BERNESE MOUNTAIN DOG

bərnēzˈ, breed of sturdy working dog first brought to Switzerland by the invading Roman armies over two millennia ago. It stands from 23 to 27 in. (58–69 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs from 50 to 70 lb (23–32 kg). Its long, silky, slightly wavy coat is jet black with a white blaze up the face, white on the chest, feet, and tip of tail, and russet-brown or tan markings on all four legs and above the eyes. For hundreds of years in its native canton of Berne, the Bernese mountain dog was used as a draft animal by the local merchants to haul cartloads of goods to market. Today it is raised principally for show competition and as a pet. See dog.

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books on: Bernese Mountain Dog  - 2 results

 
 
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South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917
Book by Ernest Shackleton; Birlinn, 2001
Subjects: Antarctica--Discovery And Exploration, Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition--(1914-1917), Shackleton, Ernest Henry--Sir--1874-1922--Travel--Antarctica
...illusion of a wilderness of mountain-peaks like the Bernese Oberland. I could not doubt...watchman who looked after the dogs and watched for any sign of...make an ice-house for the dog Sally, which had added a little...as well as food for men and dogs. Orders were given for the...
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Shackleton: The Polar Journeys
Book by Ernest Shackleton; Birlinn, 2002
Subjects: Antarctica--Discovery And Exploration--British, British Antarctic Expedition--(1907-1909), Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition--(1914-1917), Shackleton, Ernest Henry--Sir--1874-1922--Travel--Antarctica
...illusion of a wilderness of mountain-peaks like the Bernese Oberland. I could not doubt...watchman who looked after the dogs and watched for any sign of...make an ice-house for the dog Sally, which had added a little...as well as food for men and dogs. Orders were given for the...


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journal articles on: Bernese Mountain Dog  - 6 results

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Dogs and People: The History and Psychology of a Relationship
Journal article; Journal of Business Administration and Policy Analysis, Vol. 24-26, 1996
Subjects: Authors--Addresses, essays, lectures, Coren, Stanley--Addresses, essays, lectures, Dog breeds--Social aspects, Dog owners--Psychology and mental health, Dogs--Social aspects, Psychologists--Addresses, essays, lectures
...Terrier Whippet Group 6: Steady Dogs - includes solid, good-natured and tolerant dogs Basset Hound Beagle Bernese Mountain Dog Bloodhound Bouvier De Flandre...Deerhound Group 7: Clever Dogs - includes observant and trainable...
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Unequal Contribution of Sexes in the Origin of Dog Breeds
Journal article by A-K Sundqvist, S. Björnerfeldt, J. A. Leonard, F. Hailer; Genetics, Vol. 172, 2006
Subjects: DNA, Mitochondrial, Deoxyribonucleic acid--DNA, Dogs, Evolutionary biology, Selective breeding, Wolves
...structure in the mtDNA of dog breeds. On the other...different from those in dogs. The poor phylogeographic...the observed wolf and dog haplotypes cannot be...breeds as diverse as the Bernese mountain dog, collie, dalmatian...sorting from an ancient dog gene pool, dogs that belong to the same...
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Linkage Disequilibrium and Demographic History of Wild and Domestic Canids
Journal article by Melissa M. Gray, Julie M. Granka, Carlos D. Bustamante, Nathan B. Sutter, Adam R. Boyko, Lan Zhu, Elaine A. Ostrander, Robert K. Wayne; Genetics, Vol. 181, 2009
Subjects: Animal populations, Dogs, Genomics, Studies, Wolves
...generations ago for Bernese mountain dog, originating from...interbreeding between early dogs and wolves or multiple...observed in domestic dogs may have been maintained...populations and dog breeds was found...Pekingese and Bernese mountain dog exhibited the...
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A Taxonomy of Knowing: Animals Capitive, Free- Ranging, and at Liberty
Journal article by Vicki Hearne; Social Research, Vol. 62, 1995
Subjects: Social Sciences--Periodicals
...In the case of dogs, a clue, a pretty...is whether the dog, in the open, with...working with the Bernese Mountain Dog named Sampson and...but the fact of dogs working at liberty...forbid a civilized dog such as Sampson entry...
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A Taxonomy of Knowing: Animals Captive, Free- Ranging, and at Liberty
Journal article by Vicki Hearne; Social Research, Vol. 62, 1995
Subjects: Social Sciences
...In the case of dogs, a clue, a pretty...is whether the dog, in the open, with...working with the Bernese Mountain Dog named Sampson and...but the fact of dogs working at liberty...forbid a civilized dog such as Sampson entry...
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magazine articles on: Bernese Mountain Dog  - 4 results

