📊Group | 📌 |
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📊Size | Large📌 |
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📊Utilization | Originally used as a guard, draught, and cattle dog on farms in the Canton of Bern; today also a family dog and versatile working dog |
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✨Appearance | Longhaired, tricoloured, strong and agile working dog of above medium size, with sturdily built limbs; harmonious and well balanced. |
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🖍️Nicknames | Berner Sennenhund Bernese Cattle Dog Berner |
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🌐Country of origin | Switzerland |
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⌛Lifespan, years | 7 - 10 |
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📏Height | 58 cm - 70 cm |
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⚖Weight | 35 kg - 55 kg |
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🌡Temperament | Self-confident, attentive, vigilant, fearless in everyday situations; good-natured and devoted to its people. |
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📜History | The Bernese Mountain Dog is a farm dog of ancestral origin, used as a guard and draught dog and for driving cattle in the pre-alpine regions. Originally named 'Dürrbächler' after a hamlet in the Canton of Bern. |
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