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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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The
St.
Bernard
is
sensitive
to
a
degree,
and
seldom
forgets
an
insult,
which
he
resents
with
dignity.
Specimens
of
the
breed
have
occasionally
been
seen
that
are
savage,
but
when
this
is
the
case
ill-treatment
of
some
sort
has
assuredly
been
the
provoking
cause.
The
dogs
at
the
Hospice
of
St.
Bernard
are
small
in
comparison
with
those
that
are
seen
in
England
belonging
to
the
same
race.
The
Holy
Fathers
were
more
particular
about
their
markings
than
great
size.
The
body
colour
should
be
brindle
or
orange
tawny,
with
white
markings;
the
muzzle
white,
with
a
line
running
up
between
the
eyes,
and
over
the
skull,
joining
at
the
back
the
white
collar
that
encircles
the
neck
down
to
the
front
of
the
shoulders.
The
colour
round
the
eyes
and
on
the
ears
should
be
of
a
darker
shade
in
the
red;
in
the
centre
of
the
white
line
at
the
occiput
there
should
be
a
spot
of
colour.
These
markings
are
said
to
represent
the
stole,
chasuble
and
scapular
which
form
part
of
the
vestments
worn
by
the
monks;
but
it
is
seldom
that
the
markings
are
so
clearly
defined;
they
are
more
often
white,
with
brindle
or
orange
patches
on
the
body,
with
evenly-marked
heads.
In
England
St.
Bernards
are
either
distinctly
rough
in
coat
or
smooth,
but
the
generality
of
the
Hospice
dogs
are
broken
in
coat,
having
a
texture
between
the
two
extremes.
The
properties,
however,
of
the
rough
and
smooth
are
the
same,
so
that
the
two
varieties
are
often
bred
together,
and,
as
a
rule,
both
textures
of
coat
will
be
the
result
of
the
alliance.
The
late
M.
Schumacher,
a
great
authority
on
the
breed
in
Switzerland,
averred
that
dogs
with
very
rough
coats
were
found
to
be
of
no
use
for
work
on
the
Alps,
as
their
thick
covering
became
so
loaded
with
snow
and
their
feet
so
clogged
that
they
succumbed
under
the
weight
and
perished.
On
that
account
they
were
discarded
by
the
monks.
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