Bernese Mountain Dog
- Height 64–70 cm 58–66 cm
- Weight 36–52 kg 32–43 kg
- Life span 7–10 years
- Exercise 45 min/day
The Bernese Mountain Dog is a large, sturdy dog breed with a thick, silky coat, often black, white, and rust in color. Originally bred to herd cattle and pull carts in the Swiss mountains, they are known for their intelligence, strength, and agility.
- Group
- Working Group
- Origin
- Switzerland, Canton of Bern, Swiss Alps (19th century (older working lineage))
- Coat
- medium double · black, rust, and white
- Also known as
- Berner Sennenhund, Bernese Cattle Dog, Bouvier Bernois, and Dürrbächler
- Recognized by
- AKC, FCI, UKC, KC, CKC, ANKC, NZKC
- Hypoallergenic
- No
- Id
e16a9f90-786f-40f5-9149-97e2a9a4ed8b
Traits
- Energy
- Trainability
- Barking
- Grooming
- Shedding
- Drooling
- Good with children
- Good with dogs
- Good with strangers
- Apartment friendly
Every rating runs from 1 to 5 against dogs in general, so a 3 is an average dog rather than an average Bernese Mountain Dog. They are researched estimates, not measurements.
Researched from akc.org bmdcsew.org en.wikipedia.org pawlicy.com thebernese.org
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This page, as API data
Everything above came from https://dogapi.dog/api/v2/breeds/e16a9f90-786f-40f5-9149-97e2a9a4ed8b. No key, no sign up.
See it in the reference.
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The picture itself also has an endpoint:
https://dogapi.dog/api/v2/breeds/e16a9f90-786f-40f5-9149-97e2a9a4ed8b/image, which redirects
straight to the file. See it in the reference.