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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 .
Matthews other Saint Bernard, Hank, is a whopping 185 lbs. at his full height.So we have to imagine that Brandy will grow up to be big too. Related: St. Bernard Boldly Steals Mom's Bowl of Cereal ...
Sully the Saint Bernard is a big 'ol softie! The massive hound is quite possibly the most loving dog in the world -- and totally earns the "man's best friend" title. When Sully's dad comes home ...
Barry der Menschenretter (1800–1814), also known as Barry, was a dog of a breed which was later called the St. Bernard that worked as a mountain rescue dog in Switzerland and Italy for the Great St Bernard Hospice. He predates the modern St. Bernard, and was lighter built than the modern breed.
Brandy the dog survived for days without food and water among the wreckage
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).
As to the Saint-Bernard brandy-keg legend, after investigating further, I believe that it may not be a legend. Please see references below. Of course the fact that a young artist put a keg around a dog's neck in a painting does not disprove that real dogs might have carried containers with brandy ("phial" in the anecdote quoted implies something much smaller than a keg).
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