Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Internationally published, award-winning dog writer and photographer. Accomplished writer in English and German. Specializes in the Bernese Mountain Dog and the human-canine bond. Books: THE BERNESE MOUNTAIN DOG - A DOG OF DESTINY (Doral) - A lavishly illustrated coffee-table volume that has been dubbed “the Godfather of all Bernese books” and “the ultimate educational literature on the Bernese Mountain Dog;" - Winner of the Glyph Award for Best Animal Book; - Nominee in the Dog Writers Association of America Writing Competition. BERNER SENNENHUND (Kynos) - Internationally acclaimed book written in German, now in its 5th edition and long a classic; -Translated into Slovak. Magazines: - Over a hundred articles in the major canine magazines of German speaking Europe and the USA (including AKC Gazette, Dog Fancy, Schweizer Hunde Magazin, Der Hund, Hunde Revue, Mein Hund, Hundewelt, Wuff, Lebendige Tierwelt), ranging in topic from breeding to positive puppy training, from traveling to body care, from conformation shows to temperament testing, from freestyle obedience to dairy drafting. Photography: - Internationally acclaimed as the premier photographer of the Bernese Mountain Dog; - Approximately one hundred cover images (magazines, including AKC Gazette, Dog World, Schweizer Hunde Magazin, Der Hund, Hunde Revue, Mein Hund, Wuff, Lebendige Tierwelt; books; calendars); - Exclusive photographer of the Petprints, USA/Avonside Publishing, UK Bernese Mountain Dog Calendar since 1996 (winner and multiple nominee, Dog Writers Association of America writing competition) - Invitational Bernese photo exhibitions in the USA, Canada, Great Britain, and Switzerland; - Archive with thousands of Bernese images; - Also available: Images of the Appenzell, Entlebuch, and Greater Swiss Mountain Dog. A selection of Bernd's images can be seen at https://juniors.wg.picturemaxx.com/ ->enter F371 Professor Guenter's lifelong contribution to German-American academic and cultural exchange is legendary.