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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: 0.31

OI Average for dogs under 2: 0.25

Breed Average Genetic Relatedness: 0.01

AGR Average for dogs over 10: 0.01

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.	Name	Gender	Outlier Index	Average Genetic Relatedness	Internal Relatedness
1	Mamemo's Hurray For Ouray	F	0.25	0.03	-0.07
2	Treasure Ridge Life in the Woods	M	0.53	-0.05	-0.17
3	Arbrook's Fore the Win	F	0.17	0.11	-0.01
4	Birgitte	F	0.40	-0.04	-0.10
5	Rubicon's Strawberry Buttercream V Adesa	F	0.36	-0.05	0.17
6	Rubicon's Adesa, It's Snowtime!	F	0.28	0.03	0.10
7	Gowans Off The Record	F	0.32	0.01	-0.08
8	Nashem's Most Handsome High Lord at Sun Mountain	M	0.22	0.10	0.14
9	Nesta	F	0.25	0.04	0.16
10	Sherlock	M	0.39	-0.02	0.14

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.

Link to Breed Standard

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 Haplotype	Class II Haplotype	Frequency in the Breed
1160	2024	54.60%
1094	2005	12.64%
1121	2071	9.20%
1006	2007	8.33%
1068	2053	7.18%
1016	2021	4.02%
1221	2118	1.44%
1030	2001	0.57%
1160	2007	0.57%
1160	2134	0.29%
1267	2005	0.29%
1292	2024	0.29%

DLA Frequencies :

Class	Haplotype	Frequency in the Breed
Class I	0	0.57%
Class I	1006	8.33%
Class I	1016	4.02%
Class I	1030	0.57%
Class I	1068	7.18%
Class I	1094	12.64%
Class I	1121	9.20%
Class I	1160	55.46%
Class I	1221	1.44%
Class I	1267	0.29%
Class I	1292	0.29%
Class II	0	0.57%
Class II	2001	0.57%
Class II	2005	12.93%
Class II	2007	8.91%
Class II	2021	4.02%
Class II	2024	54.89%
Class II	2053	7.18%
Class II	2071	9.20%
Class II	2118	1.44%
Class II	2134	0.29%

