In the mid-1840s, Heinrich Essig of Leonberg, Germany, crossed a Newfoundland with a Saint Bernard for four generations, then added a Pyrenean Mountain Dog to the mix. The result of these several ...

The Saint Bernard's great stamina, extraordinary sense of smell and hearing and double fur coat covering a heavy layer of fat made it ideal for its job in the Alps. The dogs saved numerous lives ...

The 'Dog from Newfoundland' in Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire and Frédéric Cuvier’s Histoire Naturelle des Mammifères, published in 1819. (Bibliothèque nationale de France) Of all the features that ...