What is St. Bernard (dog)?
[[Image:Grupp 2 SANK BERNHARDSHUND, KORTHÅRIG, St Zamba’s Downtown Diamond (isolated).png|thumb|220px| St. Bernard]] The '''St. Bernard''' is a very large breed of [[dog]]. It was originally bred as a working dog, to rescue people who were lost in the [[Swiss Alps]]. Famously, it was believed that they carried a small [[barrel]] of [[brandy]] around their neck to revive frozen mountaineers. There is no historical evidence that they did actually carry this brandy, although the monks at the St. Bernard Hospice keep some barrels around for photographs with [[tourist]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.acay.com.au/~dissi/allsaint/reading/ng1957/january1957.htm |title=Legend of the Saint Bernard Barrel &#124; It&#039;s the Dogs Life |access-date=2009-09-17 |archive-date=2014-02-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140218022414/http://itsthedogslife.com/2009/01/legend-of-the-saint-bernard-barrel |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is a very big dog with a big head. A full grown male can weigh between {{convert|140|to|180|lbs|kg|abbr=on|order=flip}} and a full grown female can weigh {{convert|120|to|140|lbs|kg|abbr=on|order=flip}}. The largest dog ever was a St. Bernard called Benedictine who weighed {{convert|357|lbs|kg|abbr=on|order=flip}}. == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Dog breeds]] [[Category:Dog breeds originating in Italy]]