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St. Bernard has a long history of slavery to mankind. Its origins are the Swiss valleys around the Centennial Hospice of St. Bernard, where the original dogs used as guard dogs and companions of the community of monks living and working in the hospice.

Hospice was used as a stopover for travelers crossing between the stages of the Swiss Alps with Italy. Because of the treacherous snow, travelers are often confused or lost and tragically died. Finally, some monks began to train these dogs large and soft to go on a mission to save these passers. These dogs seem to possess an inherent desire to seek and locate lost and missing, and also possessed the kind of coat that not only protected high winds, but not cake with snow and ice.

Dogs have worked in teams of four. Two are sleeping with the victim and keep him hot lick one's face to try to keep it alive, and the other would return to the hostel to put the rescue teams of man. In Over time they became known as the Hospice dogs, and this name was common until the early 19th century, they began to be called the St. Bernard.

The true origin of the breed is most likely a mixture of dogs in the Alps, as the Tibetan Mastiff and the large Roman war dogs taken to Switzerland by the Romans in the second century AD In the year 1350, the image of a Saint Bernard has been placed in the Swiss coat of arms.

The typical image of the spirit of Saint Bernard to take the bottle of whiskey under his chin is not true, it probably came from painting of the Landseer Newfoundland done by Sir Edwin Landseer.

Saint Bernard, Newfoundland, has an instinctive ability to seek and find extraordinary humans. It is an instinctive desire and strong people who make these dogs for this purpose does not have a difficult task, since the strong instinct of pre-race and the search and rescue dog.

Saint Bernard is gentle and yet protective. They look terrible for them, standing a shoulder height of 25 to 27 inches, and weigh up to 200 pounds, but standard application for an average weight of 150 pounds for an adult male. The body is massive, the hair is short and dense and resistant to cold winds and ice conditions. His big feet are constructed to form a "snowshoe" effect in the snow deep and thick skin and loose neck allows protection of the lungs and chest in cold conditions.

As a family dog that shows the value and fidelity, made him his nickname of "Saint" is the race well.

Michael Russell
Your Independent guide to Animals

The rescue dogs are great teams. We all know that, although some are better at work than others. What could be nobler than saving lives. Barry, who lived and made history between 1800 and 1814, was one of the greatest rescue dogs the world has ever seen. Barry was a Saint Bernard who won worldwide fame for the brave rescue operations which took place during his life. His painting by Salvatore Rosa still hangs in a hospice in the Alps Switzerland.

St. Benard dogs have a sense of smell that people can feel deep in snow. Barry, like dogs, St. Bernard, has been trained by monks to rescue lost travelers in the Alps. Bernard in search of a man who has received, are at the top of the person and start lick your face to wake him up. While the crust in the top voice monks call for help, having learned that the monks who came with a stretcher and blankets to keep the person warm. The man was then taken to the monastery and the tea is served and hot food.

Barry was a rescue dog Expert knowledge of the rescue exercise, and among its famous rescue adventures there is this famous story of a young man was found stuck on a ledge of ice, topped with thick snow in a snowstorm in progress, heavy. It was not possible for a man to climb edge of the ice, but Barry difficult unexpectedly crept inch by inch, with the injured boy. As the exercise is, Barry began to lick the boy's face, but the snow was too heavy and the ledge very difficult to cross for any monk to reach the child. Therefore, there was nothing coming. The boy, he has awakened because hot licks Barry and wrapped his arms around his neck a strong Barry. The dog was shot with care and the value of the ledge and brought him to safety.

It's just one of many rescue stories of bravery of this great savior of San Bernardo. He lived from 1800 to 1814 and saved over 40 lives in his life.

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