Santera Ariel Starfire -

Memorial: On October 11, 2002, we lost one special lady...Santera Ariel Starfire. She was better known to her friends as Ariel. Ariel was our official house greeter and never met a person she didn't like. She lived well up until a few days before she died. She died just 4 days shy of her 12th birthday. She leaves us with many memories but also many empty places in our home and our hearts. We shall greatly miss her.

AM. CH. Santera Punkianna v Crest - better known to her friends as Punky, was co-bred by John and Gloria Woodson. They are the co-owners of Santera Tob Melody Noel who is Punky's dam. Punky was a beautiful puppy at 6 weeks old and never really changed. She had perfect markings, attitude, bone, and movement. She finished her championship at 15 months. She is OFA certified hips/elbows and CERFed. In her first litter she produced only one pup, Santera Exclusive Edition (10 pts. - both majors/ GDC good hips/elbows CERFed). The next time we bred her we used CH. Deli's Shaping the Future who was ten years old. We only got 4 pups - one female. We kept the young female since she was the only female puppy that Punky had produced. She is called Santera Glorianna v Crest. Glory got GDC Excellent hips/elbows clear and is CERFed. Punky had her next litters out of Sunshines Bountiful Harvest (Bounder), AM. CAN. CH. Lowenzehn's Reason To Believe, and our import from Norway, CH. Always An Angel. Now that Punky is retired from the whelping box we hope to sit back and watch some of her kids in the breed ring. We just hope they have some of the fire and spunk that she does.

Memorial: Our beloved Punky passed away at 11 years and one month.

Santera Jolie v Crest - Jolie is a lovely female with good bone and great movement. She is with friends growing up. We hope that she might be ready to show this next year. She has GDC hips/elbows clear. She is also vWD genetically clear.

Memorial: Jolie passed away in August 2008 when she was 7.5 years old.

Memorial: She had both majors and died at 8 years of age.

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.

Memorial: On August 22, 2010, we lost our Angel from Norway, just 2 months shy of his 10th birthday.  Cherub was my boy and bonded with me the night we rode home from the airport on his trip from Norway.  He sat in my lap the entire way.  His breeders said they named him "Always An Angel " because that reflected his personality.  He lived up to that name. He was a dog who was friendly with everyone and lived a very healthy life.

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.

Memorial: We miss Concho dearly.  He was my best bud and loved me best of all.  What a beautiful boy he was.  He was. 

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.

Memorial: We lost Kahill in July 2013.  He was 11.5 years old.  He gave us a scare when he was 7 years old but we did not give up on him and pulled him through.  I still believe it was some sort of tick issue which was never completely diagnosed but it took 3 doctors and lots of patience and lots of care to get him through that time.  I didn't complete his championship till he was 6 years old as I was busy judging in the spring and by the time the summer and fall shows came around he was always out of coat.  This one year I looked at him in October and said to myself how nice he looked so took him out and he finished his championship.  He probably hadn't been shown in over a year.  He was a great boy with a lovely personality who gave his offspring lots of good orthopedic ratings.  We still have several of his grandkids here who we hope carry on his personality and longevity.

Santera Zevaluck v Crest - Zeva is the only offspring we have here out of our lovely Mika (our Lucka daughter).  She is a very sound girl with OFA Good hips and clear elbows.  She is genetically clear of vWD and her eyes have been CERFed.   She has also been DM tested and came back Normal.  She is a lovely moving girl and can carry a nice coat.  She is a sweet girl but has not been shown. 

Memorial: Zeva left us way too soon.  We had great hopes for her and hoped to get another offspring from her as nice as her lovely daughter, Jada (Santera Jadaluck v Crest) out of Ch. Lewa's Old Dan Tucker.  She was a great mother although we never got her bred till she was 4 years old and then we lost her in 2013 at her 6th birthday.  She had a lot of longevity behind her so she left us much before her time.  She was a loyal and loving companion.

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.

Memorial: Yadi passed away at 10.5 years.

Memorial: Pipit passed away at 11.5 years.

Santera Kyrie’s Prelude - Kyrie has given us some very lovely pups. She is one of our taller females with a great personality. She is one of our Phoenix daughters that has continued to produce some typey and sound babies for us. She is the dam of Tavi and Yoni. Yoni was born in June of 2005 so we are having fun watching him grow up.

Memorial: Kyrie passed away at 10 years.

Santera Mikaluck v Crest - Mika is a lovely young female who has the size her dam, Lucka, lacked. She is a sweet as her parents and loves to go to the shows so she can jump into everyone's lap. Mika won Best Puppy at the Potomac Valley Bernese Specialty Match at 7 months and went on to take Best Berner in Match. She was shown on a limited basis from the 6-9 mo. puppy class and ended up with a number of class wins over competition and a Reserve to a major. She will be out and about more as she grows up but we are very pleased with this sweet young girl.

Memorial: Mika passed away at nearly 9 years.

Santera Sennianna v Crest - Senna is a very sound typey female. She is a beautiful mover with great angles front and rear and a lovely personality. She is OFA Good with clear elbows, eyes have been CERFed, and she is genetically clear of vWD disease.

Memorial: Senna passed away at nearly 10 years.

