Here's a big dog that can pull as well as a Bernese: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5307371
Dan On 12/8/06, Markus Maurer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Michael > A good explanation, thanks. > greetings from the land of the big dogs :-) > Markus > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Michael Chan > Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 7:54 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: My Next Dog? > > > On Thu, 2006-12-07 at 00:42 -0600, William Robb wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Markus Maurer" > > Subject: RE: My Next Dog? > > > > > > > Hi William > > > why is the dog called "Burnese" in english when it is a "Berner > > > Sennenhund" > > > from "Berne" in Switzerland ? > > > > > > > The Canadian Kennel Club calls them > > Bernese Mountain Dog > > I know a couple of people who have them, and they often shorten the name > > to "Berner" > > > > William Robb > > William's right. It's Bernese Mountain Dog, and it's frequently > shortened to "Berner". Common mispronunciations include "Burmese" > Mountain Dogs. On one occasion I ran with that gaffe and said they got > their names from the fighting "Burmese" monks who trained them to guard > Buddhist temples, and that they are the only breed known that could > actually be trained to fight in Bando Tiger form. > > Berner Sennenhund is the original name. They are closely related to the > Greater Swiss, as well as somewhat related to the St. Bernard, Great > Pyrenees, and Newfoundland, all of whom trace their roots to the > Molosser dogs of the Romans. The breed was developed in the canton of > Berne, Switzerland and is named after the canton as well as the "senner" > or cattleman he worked for, and "hund" (dog). The breed were originally > working dogs, used principally as carters, herders/drovers, and watch > dogs. > > Michael Chan > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
