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Savitar is one of the newest Bernese Mountain Dog kennels in New
Zealand. We are Dany Wu and Kash Patel from Amberley. We are both
Software Developers. Dany was previously a Geophysicist, and was
once at risk of becoming an eternal student. His two passions in
life are information technology and Bernese Mountain Dogs. The
former has been in his life for longer than he cares to remember.
The latter is a much more recent part of his life mainly due to
living conditions. He is actively involved in the breed, previously
as a Committee member, and currently as Vice President of the Bernese Mountain
Dog Club (Inc) New Zealand.
Dogs have almost always been a part of our family life. Dany's
father had numerous dogs in the past, including Rottweilers and
Boxers. He showed Boxers in our younger days in Jakarta. Having
moved from Indonesia, to Australia, then eventually to New Zealand
meant a long gap in his life without dogs. Having high risk of
becoming an eternal student also added to the unsuitability of
having dogs. All in all Dany had to wait nearly two decades before
he could share his life with a dog.
Fast forward to 2005...it was a year of momentous events. Earlier
that year we bought our first house. It did not take long to decide
time has come for them to share their lives with a dog. Fortunately
there was a breeder nearby, Linda and Chris Jury from Schallenberg
kennel. All their puppies at the time were spoken for but Linda
kindly put them on to Lisa Stevenson from Anahera kennel. Amity had
just been mated and the wait for a puppy began with much excitement
and anticipation. It was not long before Lisa rang with the great
news that Amity had a puppy for them! The excitement and long wait
was almost unbearable!
The joyous period of waiting was sadly marred by Dany's father's
sudden passing a very short time before Christmas. To this day one
of the few regrets in life was being unable to share his love for
dogs with his father. They met baby Hurley for the first time two
days before Christmas 2005.
 Here is a photo of 8
weeks old Hurley, all 8 kg of him, moments after setting paws on
his new home
Kash has also had at least one dog in her family. Lucy was the
beloved family dog for much of Kash's life, with Archie and Rover
sharing their time with the family at different stages. Ever since
Lucy passed away dogs have always been in the back of her mind
while waiting for the right time and circumstances. That time and
circumstances has finally come right. We are now a complete family
that cannot be more perfect, except perhaps with more Berners
:o)
Fast forward past all the gooey warm-fuzzy stuff...and Linda Jury
has proven herself right. She warned us that Berners are highly
addictive when we first met her. Early in 2007 we looked around for
a companion for Hurley, with the intention of getting a girl at a
later stage to potentially start my breeding programme. Fate would
have it that we first ended up with a second boy, Sergio and, a
month later, Essie arrived. Now we cannot imagine how we ever lived
without Berners in our lives. To iterate something that's been
mentioned by others about these wonderful dogs - they simply
complete our lives! Even the most difficult of days are made easier
when you come home to a Berner hug or three. First and foremost
Hurley, Sergio, and Essie are members of our family, along with our
two cats, Pat (the oldest girl in the family) and Blue (the
oldest boy in the family).
We invite you to share our passion for Bernese Mountain Dogs. Drop
us a line and share your thoughts and stories.
 Our
passion for Information Technology has lead us to form Code Dogs
Limited, a startup company supported by Microsoft
BizSpark programme. We specialise in online services, Microsoft
web and desktop applications, and website designs. We welcome any
inquiries on any
IT-related needs.
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