Saint Bernard

Saint Bernard dog of origin, Denmark, in Switzerland, also has a long history, but the mid-19th century, fewer and fewer number of almost to the point of extinction. Saint Bernards for the Alps, named after the monastery of St. Bernard. AD 980, the St. Bernard dog is dangerous because the guardian of those who crossed the Alps Road, famous for the tourists Unfortunately, the Chronicle can not be verified initially. The 18th century, the monastery priests kept the dog as dangerous mountain guide to find the lost person and make it wake up missing. Saint Bernards for the Short-haired breeds, in order to prevent inbreeding, joined the Scottish dog breeds, resulting in hairy dog now. Called "Barry" in St. Bernard dog.

【Character】

Saint Bernard is a very large dog, personality is very docile, easy to close, kind, friendly, it is loyal to the owner, like to stay with the child for companionship with children, and to children is very tolerant. Easily trained, good at saving, can adapt to cold weather. In Denmark, when storms come, they will Daxian reach out, in the vast snowy in numerous rescue persons in distress. But requires a larger space, so not suitable for urban farming. If given enough space, food, exercise, can become very good family dogs.

【Size】

Height: 61 ~ 71cm

Weight: 50 ~ 90kg

【Head】

The same as the whole body, very powerful and impressive. A huge skull is very wide, slightly arched, smooth surface on both sides of tilt, with high cheekbones developed linked to more developed occiput. Orbital edge is very prominent, with the axis of the head at right angles. Between the two, start at the root of the dolphin has a deep groove, almost across the entire skull. The first half deep to the occipital faded. Medial head of the line from the eyelids to go to the back of the head. Eyes, skin a little above the forehead wrinkles, the central sulcus to the concentration of the forehead, especially if the dog is in a state of alert, these wrinkles more obvious, but in no way gives the impression of sadness.

Proboscis short, from the roots to the tip taper and kiss the roots of a greater depth than the length of the dolphin's great. And not to show the edge of the dolphin's arc, but straight. A very wide, relatively shallow trench, but it is clear from the root until the tip of the nose kiss the Department. On the lower lip edge is incomplete, and the next edge of the beautiful curve of a bend upward. Drooping lower lip is not obvious. Teeth to be sound, strong, scissors bite or level bite, but the scissors-like bite better. Lower jaw prominent, although occasionally in a good dog, but not ideal; overshot a disadvantage, the palate mucosal black ideal.

Nose and wide, nostrils open, the same as the lips, always black.

Medium-sized ears, ears high, the base slightly to leave the head, fold down, close to the head. Auricular soft, slightly rounded to form a triangle. Ear leading edge close to the head, back edge of a certain distance away from the head, especially when the dog is in alert state. Separated from the little dog ears, ears close to the base of the head, so that the head oval, contour is not clear at the same time, ear broadens the base so that the skull appears, showing a square.

Eye position in the skull, rather than the front side. Medium size, dark brown eyes bright and friendly.

【Body】

High-neck position, very strong, when the dog is alert when the full upright. Neck back muscles are very rich, round the edge, which makes the neck look very short. Significantly below the skin of the neck sagging. Tilt and broad shoulders, muscles are very rich and dynamic, shoulder stands out. Thoracic arch, compare deep, above the elbow.

Back width, back and waist straight, slightly tilted back waist to the hip, buttocks and tail root connected naturally.

【Limbs】

Muscular rear, leg muscles are very abundant. Abdomen slightly tightened up. The roots of broad and powerful tail, tail length, thick. At rest, tail drooping naturally. In many dogs, the Ministry of upturned tip of its tail to tail shaped like a "f"-shaped. Exercise, all the dog's tail more or less rolled up. Very well developed on the wrist muscles strong. Previous wrist straight and strong. Moderate hind tarsal joint angles. Feet wide, toe powerful, more compact, high toe joints.

【Coat】

Coat is very dense, Short-haired, smooth, dense coat at the thigh. Coat tail long and dense root to the tip gradually becoming scarce, tail appear hairy. Color is white with red and white, red shades vary, it can be brown.