Bernese Mountain Dog

Temperament: A multi-talented working dog, The Bernese Mountain Dog is gentle with his human family, often loyal to one special person and is reserved with strangers.

Height: Males: 25-27.5 inches, Females: 23-26 inches

Weight: Males: 80-115 lbs, Females: 70-95 lbs

Life Span: 7-10 years


Breed Average Outlier Index: 0.31

OI Average for dogs over 10: 0.32

OI Average for dogs under 2: 0.25


Breed Average Genetic Relatedness: 0.01

AGR Average for dogs over 10: 0.00

AGR Average for dogs under 2: 0.06


Breed Average Internal Relatedness: 0.00

IR Average for dogs over 10: -0.01

IR Average for dogs under 2: 0.04


Last 10 Recently Added Public Dogs!

No.NameGenderOutlier IndexAverage Genetic RelatednessInternal Relatedness
1 Treasure Ridge Life in the Woods M0.53-0.05-0.17
2 Arbrook's Fore the Win F0.170.11-0.01
3 Birgitte F0.40-0.04-0.10
4 Rubicon's Strawberry Buttercream V Adesa F0.36-0.050.17
5 Rubicon's Adesa, It's Snowtime! F0.280.030.10
6 Gowans Off The Record F0.320.01-0.08
7 Nashem's Most Handsome High Lord at Sun Mountain M0.220.100.14
8 Nesta F0.250.040.16
9 Sherlock M0.39-0.020.14
10 Truly F0.33-0.090.16

One of four mountain dog breeds, these dogs were generalists - guarding, droving cattle, and pulling carts - originating in the towns near Bern, Switzerland. The breed dwindled with mechanized farm equipment and was brought back by Swiss Fanciers. They came to the US in 1926, having been imported by a Kansas farmer and were recognized by the AKC in 1937.

Hip and elbow dysplasia, cancer - especially histiocytic sarcoma or malignant histiocytosis, cataracts, progressive retina atrophy (PRA), entropion and ectropion, breed specific degenerative myelopathy, hypothyroidism.

The follow includes dogs with birthdates listed in the database.

DLA Haplotypes in the Breed

The Dog Leukocyte Antigen or DLA is the region in the canine genome that controls the immune system, among other things. There are three classes or areas, and the VGL Canine Diversity Test genotypes or records the two regions with the most variation. Because it is an area that mutates more rapidly than others, the method VGL uses is ideal for identifying specific combinations of DNA, and not merely showing whether a dog inherited two of the same sets of genetics from its parents or two different ones.

"Haplotype" is a generic name for a set of genes that are bound together and inherited as a set. The DLA Class I and Class II haplotypes are very tightly bound and represent about 2 million base pairs of DNA - a sizeable chunk. These two haplotypes together make an extended haplotype that is nearly always passed from parent to puppies as a pair. We therefore have two tables below showing both the combinations of DLA found in this breed and how often they appear, and also how often they appear individually.

Remember that frequency percentages do not show how many dogs carry them, but rather how many of these haplotypes exist in the breed as a whole. Every dog has two sets of DLA haplotypes, one inherited from dam, and one inherited from sire. These almost never recombine in new generations.

DLA Class I/Class II Combinations :

Class I HaplotypeClass II HaplotypeFrequency in the Breed
1160202454.60%
1094200512.64%
112120719.20%
100620078.33%
106820537.18%
101620214.02%
122121181.44%
103020010.57%
116020070.57%
116021340.29%
126720050.29%
129220240.29%


DLA Frequencies :

ClassHaplotypeFrequency in the Breed
Class I00.57%
Class I10068.33%
Class I10164.02%
Class I10300.57%
Class I10687.18%
Class I109412.64%
Class I11219.20%
Class I116055.46%
Class I12211.44%
Class I12670.29%
Class I12920.29%
Class II00.57%
Class II20010.57%
Class II200512.93%
Class II20078.91%
Class II20214.02%
Class II202454.89%
Class II20537.18%
Class II20719.20%
Class II21181.44%
Class II21340.29%


