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

Breed Average Genetic Relatedness: 0.01

Breed Average Internal Relatedness: 0.00

Last 10 Recently Added Public Dogs!

No.NameGenderOutlier IndexAverage Genetic RelatednessInternal Relatedness
1CH Tollhaus It's Hard To Be Humble M0.40-0.080.17
2 Anastasia Tropic Like Its Hot F0.40-0.080.06
3 Journey To Oban Little Bay V Sapphire M0.31-0.020.16
4 Tanzanite Wanda’s Pup Biles F0.210.09-0.05
5 Tanzanite Wanda’s Pup Chiles F0.350.02-0.06
6 Bjorn av Hiselfoss M0.260.06-0.02
7 Jura’s Sunshine on my Shoulder F0.42-0.060.01
8 Plainsong's Three Chords & The Truth M0.320.03-0.10
9 Jura's Going for Gold in the Yukon M0.240.09-0.02
10 Gusto's Fabulous Flamingo Has Tenacity F0.290.03-0.09

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
1160202452.80%
1094200514.69%
112120719.44%
100620077.69%
106820536.64%
101620213.85%
122121181.75%
103020010.70%
116020070.70%
116021340.35%
126720050.35%
129220240.35%


DLA Frequencies :

ClassHaplotypeFrequency in the Breed
Class I01.39%
Class I10067.64%
Class I10163.82%
Class I10300.69%
Class I10686.60%
Class I109414.58%
Class I11219.38%
Class I116053.47%
Class I12211.74%
Class I12670.35%
Class I12920.35%
Class II01.39%
Class II20010.69%
Class II200514.93%
Class II20078.33%
Class II20213.82%
Class II202452.78%
Class II20536.60%
Class II20719.38%
Class II21181.74%
Class II21340.35%