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List of Public Dogs

No.	Name	Gender	Outlier Index	Average Genetic Relatedness	Internal Relatedness
1	Adesa's Better With Butter N Tallpine	M	0.36	-0.03	-0.02
2	Afterberner Dlightful Dark Gem	F	0.34	0.01	0.07
3	Afterberner Evrythgshedzismagc	F	0.41	-0.02	0.01
4	Alderfer Here Comes The Sun Ringo	M	0.28	-0.07	0.22
5	Alderfer Wherefore Art Thou	M	0.31	0.05	-0.10
6	Algrand Berni Jillian	F	0.29	-0.07	0.18
7	Anastasia Tropic Like Its Hot	F	0.40	-0.08	0.06
8	Arbrook's Fore the Win	F	0.17	0.11	-0.01
9	Archibald Mountain Of Montana	M	0.32	0.06	-0.11
10	Aria's No Strings Attached At Tenacity	M	0.40	-0.01	-0.06
11	Basia Mille's Then Another Hundred	M	0.23	0.05	0.06
12	Beau-Tea-Ful Hickory Riomadea Grande	F	0.29	-0.06	0.16
13	BernerGarden's Point Break	F	0.28	0.04	0.09
14	Bernewa's Fran Barre-Sinoussi	F	0.27	0.03	0.00
15	Birgitte	F	0.40	-0.04	-0.10
16	Bjorn av Hiselfoss	M	0.26	0.06	-0.02
17	Blissfully Me von Sasaunna	F	0.42	-0.06	0.03
18	Blumoon's Certified Organic	F	0.32	-0.05	0.12
19	Blumoon's Leaping The Rubicon	F	0.38	-0.06	0.02
20	Blumoon's Mercy Bound	M	0.27	-0.02	0.28
21	Blumoon's Powder Princess	F	0.23	0.08	0.03
22	Blumoon's The More He Motos	M	0.40	-0.02	-0.08
23	Brechbuhler's Indigo Summer Sky	M	0.36	-0.09	0.09
24	Brewin Hickory Riomadea Grande	M	0.24	-0.04	0.16
25	Brimardell Purple Boy	M	0.30	0.07	-0.12
26	Brimardell Teal Boy	M	0.23	0.07	-0.02
27	Brimardell's Connemara	F	0.40	-0.03	-0.10
28	Brookhills Take It Or Leave It	M	0.36	0.02	-0.01
29	Call Me A Touch Of Risque Paisley	F	0.24	-0.05	0.16
30	Car-Rae's Lieben des Lichtes	M	0.24	0.03	-0.06
31	Car-Rae's Odyssey of Love	F	0.33	0.00	-0.05
32	Car-Rae's Peregrine Took	M	0.45	-0.12	-0.03
33	Cinnabar We Do What We Do Best v Filucy Bay	F	0.33	-0.02	0.13
34	Cor Caroli's Mission To The Stars	M	0.26	0.11	-0.24
35	Delagrea's Beck And Call	F	0.36	0.03	-0.10
36	Driftless Abracadabra	M	0.33	0.05	-0.15
37	Driftless Master of Ceremonies	M	0.40	-0.03	0.03
38	Durrbachler von Zambara Infinity	M	0.30	-0.07	0.11
39	Eklovens Unforgettable Karsten	M	0.26	0.02	-0.05
40	emerald acres lilly	F	0.49	-0.10	-0.07
41	Extreme Mahto Queen Elsa	M	0.32	-0.04	0.07
42	Exuberant Fridolin vom Schexhof	M	0.33	0.01	-0.07
43	Goldaward Hellen	F	0.34	-0.01	-0.03
44	Gowans Off The Record	F	0.32	0.01	-0.08
45	Grace Cottage Sir Wellfleet	M	0.43	-0.04	-0.12
46	Grunschnabel Berner Teddy	M	0.48	-0.16	0.04
47	Guiness Riomadea Grande	M	0.30	0.02	0.12
48	Gusto's Fabulous Flamingo Has Tenacity	F	0.29	0.03	-0.09
49	HenTen's Another Like No Other	M	0.39	-0.03	-0.15
50	Hickory's Can't-Contain-Me Calliio-pi	F	0.29	-0.02	0.05
51	Hickory's Kontinuing The Kalifornia Dream	F	0.35	-0.04	0.10
52	Hickory's Phearless Phlyer	F	0.36	-0.07	-0.01
53	Hickory's Rumor Has It, She's a Rogue ONE	F	0.39	-0.12	0.07
54	Hickory's Willie Rolls In	M	0.38	0.01	-0.18
55	Hickory's Xpect the Unexpected	F	0.35	-0.06	0.07
56	Ian vd Reestlandhoeve	M	0.32	0.09	-0.19
57	Iron vom Gr�nzweg	M	0.25	0.11	-0.18
