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According to history, St. Bernard was trained by monks Hospice to locate lost travelers during the winter season. In addition to being rescue dogs, they also served as a watch dog and companion for the monks.

The St. Bernard has been considered a breed of dog Large weighing somewhere between 160 at 240 pounds or 73 110 kilograms, although there was one who achieved a weight of 357 pounds or 163 kg. This dog was named Benedictine, which was recorded as the dog largest and heaviest in the world. The heights Saints are up to 35 ½ inches or 90 centimeters.

His fur has two types: short and smooth coat and long hair and rough. Their body is usually white with patches of gold or dark brown on the back and head. The St. Bernard despite its enormous size, which can serve as a deterrent to the intruder has a very gentle personality and can mix well with children who make an excellent candidate as a family guard dog at a time.

St. Bernard dogs have an acute sense of smell that they feel the smell of those buried deep in the snow.They trained by monks to rescue the passengers who were lost in the snowy mountains. Therefore they are St. Bernard. It is an ancient race and founded around the year 980.

The Saint Bernard has a long history of servitude humanity. Their origins are the Swiss valleys around the centuries old Hospice of St. Bernard, where the dogs were originally used as watchdogs and companions for the community of monks who live and work within the Hospice.

A St. Bernard dog named Barry was a rescue dog expert. Once he rescued a boy who was stuck on an icy ledge, all covered with deep snow under of course, heavy snow. It was not possible for a man to climb that icy ledge, but Barry braving adversity crawled inch by inch to the injured child. As the drill, Barry began licking the boy's face, but the snow was too heavy and too the edge difficult to cross for any monk to reach the boy. Therefore, there was no help coming. The boy, he has awakened because of hot licks Barry and wrapped his arms around his neck a strong Barry. The dog was shot with care and courage from the ledge and brought him to security. He lived from 1800 to 1814 and saved over 40 lives during his lifetime.

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