All the pictures below can be enlarged by clicking on them.

 It's good to be King

 Willie in his spot w/ Baby Grand.

 This is Am/Can. Ch. Samuel vom Steinhof. He is known to his friends as "Willie". He is the alpha male of the group. He rules with experience and compassion rather than brute force. Willie is a BMDCA Top Conformation Sire as well as a Top Working Dog Sire.

Willie has now been retired as a stud dog, but his great orthopedics, desire to work and his gentle nature live on in his offspring.

Willie's Pedigree

 This is Quadella vom Steinhof. We call her "Greta". We don't have a lot of pictures of Greta, but we think this one is superb. It captures her spirit and her beauty. Greta is 8 years old and is no longer breeding. She is the mother of Ch. Eur-Am's Enough Already DD NBDD (Ready) who at the age of 5 is already a Top Producer of Conformation and Working Dogs and the father of Ch. Pinnacle's Evans en Route who was Best of Breed at the 1999 BMDCA National Specialty.

Ready and another Greta boy, Chase(Ch. Eur-Am's Bitious CD NDD NBDD), are shown on the Bernese Mountain Dog edition of Animal Planet's "Breed All About It" earning their Novice Brace Drafting title with Ready's mom Val Horney. (They are the only dogs shown pulling as a pair at the Colorado Draft Test)

 9 month old Hansi being gentle w/ puppy  A happy, but dirty boy.  A happier and dirtier boy!

 This is Ch. Eur-Am's Hanselmann. He is Willie's son out of Malaika von den roten Eichen He is a very handsome and athletic dog who finished his championship very quickly. He is second in command at our house. He generally patrols the property during the day and comes in every so often to cuddle. Usually the first thing he does is to give Willie a lick on the nose as he reports back in. Everyone who meets Hansi falls in love with him.

Hansi is our primary stud dog now that Willie has retired. His hips are GDC-Excellent (he has one of the lowest pennHip scores of any berner ever measured), clear elbows and has CERFed clear.

Hansi's Pedigree

 Hello Dolly v.d. Buut Vrij Hoeve(front)

Born:1-11-98
Herletta's Kallahan x Ol Pascha Giona Vom Burgseeli
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 Ch. Eur-Am's Lopen thru the Tulips(behind)

Born:1-29-01
Ch.Eur-Am's Hanselmann x Hello Dolly vd Buut Vrij Hoeve
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 This is Dolly and her son Tuli being awarded Best of Winners(Dolly) and Winners Dog(Tuli) at the Umpqua Kennel Club Show. Tuli now has his championship and his mother is building her point total quickly.

 Eur-Am's Czar

Born: 1-30-00

Am/Can Ch. Samuel vom Steinhof x Czarina vom Hofe Aeskulap

 In limited showing, Czar has one major and is very close to his championship. Here he is winning "Best in Bred by Exhibitor" at about one year of age.

 Kadrin von der Holderstockhoehe

Born: 4-11-00

Kerry von der Vogelweide x Conny von der Holderstockhoehe

 Kadrin is a German import. Sometimes we call her Hedgy, because when she was a baby she kind of looked like a little hedge hog. She is shown here winning "Best Puppy" at the Silver Bay Show in Del Mar, Ca.

 Eur-Am's Enzian

Born: 1-14-02

Can. BISS Can/Am Ch. Sennenhof Xander x Ch. Eur-Am's Olympia

 Enzi is the result of a group effort between myself and Phil and Susan Henderson of Enzian BMD's. She was the pick bitch of a very nice litter. She has fabulous structure and if she develops as we think she will, she could have a very nice show career. At the age of 20 months she picked up 3 major wins in one weekend and now has 11 championship points.

Eur-Am Berners at work and at play

 Now you guys get back to your mommy

 A school of berners

 Did somebody say dinner?

 A Rose between two horns.


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