58	Journey To Oban Little Bay V Sapphire	M	0.31	-0.02	0.16
59	Jura's American Beauty China Cat Sunflower	F	0.32	0.02	-0.02
60	Jura's American Beauty Scarlet Begonia V Zenith	F	0.18	0.07	0.11
61	Jura's American Beauty Stella Blue V Zenith	F	0.30	0.08	-0.17
62	Jura's First Lady Jazzing it Up	F	0.32	0.05	-0.01
63	Jura's Foreign Affair to Remember	F	0.19	0.10	0.12
64	Jura's Formal Affair Crown Jewel	F	0.21	0.05	0.16
65	Jura's Formal Affair Dancing in the Moonlight	M	0.35	-0.02	0.06
66	Jura's Fun Flight to the Blumoon	M	0.20	0.06	0.14
67	Jura's Going for Gold Grand Cru Classe	M	0.25	0.06	-0.04
68	Jura's Going for Gold in the Yukon	M	0.24	0.09	-0.02
69	Jura's Labor of Love Tessa Bella	F	0.19	0.06	0.14
70	Jura's Labor of Love Time to Shine	M	0.27	-0.04	0.29
71	Jura's Labor of Love Whole Vat of Love	M	0.35	0.00	0.08
72	Jura's Sunshine on my Shoulder	F	0.42	-0.06	0.01
73	Jura's Triple Crown in the Money	M	0.27	0.06	-0.04
74	Jura's Triple Crown Photo Finish	F	0.25	0.11	-0.19
75	Kasablanca's Northern Night Flyer	M	0.40	-0.01	-0.06
76	King Maximillian	M	0.34	0.05	-0.13
77	Klay vd Reestlandhoeve	M	0.49	-0.02	-0.24
78	Lewis' Charming Chaz to Sandbarr	M	0.38	-0.05	0.12
79	Lili Z Kytlic	F	0.20	0.07	0.04
80	Lilloete Mamemo Du Haras De La Vergne	F	0.40	-0.06	-0.21
81	Mamemo's Hurray For Ouray	F	0.25	0.03	-0.07
82	Mamemo's Moet	F	0.25	0.04	-0.13
83	Mbwaka-Mutz	M	0.43	-0.11	-0.06
84	Millenium Star Zest I of Life	F	0.24	0.08	-0.13
85	Mountainair's Lima Bean	M	0.32	0.06	-0.12
86	Mountainair's Talk of the Town	M	0.36	-0.01	-0.18
87	Mountainair's Vision of Celestial Beauty	F	0.29	0.04	-0.11
88	Mountainair's Ya Say Ya Want A Revolution	M	0.36	-0.04	-0.06
89	Mountainairs Remington 410	M	0.37	-0.09	0.05
90	Mountainairs X-Treme Priestess of the Golden Flame	F	0.32	0.04	-0.08
91	Nashem's Lone Sentinel at Sun Mountain	M	0.23	0.07	-0.03
92	Nashem's Most Handsome High Lord at Sun Mountain	M	0.22	0.10	0.14
93	Nashems A Princess Like No Other	F	0.20	0.06	-0.03
94	Nashems Cracklin Rosie	F	0.37	0.01	-0.05
95	Nashems Hey Soul Sister	F	0.32	0.06	-0.21
96	Nashems Hey There	M	0.39	0.02	-0.06
97	Nashems Journey To Where Dreams Come True	F	0.18	0.08	0.15
98	Nashems One More Moondance at Red Rocks	M	0.32	0.02	0.03
99	Nesta	F	0.25	0.04	0.16
100	October's River Song	F	0.27	0.01	0.17
101	Plainsong's Three Chords & The Truth	M	0.32	0.03	-0.10
102	Prairiefire's Double Trap	M	0.26	0.00	0.15
103	Quellens Kiss Me N Get Dressed	F	0.33	0.04	-0.05
104	Red Rocks If It Hadn't Been For Love	F	0.26	0.01	0.04
105	Red Rocks Into The Mystic	F	0.32	0.03	-0.13
106	Red Rocks Reckless Side	M	0.35	0.00	-0.19
107	Red Rocks Traveller	M	0.29	-0.01	0.15
108	Red Rocks Wanna Be Loved	F	0.27	-0.02	0.24
109	Right On The Edge From Orsina's Land	M	0.25	0.02	0.03
110	Rubicon's Adesa, It's Snowtime!	F	0.28	0.03	0.10
111	Rubicon's Debut At Lonesome Dove	F	0.28	0.07	-0.04
112	Rubicon's Debut On The Brazos	M	0.32	-0.01	0.05
113	Rubicon's Strawberry Buttercream V Adesa	F	0.36	-0.05	0.17
114	Rubicon's Zeja Vu Debut	F	0.38	0.00	-0.17
