Short Hair Bernese Mountain Dog

Find short haired great bernese puppies and dogs from a breeder near you.

Short hair bernese mountain dog. With remarkably large and strong body the dog attracts all eyes quite easily. The short haired bernese mountain dog is actually a different breed called the greater swiss mountain dog. The appearance of bernese mountain dog sets it apart from all popular breeds of dogs.

Mountain dog or 3 4 bernese and 1 4 pyrenees depending on which litter you are looking at. The undercoat will grow in the weeks leading up to the winter months. These dogs are gentle by temperament and usually good with children and can be trained to pull carts or sleds.

The short haired greater swiss mountain dog is the larger with males as tall as 28 1 2 inches 72 centimeters and as heavy as 135 pounds 61 kilograms. Every spring as temps rise the debate begins do i shave my bernese mountain dog for the summer or not. In 1908 a canine researcher named albert heim spotted two dogs at a swiss kennel club jubilee listed as short haired bernese mountain dogs heim recognized the dogs as being large members of.

But apart from coat length these dogs look quite similar and are often confused. Grosser schweizer sennenhund or french. The bernese mountain dog breed standard calls for a long haired dog.

Many think a berner will be cooler in the summer if they have been shaved or gotten a fur cut. Usually it is available in three colors of coats that make the experts call this a tri colored dog. Bernese mountain dogs are double coated which means they have two layers of hair.

When spring arrives the dog will shed extensively to get rid of some of the warm winter coat before the warmer summer period. Until 1908 the great swiss mountain dog was still considered a short haired version of the bernese mountain dog. The longer haired bernese may be slightly shorter and lighter.