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List of Public Dogs

No.NameGenderOutlier IndexAverage Genetic RelatednessInternal Relatedness
1Adesa's Better With Butter N TallpineM0.36-0.03-0.02
2Afterberner Dlightful Dark GemF0.340.010.07
3Afterberner EvrythgshedzismagcF0.41-0.020.01
4Alderfer Here Comes The Sun RingoM0.28-0.070.22
5Alderfer Wherefore Art ThouM0.310.05-0.10
6Algrand Berni Jillian F0.29-0.070.18
7Anastasia Tropic Like Its Hot F0.40-0.080.06
8Arbrook's Fore the WinF0.170.11-0.01
9Archibald Mountain Of Montana M0.320.06-0.11
10Aria's No Strings Attached At TenacityM0.40-0.01-0.06
11Basia Mille's Then Another HundredM0.230.050.06
12Beau-Tea-Ful Hickory Riomadea GrandeF0.29-0.060.16
13BernerGarden's Point BreakF0.280.040.09
14Bernewa's Fran Barre-SinoussiF0.270.030.00
15BirgitteF0.40-0.04-0.10
16Bjorn av HiselfossM0.260.06-0.02
17Blissfully Me von SasaunnaF0.42-0.060.03
18Blumoon's Certified OrganicF0.32-0.050.12
19Blumoon's Leaping The RubiconF0.38-0.060.02
20Blumoon's Mercy BoundM0.27-0.020.28
21Blumoon's Powder PrincessF0.230.080.03
22Blumoon's The More He MotosM0.40-0.02-0.08
23Brechbuhler's Indigo Summer SkyM0.36-0.090.09
24Brewin Hickory Riomadea GrandeM0.24-0.040.16
25Brimardell Purple BoyM0.300.07-0.12
26Brimardell Teal BoyM0.230.07-0.02
27Brimardell's ConnemaraF0.40-0.03-0.10
28Brookhills Take It Or Leave ItM0.360.02-0.01
29Call Me A Touch Of Risque PaisleyF0.24-0.050.16
30Car-Rae's Lieben des LichtesM0.240.03-0.06
31Car-Rae's Odyssey of LoveF0.330.00-0.05
32Car-Rae's Peregrine TookM0.45-0.12-0.03
33Cinnabar We Do What We Do Best v Filucy BayF0.33-0.020.13
34Cor Caroli's Mission To The StarsM0.260.11-0.24
35Delagrea's Beck And CallF0.360.03-0.10
36Driftless AbracadabraM0.330.05-0.15
37Driftless Master of CeremoniesM0.40-0.030.03
38Durrbachler von Zambara InfinityM0.30-0.070.11
39Eklovens Unforgettable KarstenM0.260.02-0.05
40emerald acres lillyF0.49-0.10-0.07
41Extreme Mahto Queen ElsaM0.32-0.040.07
42Exuberant Fridolin vom SchexhofM0.330.01-0.07
43Goldaward HellenF0.34-0.01-0.03
44Gowans Off The RecordF0.320.01-0.08
45Grace Cottage Sir WellfleetM0.43-0.04-0.12
46Grunschnabel Berner TeddyM0.48-0.160.04
47Guiness Riomadea GrandeM0.300.020.12
48Gusto's Fabulous Flamingo Has TenacityF0.290.03-0.09
49HenTen's Another Like No OtherM0.39-0.03-0.15
50Hickory's Can't-Contain-Me Calliio-piF0.29-0.020.05
51Hickory's Kontinuing The Kalifornia DreamF0.35-0.040.10
52Hickory's Phearless PhlyerF0.36-0.07-0.01
53Hickory's Rumor Has It, She's a Rogue ONEF0.39-0.120.07
54Hickory's Willie Rolls InM0.380.01-0.18
55Hickory's Xpect the UnexpectedF0.35-0.060.07
56Ian vd ReestlandhoeveM0.320.09-0.19
57Iron vom GränzwegM0.250.11-0.18
