When it comes to St. Bernard, the first picture that everyone's mind is a huge and furry dog. As a national treasure of Switzerland, the St. Bernard is also one of the heaviest dog breeds. It is hard to imagine that adult St. Bernard has any nat...
When it comes to St. Bernard, the first picture that everyone's mind is a huge and furry dog. As a national treasure of Switzerland, the St. Bernard is also one of the heaviest dog breeds. It is hard to imagine that adult St. Bernard has any natural enemies. But in their childhood, the world was not that friendly and safe. The 12-week-old St. Bernard puppy Latte has experienced a very rare encounter recently. Unexpectedly, it not only survived, but also became famous and found the person to adopt it. The St. Bernard puppy latte and its three other brothers were just taken in the shelter. Because they were too young, they were sent to the halfway home. In addition to being artificially fed, they also had to learn the basic etiquette of pet dogs: how to eat dog food, how to get along with humans, and skills for walking and playing. On that day, four dogs were playing in the yard of the Midway House. Suddenly an owl fell from the sky, grabbed the small latte, and flew away like the wind. Bonnie Ziegler, the "mother" of the Midway House, just went to the bathroom. When he came back, he found that one puppy was silently missing. He was so anxious that he quickly searched for the whereabouts of the dog with his neighbors.
Later, another animal shelter contacted Bonnie and told Bonnie that she was relieved and surprised: the puppy latte was found, but it was thrown from the sky by the owl and fell on a golf course. This puppy is really a big deal. It has many scratches on its body, but none of them are fatal. Throwing it from a high place but happens to fall on the grass of the golf course. Because he is young, he has no fracture. When people picked it up, they were a little weak and dehydrated because they didn’t eat or drink. The legendary story of the puppy latte is famous. Even local TV stations come to interview, and the puppy's medical expenses were quickly collected with the donation of enthusiastic netizens. Everyone was curious and kind about the puppy that survived by chance. Some families also expressed their desire to adopt the puppy. Finally, after the shelter reviewed it, one of them was selected. When the puppy latte grew a little longer, they could leave the shelter and start their new life.
Saint Bernard is a dog native to Switzerland. Its predecessor was a native Swiss cattle dog. The Alps are the dividing line between Switzerland and Italy. In the 10th century AD, there was an escort Bishop named Bernard in the Aosta district of Italy near the Alps. In order to rescue travelers who were unfortunately in danger while traveling on the Alps, they decided to establish a shelter in the highest place in the Alps. Later, the archbishop was named St. Bernard by the Pope because he led the monks to rescue many people. The shelter he established was also called St. Bernard's Monastery. It was only around the 18th century that monks introduced dogs to help rescue. The early days were the cattle dogs that could be seen everywhere in local farms. After training, these cattle dogs would work with monks to find travelers in distress. Dogs run fast, have a good vision, and have a sharp sense of smell, which is much more efficient than monks. These dogs helped a lot of travelers traveling between Italy and Switzerland. Even Napoleon passed through the Alps with the help of the power of the Monastery of St. Bernard, and did not lose a single soldier through the snow-capped mountains. Napoleon therefore gave St. Bernard's Monastery and these powerful dogs a high evaluation. However, the name St. Bernard was not officially confirmed until 1865. The modern St. Bernard is no longer the appearance of those dogs that rescued travelers in the early days. The modern St. Bernard has added many different breeds such as Newfoundland, Great White Bear, British Mastiff, Great Dane, Bernese Mountain Dog, and even Caucasian Mastiff and Tibetan Mastiff on the basis of cattle dogs, and finally improved it to what we see now. Now the St. Bernards no longer participate in the Alps rescue work, and more advanced equipment and transportation have replaced them. But St. Bernard's Monastery still has some St. Bernard dogs as mascots, and will always commemorate their contributions to mankind.
