The Bernese Mountain Dog, as we know him today originated in Switzerland in the Canton of Bern. This Swiss farm dog was the farmer\u2019s companion, guarded both the farm and the animals, helped with driving and herding cattle up to the mountain pastures in the summer and back down to be housed in the barns in the winter. The berners also pulled small wagons laden with e.g. milk, meat, straw or goods for sale for the farmer, butcher and peddlers. The Bernese is a capable and versatile dog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Bernese Mountain Dog is above medium size, strong, a sturdy working dog, active, alert, well bones, yet agile, well balanced, of striking colour \u2013 black, white and reddish brown. Slow to mature physically. Females are distinctly feminine and males, masculine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":353,"template":"","acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogloversfestival.com.au\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dmc-breeds\/91"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogloversfestival.com.au\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dmc-breeds"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogloversfestival.com.au\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/dmc-breeds"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogloversfestival.com.au\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogloversfestival.com.au\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}