Santera Arctic Tearose - Tia, our little rose from AM. CH. Arctic Rose av Milkcreek, was taken from the Sunshine Kennel as a stud puppy. Rose is special to us as she stopped here on her way to CA from Norway when she was a puppy of 12 weeks.
Her sire is our Santera Special Contender, better known to us as Tenny. We went to California to pick Tia up and brought her home in a Sherpa bag. She was a perfect angel the entire trip. She was so quiet the entire trip that no one knew we had her with us. It was a long trip from CA to MD but she did great.
Tia looks much like her sire but has a little more of her mother’s attitude. She loves people and enjoys life. She is OFA good hips/normal elbows and has had her eyes CERFed and is genetically clear of vWD.
In her first litter Tia proved to be a fantastic mom. She took great care of her litter. It will be fun to watch them grow up.
She is proud of her brother, Ch. Sunshines Arctic Star (Hunter) who finished his championship before his second brother. Her dam also went Best Brood Bitch at the 2006 BMDCA National Specialty out of a class of 15. We are all very proud of both Rose and Hunter.

Memorial: Tia passed away at 8 years.

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.

Memorial:  We lost our happy boy at age 11 years and 3 months.  He was his loving self to the end. Always the one to grab our hand to help lead us around.   He will be missed.

Santera Springtime Splendor - Splendee is a very nice moving female with an outgoing personality. She shows the personality of her sire, Tavi. She is from Tia's last litter. She is not a large female, but very proportionally built with good angles front and rear.

Memorial: Splendee passed away in 2016.

Santera Tavia’s Cadenza- Addy, born in 7/07, is  a lovely young female with great attitude, structure and movement.  She is a good representation of both her parents, Tavi and Tia.  Addy has proved that she is a special little girl shown to the right judges. She took 2nd out of 12 in her first show in sweeps under breeder Sharon Groves.  She went to the National and even though she was not totally trained went 4th out of 15 in Futurity under breeder/handler Jennie West.  At 10 months we put her in handling classes so we could get ready to show her again. She is a super girl in a small package with a lot of attitude.

Update: Addy moved to a new home.

Santera Tango v Brightwater who is better know to all her friends as Kayla is from Georgeann and Bob Reeve’s Kennel.  Her sire is our AM. CH. Santera Original Kahill and her dam, AM. CH. Aquabi’s Dancer of Doriath, is a daughter of AM. CH. Lowenzehn’s Reason To Believe.  Kayla was shown once as a puppy but she was slow to mature. She has all her clearances (OFA hips good/elbows normal, vWD genetically clear by parentage and CERF).  She was just brought out to show for the PVBMDC Match and ended up with Best Adult in Match. 

Update: Kayla moved to a new home.

Santera Northwind Grandeur - Jettee was born in late November of 2008.  He was the only surviving puppy from Turina's C-section. What a beautiful baby he was. He has been growing into a lovely boy. He has the sweetest temperament and is like a big lanky teenager growing up. At 15 months he is still growing.  He has a good on his OFA hip prelims and a normal on his OFA elbow prelims.  He had his eyes checked and they were also normal. He is clear of vWD by parentage and also both his parents were tested normal by the DNA DM test. 

Santera Captivating Nightwind - Nettee, (b. 2011) is the only offspring we were able to get from our Jettee, Santera Northwind Grandeur, before he went sterile. We had hoped to use Jettee on a number of our girls as he is the easiest dog to live with and has such great type with good health clearances. He produced two litters and one was from Nettee's mom who we bred so we took a stud puppy. Nettee's dam has produced some lovely dogs bred to Jettee's sire before Jettee.

Nettee is a sweet girl with a lovely head. She is a big girl like her sire and weighs 93 pounds at 2 years. She is OFA good, elbows normal, genetically of vWD and also DM as both her parents were tested for DM. She has also had her eyes checked. I think Nettee will get even nicer as she ages and matures. She will be bred in the spring of 2013.

Santera On My Way - Tennille, (b. 2010) is out of our Turina's last litter.  Her sire is from the Ch. Lewa Take the Points and has all his health clearances.  Tennille has OFA good hips and normal elbows, genetically clear of vWD due to parentage, eyes CERFed, and is genetically normal of DM due to parentage. She produced her first litter in the fall of 2013. She is a tall girl who was a slow maturer. She is a very happy girl. 

Santera Diamond Jubilee - Lizzie, (b. April 2012) was named after Queen Elizabeth's 50 year celebration of  being on the thrown; thus, comes her call name of Lizzie.  She is a lovely girl with OFA good hips and  normal elbows, genetically clear of vWD by parentage, and eye clearances. Lizzie is a carrier of DM SOD A but is normal on SOD B.  Overall she is a very sound girl with great markings, personality, and movement. She could be a little larger but is a lovely girl. She has a very interesting pedigree so hope she can add much to our breeding program. She breeds naturally and whelps naturally.  We have a lovely daughter of her here now Santera Kateel's Country Pride who has had prelims of OFA normal hips/elbows, eyes normal, and is DM SOD A and SOD B that we hope to show soon. Kateel did go Best Puppy in Match at the PVBMDC Fall match in 2016.