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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
8Archibald Mountain Of Montana M0.320.06-0.11
9Aria's No Strings Attached At TenacityM0.40-0.01-0.06
10Basia Mille's Then Another HundredM0.230.050.06
11Beau-Tea-Ful Hickory Riomadea GrandeF0.29-0.060.16
12BernerGarden's Point BreakF0.280.040.09
13Bernewa's Fran Barre-SinoussiF0.270.030.00
14Bjorn av HiselfossM0.260.06-0.02
15Blissfully Me von SasaunnaF0.42-0.060.03
16Blumoon's Certified OrganicF0.32-0.050.12
17Blumoon's Leaping The RubiconF0.38-0.060.02
18Blumoon's Mercy BoundM0.27-0.020.28
19Blumoon's Powder PrincessF0.230.080.03
20Blumoon's The More He MotosM0.40-0.02-0.08
21Brechbuhler's Indigo Summer SkyM0.36-0.090.09
22Brewin Hickory Riomadea GrandeM0.24-0.040.16
23Brimardell Purple BoyM0.300.07-0.12
24Brimardell Teal BoyM0.230.07-0.02
25Brimardell's ConnemaraF0.40-0.03-0.10
26Brookhills Take It Or Leave ItM0.360.02-0.01
27Call Me A Touch Of Risque PaisleyF0.24-0.050.16
28Car-Rae's Lieben des LichtesM0.240.03-0.06
29Car-Rae's Odyssey of LoveF0.330.00-0.05
30Car-Rae's Peregrine TookM0.45-0.12-0.03
31CH Driftless AbracadabraM0.330.05-0.15
32Cinnabar We Do What We Do Best v Filucy BayF0.33-0.020.13
33Cor Caroli's Mission To The StarsM0.260.11-0.24
34Delagrea's Beck And CallF0.360.03-0.10
35Driftless Master of CeremoniesM0.40-0.030.03
36Durrbachler von Zambara InfinityM0.30-0.070.11
37Eklovens Unforgettable KarstenM0.260.02-0.05
38emerald acres lillyF0.49-0.10-0.07
39Extreme Mahto Queen ElsaM0.32-0.040.07
40Exuberant Fridolin vom SchexhofM0.330.01-0.07
41Goldaward HellenF0.34-0.01-0.03
42Grace Cottage Sir WellfleetM0.43-0.04-0.12
43Grunschnabel Berner TeddyM0.48-0.160.04
44Guiness Riomadea GrandeM0.300.020.12
45Gusto's Fabulous Flamingo Has TenacityF0.290.03-0.09
46HenTen's Another Like No OtherM0.39-0.03-0.15
47Hickory's Can't-Contain-Me Calliio-piF0.29-0.020.05
48Hickory's Phearless PhlyerF0.36-0.07-0.01
49Hickory's Rumor Has It, She's a Rogue ONEF0.39-0.120.07
50Hickory's Willie Rolls InM0.380.01-0.18
51Ian vd ReestlandhoeveM0.320.09-0.19
52Iron vom GränzwegM0.250.11-0.18
53Journey To Oban Little Bay V SapphireM0.31-0.020.16
54Jura's American Beauty China Cat SunflowerF0.320.02-0.02
55Jura's American Beauty Scarlet Begonia V ZenithF0.180.070.11
56Jura's American Beauty Stella Blue V ZenithF0.300.08-0.17
57Jura's First Lady Jazzing it UpF0.320.05-0.01
58Jura's Foreign Affair to RememberF0.190.100.12
59Jura's Formal Affair Crown JewelF0.210.050.16
60Jura's Formal Affair Dancing in the MoonlightM0.35-0.020.06
61Jura's Fun Flight to the BlumoonM0.200.060.14
62Jura's Going for Gold Grand Cru ClasseM0.250.06-0.04
63Jura's Going for Gold in the YukonM0.240.09-0.02
64Jura's Labor of Love Tessa BellaF0.190.060.14
65Jura's Labor of Love Time to ShineM0.27-0.040.29
66Jura's Labor of Love Whole Vat of LoveM0.350.000.08
67Jura's Triple Crown in the MoneyM0.270.06-0.04
68Jura's Triple Crown Photo FinishF0.250.11-0.19
69Jura’s Sunshine on my ShoulderF0.42-0.060.01
70Kasablanca's Northern Night FlyerM0.40-0.01-0.06
71King MaximillianM0.340.05-0.13
72Klay vd ReestlandhoeveM0.49-0.02-0.24
73Lilloete Mamemo Du Haras De La VergneF0.40-0.06-0.21
74Mamemo's MoetF0.250.04-0.13
75Mbwaka-MutzM0.43-0.11-0.06
76Millenium Star Zest I of LifeF0.240.08-0.13
77Mountainair's Lima BeanM0.320.06-0.12
78Mountainair's Talk of the TownM0.36-0.01-0.18
79Mountainair's Vision of Celestial BeautyF0.290.04-0.11
80Mountainair's Ya Say Ya Want A RevolutionM0.36-0.04-0.06
81Mountainairs Remington 410M0.37-0.090.05
82Mountainairs X-Treme Priestess of the Golden Flame F0.320.04-0.08
83Nashem's Lone Sentinel at Sun MountainM0.230.07-0.03
84Nashems A Princess Like No OtherF0.200.06-0.03
85Nashems Cracklin RosieF0.370.01-0.05
86Nashems Hey Soul SisterF0.320.06-0.21
87Nashems Hey ThereM0.390.02-0.06
88Nashems Journey To Where Dreams Come TrueF0.180.080.15
89Nashems One More Moondance at Red RocksM0.320.020.03
90October's River SongF0.270.010.17
91Plainsong's Three Chords & The TruthM0.320.03-0.10
92Prairiefire's Double TrapM0.260.000.15
93Quellens Kiss Me N Get DressedF0.330.04-0.05
94Red Rocks Reckless SideM0.350.00-0.19
95Right On The Edge From Orsina's LandM0.250.020.03
96Rubicon's Debut At Lonesome DoveF0.280.07-0.04
97Rubicon's Debut On The BrazosM0.32-0.010.05
98Rubicon's Zeja Vu DebutF0.380.00-0.17
99Sallysvalley Cracle N Pop SpecialF0.230.10-0.03
100Sciurus Vallis ArtchieM0.50-0.08-0.15
101Skyfall's Brahe BeautyF0.340.05-0.24
102Skylyn&Enchant's Xtremely RevealingF0.300.07-0.09
103Stargazers A Force To Be Reckoned WithF0.35-0.05-0.02
104Stargazers Covert Heart SeekerF0.39-0.01-0.03
105Stargazers Covert No BoundariesF0.390.00-0.14
106Starry Town One PLusM0.37-0.140.17
107Stilwell Secret Skyline V Bull ValleyF0.41-0.130.10
108Swiss Silhouette's AurvandilM0.170.100.02
109Swiss Silhouette's Finishing TouchF0.230.030.12
110Swiss Silhouette's Once Upon A Wish v RiverMtnF0.41-0.03-0.06
111Swiss Silhouette's Quantum Leap Of FaithM0.180.110.02
112Swiss Silhouette's Read Between The LinesF0.280.08-0.10
113Swiss Silhouette's RedHavenF0.25-0.020.22
114Swiss Silhouette's Yakety Yak Edokan Likes ThatM0.210.090.04
115Tanzanite Jade GladeF0.230.07-0.10
116Tanzanite Learning Magic TricksF0.35-0.020.05
117Tanzanite Magic WandaF0.37-0.030.01
118Tanzanite Pepe Punk-inM0.370.020.04
119Tanzanite Show You're MagicM0.230.03-0.07
120Tanzanite the Trouble with TribblesM0.38-0.080.10
121Tanzanite Tullamore MagicM0.37-0.050.10
122Tanzanite Wanda’s Pup BilesF0.210.09-0.05
123Tanzanite Wanda’s Pup ChilesF0.350.02-0.06
124Tanzanite's Bark At The MoonM0.34-0.030.05
125Tanzanite's Closer To FineF0.200.040.16
126Tanzanite's Devon Ain't Miss B-HavenF0.220.080.04
127Tanzanite's IncommunicadoF0.180.110.08
128Tanzanite's Once in a Sapphire MoonF0.190.13-0.08
129Tanzanite's Polka Dots and Moonbeams F0.30-0.010.08
130Tanzanite's Puppy GrinchM0.180.090.04
131Tanzanite's Puppy Martha MayF0.290.07-0.12
132Tanzanite's Stubborn LoveF0.30-0.030.04
133Tanzanite's The Sky's No LimitM0.190.100.03
134Tanzanite's Turn N BurnM0.160.120.02
135Terra de Bern Evening StarF0.160.120.03
136Thats My Little SheilaF0.34-0.030.01
137Tollhaus Big Girls Don't CryF0.39-0.01-0.08
138Tollhaus It's Hard To Be HumbleM0.40-0.080.17
139Tollhaus She Has TenacityF0.280.010.13
140Tollhaus Sir Kitty Jacob Astor Li Of AspenM0.35-0.020.03
141Trillion's Chicken ImpastabowlsM0.39-0.130.13
142Trillium's Odds On FavoriteM0.310.00-0.03
143Tymas Duok LabasM0.38-0.01-0.12
144Uleo My Trevor LatukrimasM0.40-0.050.03
145UmiF0.37-0.03-0.04
146Vinn Turn Me LooseM0.34-0.070.16
147Wildblume's Imagine Me and YouF0.32-0.110.36
148Windfall Adesa 3 Wire Winter @ Emerald MtnM0.29-0.010.06
149Xera Berno VegaF0.340.01-0.13

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