I've LOVED the Berners I have come across and that is one of the breeds on my bucket list but I have personally not known one to live past 8. We are also very active and a Berner may not be able to keep up with the amount of hiking we do.

Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down like a game of solitaire. It is a grand passion. It seizes a person whole and once it has done so, he will have to accept that his life will be radically changed. Ralph Waldo Emerson

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