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Born: 29.11.2003
Died: 11.09.2012
COD: Euthanasia. Ruptured tumor in adrenal gland, internal bleeding. (Necropsy)
ED: 0/0 HD: B/B
Character test: +163p
Breeder: Marita and Sari Helassalo, Kennel Black Indira's
Owner: Kati Laaksonen, Kennel Darkway

OBEDIENCE 2x ALO1 3x ALO2 1x ALO3
(ALO=Beginners class)

Manu was my first dog. I was only thirteen years old when my mother suddenly decided we were going to get a dog. It was close to my 14th birthday so I got to decide the breed. We had this encyclopedia of dog breeds from the 70's...And I fell in love with the picture of a stunning tricolored dog. A Bernese Mountain Dog. We knew basically nothing on dogs so we went to see the first available puppy there was. At that point I should have known there was going to be trouble...

First year we had huge problems. He was wild and out of hand. Still I had fallen deeply in love with the breed and wanted to learn so much more. So I applied and got in the Central Ostrobothnia Rural Institute to study dogs. I believe he gave the best dog trainers in this country some grey hairs, he was wild, dog-aggressive and at some points even human-aggressive. I learned a lot and got him to behave and we even competed in obedience. It took years for me to realize it was not all my fault, that there was something wrong to begin with, he was such a withdrawn puppy and we just didn't know better. When I took him to a character test the judge said "I don't know what this is, but it is not a bernese. He tries to dominate the whole world but just hasn't got the guts." That pretty much sums it up. From all that had happened I could not find that needed trust in him so I decided to quit competing and we just focused on trust and relationship. At home, with no stress he was the most wonderful pet and a loved family member, he was full of energy, always coming up with something new...And he always loved and protected his own pack. With him I learned the most important lesson in the dog world. That the true value of a dog is not in titles and succes, it is in love and companionship.

After his eighth birthday he was still like a child, so happy and full of life. No grey hairs to be seen...But in early september he started to have back pains and I noticed he had started to breath heavily. And just after a week of being truly sick we found he had a huge mass in his stomach and at that point there was no more to be done. I had made a promise that my dogs would not have to suffer no matter how much it hurts to let go. He slept away in my arms. The necropsy revealed that the mass was internal bleeding from a ruptured tumor in his adrenal gland.

There are now words to describe how much I miss him, a piece has been torn from my soul.

VINCENT	CH EALEY VAN DE BUUT VRIJ HOEVE	CH HERLETTA'S KALLAHAN	CH HERLETTA'S DANIEL
			HERLETTA'S GIGI
		OL PASCHA GIONA VON BURGSEELI	DAAN LUC V.D. SAUVEGARDE
			GIONA VOM BURGSEELI
	CH YNDIANA DU BOIS BERNOIS	GILL GILLIAN VAN DE BUUT VRIJ HOEVE	CH SENNETTA'S KASSIUS
			IRIS V.D. GELDERSE PAREL
		CH DIXIE UUT'T WAARKHUUS	PAN V. MUTZBACHFALL
			BERNICE UUT 'T WAARKHUUS
BLACK INDIRA'S INGRID	CH KUURAN ASTOR	CH BENECO'S ARGOS	CH MONTANARO TINO
			STARLET BENITA
		CH KUURAN ESTA	CH HAUHUUN NORSTAR
			HAUHUUN PAULINE
	CH SILENCES INDIRA	CH LECIBSIN HEICCI	CH MONTANARO TINO
			CH OLDHILL LECIBSIN HANNI
		FANI V. KNEUBüHL	CH WACHO V. TONISBACH
			BRITTA V.D. FRITZENFLUH