115	Sallysvalley Cracle N Pop Special	F	0.23	0.10	-0.03
116	Sandbarr's Ohio State's Favorite Son	M	0.44	-0.06	-0.16
117	Sandbarr's Wild Par-tea with Hickory	F	0.36	-0.01	0.00
118	Sandbarr's X-treme Glitter and Glam	F	0.38	-0.06	0.04
119	Sciurus Vallis Artchie	M	0.50	-0.08	-0.15
120	Sherlock	M	0.39	-0.02	0.14
121	Skyfall's Brahe Beauty	F	0.34	0.05	-0.24
122	Skylyn&Enchant's Xtremely Revealing	F	0.30	0.07	-0.09
123	Stargazers A Force To Be Reckoned With	F	0.35	-0.05	-0.02
124	Stargazers Covert Heart Seeker	F	0.39	-0.01	-0.03
125	Stargazers Covert No Boundaries	F	0.39	0.00	-0.14
126	Starry Town One PLus	M	0.37	-0.14	0.17
127	Stilwell Secret Skyline V Bull Valley	F	0.41	-0.13	0.10
128	Swiss Silhouette's Aurvandil	M	0.17	0.10	0.02
129	Swiss Silhouette's Finishing Touch	F	0.23	0.03	0.12
130	Swiss Silhouette's Once Upon A Wish v RiverMtn	F	0.41	-0.03	-0.06
131	Swiss Silhouette's Quantum Leap Of Faith	M	0.18	0.11	0.02
132	Swiss Silhouette's Read Between The Lines	F	0.28	0.08	-0.10
133	Swiss Silhouette's RedHaven	F	0.25	-0.02	0.22
134	Swiss Silhouette's Yakety Yak Edokan Likes That	M	0.21	0.09	0.04
135	Tanzanite Jade Glade	F	0.23	0.07	-0.10
136	Tanzanite Learning Magic Tricks	F	0.35	-0.02	0.05
137	Tanzanite Magic Wanda	F	0.37	-0.03	0.01
138	Tanzanite Nighttime Kitara	F	0.35	0.02	-0.06
139	Tanzanite Pepe Punk-in	M	0.37	0.02	0.04
140	Tanzanite Show You're Magic	M	0.23	0.03	-0.07
141	Tanzanite the Trouble with Tribbles	M	0.38	-0.08	0.10
142	Tanzanite Tullamore Magic	M	0.37	-0.05	0.10
143	Tanzanite's And Still I Rise	F	0.21	0.09	-0.05
144	Tanzanite's Bark At The Moon	M	0.34	-0.03	0.05
145	Tanzanite's Closer To Fine	F	0.20	0.04	0.16
146	Tanzanite's Devon Ain't Miss B-Haven	F	0.22	0.08	0.04
147	Tanzanite's Incommunicado	F	0.18	0.11	0.08
148	Tanzanite's Once in a Sapphire Moon	F	0.19	0.13	-0.08
149	Tanzanite's Polka Dots and Moonbeams	F	0.30	-0.01	0.08
150	Tanzanite's Puppy Grinch	M	0.18	0.09	0.04
151	Tanzanite's Puppy Martha May	F	0.29	0.07	-0.12
152	Tanzanite's Stubborn Love	F	0.30	-0.03	0.04
153	Tanzanite's The Sky's No Limit	M	0.19	0.10	0.03
154	Tanzanite's Turn N Burn	M	0.16	0.12	0.02
155	Terra de Bern Evening Star	F	0.16	0.12	0.03
156	Thats My Little Sheila	F	0.34	-0.03	0.01
157	Tollhaus Big Girls Don't Cry	F	0.39	-0.01	-0.08
158	Tollhaus It's Hard To Be Humble	M	0.40	-0.08	0.17
159	Tollhaus She Has Tenacity	F	0.28	0.01	0.13
160	Tollhaus Sir Kitty Jacob Astor Li Of Aspen	M	0.35	-0.02	0.03
161	Treasure Ridge Life in the Woods	M	0.53	-0.05	-0.17
162	Trillion's Chicken Impastabowls	M	0.39	-0.13	0.13
163	Trillium's Odds On Favorite	M	0.31	0.00	-0.03
164	Truly	F	0.33	-0.09	0.16
165	Tymas Duok Labas	M	0.38	-0.01	-0.12
166	Uleo My Trevor Latukrimas	M	0.40	-0.05	0.03
167	Umi	F	0.37	-0.03	-0.04
168	Vinn Turn Me Loose	M	0.34	-0.07	0.16
169	Wildblume's Imagine Me and You	F	0.32	-0.11	0.36
170	Windfall Adesa 3 Wire Winter @ Emerald Mtn	M	0.29	-0.01	0.06
171	Xera Berno Vega	F	0.34	0.01	-0.13
172	Z Kytlic	M	0.29	0.10	-0.15

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