 
 
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Head Out!
Magazine article by Jane McConnell, Janet Filips, Shannon Thompson; Sunset, Vol. 212, June 2004
Subjects: Families & family life, Summer, Vacations
...letting Bonnie, our Bernese mountain dog, cool off with a swim...family of six and our dog, with a bedroom in the...stew, and listening to mountain lions screech. My idea...August-after a barking dog woke us at 3 a.m...increasingly steep, and woodsy mountains surrounded us. We found...
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Ingenuity & Freedom
Magazine article by Peter O. Whiteley; Sunset, Vol. 208, May 2002
Subjects: Architecture, Design, Handicapped accessibility, Houses, Twaddell, Elizabeth
...things-the sounds of a little girls giggles from the family room, the click-clack of Baxter, their friendly Bernese mountain dog, walking on the hardwood floors, and the shadows of Bradford pear trees on the kitchen floor. "This house succeeds...
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Obituaries: Joseph Payne
Magazine article; The American Organist, Vol. 43, March 2009
...brother, Eric Payne of Fayette, Maine, his sister, Margaret Jones of Fort Wayne, Ind., and by his beloved Bernese Mountain dog, Schatzli. A Holy Eucharist was celebrated in Lindsey Chapel at Emmanuel Church in Boston on February 16, 2008...
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A Day in the Life of Don Borwhat: Coaching Teams for High Involvement
Magazine article by Brenda Paik Sunoo; Workforce, Vol. 77, June 1998
Subjects: Borwhat, Don, Case studies, Employee involvement, Executives, GE Fanuc Automation North America Inc, Human resource management, Manufacturers, Personal profiles, Teams, United States
...awakens when the Blue Ridge mountains are still pitch black. He...work, he permits his three dogs (a golden retriever, German shepherd and Bernese mountain dog) to run around the five acres...and time to play with the dogs.


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newspaper articles on: Bernese Mountain Dog  - 69 results

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My Special Birthday Treat - a Trip to Top Dog Heaven; Our Smallholder Columnist Found Herself an Animal Sitter and Finally Realised Her Life-Long Ambition Down to Earth
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), March 11, 2008
Subjects: Dogs--Personal narratives
...Treat - a Trip to Top Dog Heaven; Our Smallholder...and china models of dogs, and I had books...to look after the dogs andfeed all the livestock...like Newfoundland, Bernese mountain dog, GreatDane, StBernard. Small dogs just dont do it for...
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Welsh Mountains Make Tongues Wag
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), October 1, 2004
...shadow of Skirrid Mountain, near Abergavenny...work in the Welsh mountains. Mrs Kinsey spent...her first cross, a Bernese Mountain dog mixed with a Border...bred in 1997. The Bernese Mountain dogs from Switzerland have...
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This Dog Finally Has His Day It Was Many a Mile, Many a Phone Call and a Dream, but Bosco Is Home Sweet Home
Newspaper article by Jameel Naqvi; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), March 4, 2007
...catch the dog first. The dog ate the food, but after...be able to catch the dog. As the seasons changed, Pat worried about the dogs ability to survive the...the story and claim the dog. The only calls she...McCorkles thought Bosco was a Bernese mountain dog, a Swiss breed with...
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Leaps and Bounds Agile Dogs Take on Obstacles in Training
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), November 29, 2006
...compete. In the world of dogs, there are three types...trials and shows. Dogs are graded on their performances...counts, above all else. Dog agility trials are held...As a new owner of a Bernese mountain dog, she is attending...into carting. "The Bernese mountain dog was bred...
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Whose Dog? East Dundee Neighbors Seek Owner of Purebred Stray Pooch
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), January 14, 2007
Whose Dog? East Dundee Neighbors Seek...Wednesday with a shaggy-dog story. Pat McCorkle, who...Barrington Ave., said a hairy dog has been roaming the wooded...Neighbors identified the dog as a Bernese mountain dog, a large breed originating...
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encyclopedia articles on: Bernese Mountain Dog  - 2 results

 
 
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Bernese Mountain Dog
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BERNESE MOUNTAIN DOG b rnez , breed of sturdy working dog first brought to Switzerland...the eyes. For hundreds of years in its native canton of Bern, the Bernese mountain dog was used as a draft animal by the local merchants to haul cartloads...
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Working Dog
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...kennel clubs to designate dogs raised by humans to herd...as guides (see guide dog ) for the blind. The...are designated working dogs by the American Kennel...sheepdog , Belgian Tervuren , Bernese mountain dog , Bouvier des Flandres...


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