Bernese mountain dog

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Name (Hebrew)
ברנר זננהונד
Name (Latin)
Bernese mountain dog
Name (Arabic)
كلب جبل برن
Other forms of name
Berner sennenhund
Bouvier bernois
Mountain dog, Bernese
See Also From tracing topical name
Mastiff breeds
Sennenhunde
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q37608
Library of congress: sh 89004754
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: Simonds, J. The complete Bernese Mountain Dog, 1990, c1989.
  • Web. 3(Bernese mountain dog)
  • Random House.
  • Glover stand. guide to pure-bred dogs:p. 425.
  • Unkelbach Amer. dog bk.:p. 110.
  • AKC dogs:p. 289 (one of Swiss Mountain dogs, Bernese Mountain Dog)
  • Bärtschi, M. Hunde sehen, züchten, erleben : das Buch vom Berner Sennenhund, c1992.
  • Prisco mini-atlas dog breeds:p. 119 (Bernese Mountain Dog; Berner Sennenhund, Bouvier Bernois)
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Wikipedia description:

The Bernese Mountain Dog, German: Berner Sennenhund or Dürrbächler, is a large dog breed originating from the canton of Bern, Switzerland and the Swiss Alps. It is one of four Sennenhund-type breeds, with ancestral roots in Roman mastiffs. The name Berner (or Bernese in English) refers to the breed's area of origin in the canton of Bern, and Sennenhund is derived from the German Senne ("alpine pasture") and Hund ("hound/dog"), as they accompanied the alpine herders and dairymen called Senne (m pl; Senn, m sg). Historically used as a general farm dog, the large Sennenhunde also pulled carts as draft animals. The breed was formally recognized in 1912.

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