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in Berne. The dogs of Bussy were short-haired, red, with white 

 marks. Amongst them was the most beautiful and most powerful 

 female I ever saw, which I knew from 1846 to 1849. I tried to 

 get puppies from the owner, but could not do so. Its offspring 

 are to be found on the Nauenburgischen estate, La Chaux de 

 Fonds, etc. Colonel Risold, of Berne, had only one dog from 1830 

 to 1840 short-haired, the same colour and markings as the others, 

 and with an enormous head. It was so courageous as to be the 

 terror and master of all other dogs in Berne. The dogs of Prince 

 Von Russland were similar to those of Mettlen, with similar offspring 

 and similarly dispersed. The dogs of Messrs. Cornaz I did not 

 recognise as being amongst the progenitors received from the 

 Hospice. Their offspring I knew from 1845 to 1856. These 

 were erect, long-haired, double-clawed, white, with reddish brown 

 heads. Several were stump-tailed, from which descended the 

 Utzenstorf breed, which exists still in Bernese Oberaargau, and 

 are owned by the peasant proprietors, and distinguished for their 

 size and beauty. The dogs from Lowenberg I have known since 

 1838, passing some time in Murten. There have been several 

 generations, always long-haired like the others. 



In 1854 my Barry I. was born in Lowenberg short-haired, 

 white, with red head. As he resembled neither in hair nor colour 

 the preceding generation, the owners thought him a mongrel, and 

 sold him as valueless to Mr. Klopfenstein of Neuenegg, from whom 

 I acquired the dog in 1855, because so like the Barry of 1815 in the 

 Berne Museum, and because I knew his pedigree. From Barry I 

 bred magnificent pups, which were mostly sold to Russia, until 

 Mr. Baron Judd, of Glockenthal, near Thun, bought Barry from 

 me in 1858, on condition that pups should be given to me. Mr. 

 Baron Judd experienced difficulty in finding females of similar 

 breed. The Rev. Mr. Weyerman, Interlachen, possessed a large 

 long-haired female, resulting from the crossing with a Hospice 

 dog, which female, by Barry I., produced Sultan I., the only offspring 

 from this pair. Favorita I. and Toni I. are from Sultan and 

 Diana I. Mr. Judd gave up to me Sultan I. in 1862. From 

 him I obtained Diana I. of the St. Bernard stock, from which I 

 have received up to date, with the help of blood renewal, not 

 only strong and pure, but improved dogs, of which my present 

 breeding dogs, Apollo I., Bernice I., Apollo II., Bernice II., and 

 Juno, testify. 



The deterioration of the breed is not only the result of want 

 of kynological skill, and of the difficulty in bringing up puppies, 

 but also from financial causes. The majority of owners have made 

 the breeding of these noble animals a trade, only considering profit. 

 Moreover, foreign buyers desire long-haired animals, so that breeders 

 cross the original breeds with long-haired dogs without making 



