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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

Breed Average Genetic Relatedness: 0.01

Breed Average Internal Relatedness: 0.00

Last 10 Recently Added Public Dogs!

No.	Name	Gender	Outlier Index	Average Genetic Relatedness	Internal Relatedness
1	CH Tollhaus It's Hard To Be Humble	M	0.40	-0.08	0.17
2	Anastasia Tropic Like Its Hot	F	0.40	-0.08	0.06
3	Journey To Oban Little Bay V Sapphire	M	0.31	-0.02	0.16
4	Tanzanite Wanda's Pup Biles	F	0.21	0.09	-0.05
5	Tanzanite Wanda's Pup Chiles	F	0.35	0.02	-0.06
6	Bjorn av Hiselfoss	M	0.26	0.06	-0.02
7	Jura's Sunshine on my Shoulder	F	0.42	-0.06	0.01
8	Plainsong's Three Chords & The Truth	M	0.32	0.03	-0.10
9	Jura's Going for Gold in the Yukon	M	0.24	0.09	-0.02
10	Gusto's Fabulous Flamingo Has Tenacity	F	0.29	0.03	-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.

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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	52.80%
1094	2005	14.69%
1121	2071	9.44%
1006	2007	7.69%
1068	2053	6.64%
1016	2021	3.85%
1221	2118	1.75%
1030	2001	0.70%
1160	2007	0.70%
1160	2134	0.35%
1267	2005	0.35%
1292	2024	0.35%

DLA Frequencies :

Class	Haplotype	Frequency in the Breed
Class I	0	1.39%
Class I	1006	7.64%
Class I	1016	3.82%
Class I	1030	0.69%
Class I	1068	6.60%
Class I	1094	14.58%
Class I	1121	9.38%
Class I	1160	53.47%
Class I	1221	1.74%
Class I	1267	0.35%
Class I	1292	0.35%
Class II	0	1.39%
Class II	2001	0.69%
Class II	2005	14.93%
Class II	2007	8.33%
Class II	2021	3.82%
Class II	2024	52.78%
Class II	2053	6.60%
Class II	2071	9.38%
Class II	2118	1.74%
Class II	2134	0.35%

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

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