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The St. Bernard or Saint Bernard (UK: / ˈ b ɜːr n ər d /, US: / b ər ˈ n ɑːr d /) is a breed of very large working dog from the Western Alps in Italy and Switzerland. [3] They were originally bred for rescue work by the hospice of the Great St Bernard Pass on the Italian-Swiss border .
In the 1830s, Heinrich Essig, a dog breeder and seller and mayor of the town of Leonberg near Stuttgart in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, claimed to have created the Leonberger by crossing a female Landseer Newfoundland with a "barry" male from the Great St Bernard Hospice and Monastery (which would later create the Saint Bernard).
Saint Bernard refers primarily to Bernard of Clairvaux (1090–1153), a Christian saint, mystic, and reformer of the Cistercian order. Another prominent meaning is St. Bernard (dog) , a breed of dog.
Saint Bernards stop growing at around 2 years old, when they weigh between 120 and 180 lbs. Whereas most smaller dog breeds reach maturity and stop growing at around 9 to 12 months.
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A red and white color once found in the Sennenhunds was said to be from crosses with the St. Bernard, a breed from the Alps also said to be descended from Roman the molossus. [2] The Sennenhunds, especially the two larger breeds, began to disappear in the 1800s with the decline in need for butcher's dogs and carting dogs.
Bernie – St. Bernard dog mascot of the Siena Saints; Bernie the Dog – mascot of the Marymount University Saints; Bernoulli – Beaver mascot of the Caltech Beavers; Bevo – a live Texas longhorn steer, mascot of the Texas Longhorns; Big Al – Elephant mascot of the Alabama Crimson Tide; Big Blue – Lion mascot of the Old Dominion Monarchs
The Bernese Mountain Dog, German: Berner Sennenhund or Dürrbächler, is a large dog breed from Bern, Switzerland and the Swiss Alps, being one of the four breeds of Sennenhund-type dogs, with roots in the Roman mastiffs.