58Journey To Oban Little Bay V SapphireM0.31-0.020.16
59Jura's American Beauty China Cat SunflowerF0.320.02-0.02
60Jura's American Beauty Scarlet Begonia V ZenithF0.180.070.11
61Jura's American Beauty Stella Blue V ZenithF0.300.08-0.17
62Jura's First Lady Jazzing it UpF0.320.05-0.01
63Jura's Foreign Affair to RememberF0.190.100.12
64Jura's Formal Affair Crown JewelF0.210.050.16
65Jura's Formal Affair Dancing in the MoonlightM0.35-0.020.06
66Jura's Fun Flight to the BlumoonM0.200.060.14
67Jura's Going for Gold Grand Cru ClasseM0.250.06-0.04
68Jura's Going for Gold in the YukonM0.240.09-0.02
69Jura's Labor of Love Tessa BellaF0.190.060.14
70Jura's Labor of Love Time to ShineM0.27-0.040.29
71Jura's Labor of Love Whole Vat of LoveM0.350.000.08
72Jura's Sunshine on my ShoulderF0.42-0.060.01
73Jura's Triple Crown in the MoneyM0.270.06-0.04
74Jura's Triple Crown Photo FinishF0.250.11-0.19
75Kasablanca's Northern Night FlyerM0.40-0.01-0.06
76King MaximillianM0.340.05-0.13
77Klay vd ReestlandhoeveM0.49-0.02-0.24
78Lewis' Charming Chaz to SandbarrM0.38-0.050.12
79Lili Z KytlicF0.200.070.04
80Lilloete Mamemo Du Haras De La VergneF0.40-0.06-0.21
81Mamemo's MoetF0.250.04-0.13
82Mbwaka-MutzM0.43-0.11-0.06
83Millenium Star Zest I of LifeF0.240.08-0.13
84Mountainair's Lima BeanM0.320.06-0.12
85Mountainair's Talk of the TownM0.36-0.01-0.18
86Mountainair's Vision of Celestial BeautyF0.290.04-0.11
87Mountainair's Ya Say Ya Want A RevolutionM0.36-0.04-0.06
88Mountainairs Remington 410M0.37-0.090.05
89Mountainairs X-Treme Priestess of the Golden Flame F0.320.04-0.08
90Nashem's Lone Sentinel at Sun MountainM0.230.07-0.03
91Nashem's Most Handsome High Lord at Sun MountainM0.220.100.14
92Nashems A Princess Like No OtherF0.200.06-0.03
93Nashems Cracklin RosieF0.370.01-0.05
94Nashems Hey Soul SisterF0.320.06-0.21
95Nashems Hey ThereM0.390.02-0.06
96Nashems Journey To Where Dreams Come TrueF0.180.080.15
97Nashems One More Moondance at Red RocksM0.320.020.03
98NestaF0.250.040.16
99October's River SongF0.270.010.17
100Plainsong's Three Chords & The TruthM0.320.03-0.10
101Prairiefire's Double TrapM0.260.000.15
102Quellens Kiss Me N Get DressedF0.330.04-0.05
103Red Rocks If It Hadn't Been For LoveF0.260.010.04
104Red Rocks Into The MysticF0.320.03-0.13
105Red Rocks Reckless SideM0.350.00-0.19
106Red Rocks TravellerM0.29-0.010.15
107Red Rocks Wanna Be LovedF0.27-0.020.24
108Right On The Edge From Orsina's LandM0.250.020.03
109Rubicon's Adesa, It's Snowtime!F0.280.030.10
110Rubicon's Debut At Lonesome DoveF0.280.07-0.04
111Rubicon's Debut On The BrazosM0.32-0.010.05
112Rubicon's Strawberry Buttercream V AdesaF0.36-0.050.17
113Rubicon's Zeja Vu DebutF0.380.00-0.17
