had PLANNED for this year. All my boarders had stockings and we were hosting dinner at our house and I was gonna break out my mom’s silverware. Buuuuut the universe had other plans I guess. The second photo is my room at the hospital. Got thrown off my horse Monday evening and broke my pelvis in three places. Been in the trauma dept since then and tomorrow I head to a rehab facility before I can go home. Gotta farm out my boarders to other walkers and can’t have playgroups for at least two months. Sigh. But yknow what? It could have been much worse so I’m just thankful it’s only 2-3 months of pain and not a lifetime. So I’m mad at myself but there’s a Christmas every year so it will come around again. And a big shout out to who’s been a champ and is willing to take care of my ass for the next few months #2025 bernersofinstagram bernerlife bernerlove berneroftheday bernerlovers bernerdaily berners bernesemountaindog bernese bernesemountaindogsofinstagram bernesemountaindogs bernesedaily berneselove bernesemountaindoglovers berneseofinstagram berneseoftheday

12/10/2025

Ok time for something funny. I was recording the dogs playing when I realized that poor Baloo had stopped because apparently the WiFi signal was weak and his brain was still buffering. This dog cracks me up. The ultimate Stimpy.

11/23/2025

This is a hard one…we said goodbye to Woodsey last week. It’s taken me a while to actually absorb the fact that he’s gone. And to be honest, I question whether I want to keep doing this job. Woodsey wasn’t even 6 years old. I saw him for his regular walk on the Friday and Sunday night he was gone. Woods was a happy go lucky guy who enjoyed the beach and attention and his Berner friends. After I got back from my last vacation I met Woodsey at Funston and surprised him. And the reaction he gave me when he first saw me was the best thing I’ve ever seen. That’s what I’m going to remember best about him. That sheer, unadulterated joy that radiated from him when he was happy. I’m missing you already Woodsey, my friend. I hope the Berner gang was there to meet you and have already showed you dog heaven. Rest easy my good boy.

10/29/2025

Another sad post I’m afraid. The world lost another sweet Berner soul on Saturday. Bruna was one of the sweetest dogs I’ve ever know. Overly dramatic, quirky and diabolical but she was a big sweetheart. It hurts me to no end to know that she is gone. I have so many stories about her it’s hard to pick just one. She had a penchant for slinking off into greenery and hiding. And getting stuck in shrubbery and then quietly crying for me to save her. But she was at her best when spending the night with me and slowly making me think I was losing my mind but sitting behind me and making quiet hooting sounds at me and then pretending she didn’t 😂😂 She also uncannily looked like a Bantha from Star Wars and I couldn’t watch the Mandalorian without seeing her onscreen and going “Bruna!” Oh sweet Bruna-I am going to miss you something awful. She made it to 11 years and outlived most of the other Berners in these photos/vids. Rest well until I see you again in the dog Good Place, Bruna! Give my love to OG Benny and Benny 2.0, Biden, Bear, Joy, Nana, Mila, Kona, Charlie, Crosby, Archer, Izzy, Lily, Kibar, Oscar, Beulah, Biggie and Wooster and so many others. 💔

09/24/2025

For just the price of a call out to .toyota.of.oakland we can restore air conditioning to the dog bus. They flaked on me again and this was the result. Please, repost and share so we can end the suffering of these innocent animals. I’ve emailed/called/texted and apparently no one there knows how to keep an appointment OR contact someone back. Fix the ac now .toyota.of.oakland One Toyota of Oakland

09/08/2025

Stray dog just lounging on the pyramid of Giza. And meanwhile back at home, Captain brought a few friends over to party with!

08/04/2025

Happy 11th Birthday to Bruna!! Congratulations, you are officially the eldest Berner in my whole pack! Now…if only ALL Berner’s could make it to 11years!

07/09/2025

03/13/2025

More sad news I’m afraid…Benny 2.0 (named because I already had a Benny in the group) passed away last night. He had moved back to Georgia but he left a permanent imprint on our hearts. This boy loooooved the beach. I think it was his happy place. He radiated joy in whatever he did and it would be hard not to be happy when he was around. So many of the original gang has left us: OG Benny, Biggie, Wooster, Crosby, Biden, Lily, Joy, Nana…sigh. I wish they could live forever. Run free Benny! There are some old friends waiting for you at the 🌈! 😭

01/08/2025

Sadly, while I was away on vacation one of my gang went off to the Rainbow Bridge. Miss Joy had been battling cancer for some time but I was hoping I’d get a little more time with her. Joy was one of my favorite ladies because she was just so easy-going and sweet as can be. I first met Joy when she was just a tiny pup and used to like to hide from me in the big bushes at Funston. I didn’t see her for a bit and then one day I took my group to McLaren park because Funston was closed for some reason. And out of NOWHERE this giant Berner jumped up on me from behind and I was like “do we know each other?!” 😂😂 To my surprise it was Joy all grown up and she recognized me before I recognized her! One of my favorite things was seeing Joy run down the sand to get to the beach-she loved it down there so I tried to take her as much as possible. I am going to miss you, Joy. You always brightened my day and made me laugh. I hope you are with some old friends like Nana and Biden and having a grand old time swapping stories. I’m pretty sure that if there’s any afterlife at all I am headed to the dog version so I think we’ll see each other again sweet girl!! ❤️❤️🌈

12/17/2024

I’m back from vacation! And if you want to know what would make me leave my furry friends this long well, here they are! Spent a week swimming with orcas and humpbacks in the North Pole. It was amazing and magical and very very cold. Went on to Iceland for a week of R&R and Icelandic horses but I think I’m ready to see my Berners again!!

11/28/2024

Happy Thanksgiving!! I’m so thankful I get to hang out with these goofs every day! They are the best and honestly they make me laugh so much. I can’t believe my luck sometimes.