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The Berner Oberland, Switzerland called the Berner Sennenhund, is a large breed of dog, one of four breeds of dogs like Senenhund Swiss Alps. The name refers to people Sennenhund called Senn, farmers in the Swiss Alps. Berner (Bernese or in English) refers to the area of racial origin, in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Initially retained as farm dogs, Sennenhunde great in the past have also been used as draft animals, pulling carts.

Appearance

Like other Sennenhund, the Bernese Mountain dog is a big heavy coat with a distinctive tri-color, black with white chest and tan (or rust) colored markings above eyes, sides of the mouth, front legs and a small quantity in the white breast. An ideal of a perfectly marked individual giving the impression of a horseshoe-shaped white around the nose and a white "Swiss cross" on the chest, in view of the front. Males and females have a large head with relatively small V-shaped ears drooping. Height at the withers is 23 to 27.5 (58-70 cm) and weighs 65-120 lbs (29-54 kg). Females are slightly smaller than males. The breed standard lists as a separate layer curly, with mouth and eyes mocking wall. exact color and structure of the layer are also described as useful.

History

The Bernese Mountain Dog, as Senenhund others, is supposed to have descended from Rhode Island, crossed with the livestock guardian dogs of the indigenous population of the Alps in antiquity. The breed was used as an all purpose farm dog, monitoring of goods and livestock, and for driving cattle in regions of Bern. The type was originally called the Da¼rrba¤chler for a small town (Da¼rrbach) where dogs were particularly notable tricolor. In Bern, the weavers used dogs as draft animals, but dogs have declined in number in the 1800s. In the early 1900s, amateur exposed examples of large dogs in shows in Bern in 1907, some farmers in the region of Burgdorf founded the first club race, "Schweizerische Da¼rrbach-Klub", and written the first standard that defines dogs as a distinct breed. In 1909, there were already 107 registered members of the race.