114Sallysvalley Cracle N Pop SpecialF0.230.10-0.03
115Sandbarr's Ohio State's Favorite SonM0.44-0.06-0.16
116Sandbarr's Wild Par-tea with HickoryF0.36-0.010.00
117Sandbarr's X-treme Glitter and GlamF0.38-0.060.04
118Sciurus Vallis ArtchieM0.50-0.08-0.15
119SherlockM0.39-0.020.14
120Skyfall's Brahe BeautyF0.340.05-0.24
121Skylyn&Enchant's Xtremely RevealingF0.300.07-0.09
122Stargazers A Force To Be Reckoned WithF0.35-0.05-0.02
123Stargazers Covert Heart SeekerF0.39-0.01-0.03
124Stargazers Covert No BoundariesF0.390.00-0.14
125Starry Town One PLusM0.37-0.140.17
126Stilwell Secret Skyline V Bull ValleyF0.41-0.130.10
127Swiss Silhouette's AurvandilM0.170.100.02
128Swiss Silhouette's Finishing TouchF0.230.030.12
129Swiss Silhouette's Once Upon A Wish v RiverMtnF0.41-0.03-0.06
130Swiss Silhouette's Quantum Leap Of FaithM0.180.110.02
131Swiss Silhouette's Read Between The LinesF0.280.08-0.10
132Swiss Silhouette's RedHavenF0.25-0.020.22
133Swiss Silhouette's Yakety Yak Edokan Likes ThatM0.210.090.04
134Tanzanite Jade GladeF0.230.07-0.10
135Tanzanite Learning Magic TricksF0.35-0.020.05
136Tanzanite Magic WandaF0.37-0.030.01
137Tanzanite Nighttime KitaraF0.350.02-0.06
138Tanzanite Pepe Punk-inM0.370.020.04
139Tanzanite Show You're MagicM0.230.03-0.07
140Tanzanite the Trouble with TribblesM0.38-0.080.10
141Tanzanite Tullamore MagicM0.37-0.050.10
142Tanzanite's And Still I RiseF0.210.09-0.05
143Tanzanite's Bark At The MoonM0.34-0.030.05
144Tanzanite's Closer To FineF0.200.040.16
145Tanzanite's Devon Ain't Miss B-HavenF0.220.080.04
146Tanzanite's IncommunicadoF0.180.110.08
147Tanzanite's Once in a Sapphire MoonF0.190.13-0.08
148Tanzanite's Polka Dots and Moonbeams F0.30-0.010.08
149Tanzanite's Puppy GrinchM0.180.090.04
150Tanzanite's Puppy Martha MayF0.290.07-0.12
151Tanzanite's Stubborn LoveF0.30-0.030.04
152Tanzanite's The Sky's No LimitM0.190.100.03
153Tanzanite's Turn N BurnM0.160.120.02
154Terra de Bern Evening StarF0.160.120.03
155Thats My Little SheilaF0.34-0.030.01
156Tollhaus Big Girls Don't CryF0.39-0.01-0.08
157Tollhaus It's Hard To Be HumbleM0.40-0.080.17
158Tollhaus She Has TenacityF0.280.010.13
159Tollhaus Sir Kitty Jacob Astor Li Of AspenM0.35-0.020.03
160Treasure Ridge Life in the WoodsM0.53-0.05-0.17
161Trillion's Chicken ImpastabowlsM0.39-0.130.13
162Trillium's Odds On FavoriteM0.310.00-0.03
163TrulyF0.33-0.090.16
164Tymas Duok LabasM0.38-0.01-0.12
165Uleo My Trevor LatukrimasM0.40-0.050.03
166UmiF0.37-0.03-0.04
167Vinn Turn Me LooseM0.34-0.070.16
168Wildblume's Imagine Me and YouF0.32-0.110.36
169Windfall Adesa 3 Wire Winter @ Emerald MtnM0.29-0.010.06
170Xera Berno VegaF0.340.01-0.13
171Z KytlicM0.290.10-0.15


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