The Saint Bernard is a giant working dog breed from Switzerland with a short- to medium-length coat that typically comes in shades of brown and white with black around the face. There are smooth ...
Robert Leighton, an authority on dogs, wrote in 1907 how breeding St Bernards as ‘show’ dogs turned them into ‘cripples’ because they were too tall and heavy and called for new conformation standards.
Macdona’s dog Tell became a celebrity and was in demand for breeding; the Prince of Wales’s St Bernard Hope was sired by him. “It’s fascinating that Macdona’s St Bernards, due to their size, weight ...
From Pekingese to St. Bernard and greyhound, dogs come in such startling variety it's easy to forget they belong to the same species. The profusion of breeds today -- at least 150 -- reflects ...
A dog from South Dakota, US, has been declared the world record holder for having the longest tongue on a dog. Mochi "Mo" Rickert, an 8-year-old St Bernard from Sioux Falls, has a tongue measuring ...