OFA/Genetic Westley

All About Me!

Meet Westley our proven AKC Bernese mountain dog site. His name is inspired by the valiant hero Westley in “The Princess Bride”. He is a very well-structured boy with a thick fluffy coat. Westley is a very laid-back boy. He spends a lot of time napping on the couch with the girls & definitely is a gentleman. He is not a vocal or dominant boy and is very easy to have around. He has been the foundation of my program and given us & other programs so many gorgeous litters (over 15 litters of 8 - 14 puppies) of well tempered puppies who have gone onto be both amazing family dogs & some have become service animals. Westley is 85 lb. & his health clearances are: PennHip - DI 0.36 = Excellent score showing no predispositions to hip dysphasia. OFA Hips - Good OFA Elbows - Normal OFA Cardiac - Normal OFA Patella - Normal OFA Dentition - Normal Animal Genetic testing: VwD1 - Clear DM SOD1B - Clear DM SOD1A - Carries one copy out of two. *Degenerative myelopathy is inherited in an Autosomal Recessive manner in dogs meaning that they must receive two copies of the mutated gene (a copy from each parent) to develop the disease. Westley's puppies will not be affected as he is only bred to females who are 100% clear. I wish I could keep him as he is an amazing stud with excellent health scores & has had fantastic puppies but I have kept several of his daughters here in the program and had to get unrelated stud for them. Unfortunately my program is not big enough to sustain keeping 2 boys so I would love to bless another breeder with him so he can continue doing what he loves. https://bernergarde.org/DB/Dog_Detail?DogID=211258