Alpen Schatz Donates Dirndls for Telluride Sound of Music Performance

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The Telluride Repertory Theatre Company is putting on The Sound Of Music

March 26 - March 29th here in Telluride's Palm Theatre, Telluride, Colorado.




Mary Dawn from Alpen Schatz is helping to support the Telluride performance of The Sound Of Music with authentic Austrian Dirndl’s (Fitted German/Austrian Dress).


The following ad can be found in the program.



Hope to see you at the performance! Tickets can be bought here

With warm "Julie Andrews" regards!
The hills are alive...

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Alpen Schatz on TV!

Our local TV station, Plum TV, recently put together a one minute advertorial on Alpen Schatz. The short clip features many of our products and clientele shopping in our store. Come on in for a visit and turn up your volume. Enjoy!

Little Valentino becomes our Alpen Schatzi

A few months after Schlappi's departure, little Valentino enter's our life. He is from Stacy Temple's Wagontale kennel in Fort Collins, CO. He actually has many Schlappi-like features and we can hardly wait to bring him home! He will come home to us on Feb 11. He is a little bundle of fuzziness and joy and will fill our hearts and the void that Schlappi's departure left in us.

New York Stock Exchange Ring Alpen Schatz Cow Bells!

Every January, the New York Stock Exchange attends the World Economic Summit in Davos, Switzerland. Every year for the past 5 years, they have ordered 40-50 Alpen Schatz Cow Bells to ring at the opening ceremonies. Our biggest cow bell order per year and another example of what the bells can be used for!

In Loving Memory...ODE to SCHLAPPI

On November 6, 2008, our most loving, dearest dog and inspiration for the birth of Alpen Schatz passed away from a terrible form of Liver Cancer. Our dear Schlappi was hardly 7 and a half years old. Much too young to die.

As part of our love for him and to help ourselves through the grieving process, I began composing this Ode to him before he died, completing it after he had gone across the Rainbow Bridge to doggie heaven. Here's to you, our dear, dear Schlappi who was loved not only by us, but by thousands of Alpen Schatz visitors over the years. XXX to you!

Click on the image below to view the complete tribute to Schlappi...

Alpen Schatz Yodelling Marmot Yodels Bernese Puppies to Sleep

Cherry and her Puppies

I just had a wonderful friend and customer of mine write to me after she received her Alpen Schatz Yodelling Marmot for a Christmas present. My friend has just had a HUGE litter of 11 Bernese puppies, and Cherry, the Bernese Mom, thought that the Yodelling marmot must be one of hers...well...see for yourself below what my friend, Kathy wrote of the incident...

Kathy wrote:

"HI, Mary Dawn,
Thank you so much for the yodelling Marmot!! We all love him!! That was so sweet of you.
We have 2-week old puppies and they were all making noises, which they do whenever they are awake but not nursing, so I pressed the Marmot's foot to see if the yodelling would quiet them down, and it did! So Cherry took him off the table (he was still in the box) and brought him into the whelping box and placed him in with the puppies! I rescued him right away so he wouldn't get peed on, and had to put him high on a shelf, because Cherry was convinced he was one of hers! It was too precious.
We wish you all the very best for the Holiday Season.
Best regards,
Kathy"

So Cherry's puppies were only a few weeks old in those photos, however below is what the pups will resemble at about 6-8 weeks old. All puppies are cute, however no doubt that Bernese Pups are the extra-special of the extra-cute categorie!

For more information on the Bernese Breed, email myself or visit the Official National Web-site for the

Bernese Mountain Dog Club of America!

Great News from Alpen Schatz

We've just updated our Swiss Collar page with great new prices AND added sizing charts that will make selecting your collar that much easier.

REMEMBER, a handcrafted exquisite Swiss Alpen Schatz Collar makes the perfect gift for your beloved pup!

With warm Berner hugs to all!

Mary Dawn & the Alpen Schatz Team