Saint Bernard ndi galu wamkulu kwambiri. Thupi lake ndi lamphamvu komanso lamphamvu.

Tsitsi : Pali mitundu iwiri ya Saint-Bernard, watsitsi lalifupi komanso lalitali.

kukula (kutalika kukufota): 70-90 cm ya amuna ndi 65-80 cm ya akazi.

Kunenepa : kuchokera 60 kg mpaka 100 kg.

Gulu FCI : N ° 61.

Mtundu uwu watchedwa Col du Grand Saint-Bernard pakati pa Switzerland ndi Italy ndi Col du Petit Saint-Bernard pakati pa France ndi Italy. Pa maulendo awiriwa panali malo osungira odwala kumene amonke ankachereza alendo ndi apaulendo. Anali kwa woyamba wa iwo kuti Barry, galu wotchuka amene anapulumutsa miyoyo ya anthu makumi anayi m'moyo wake kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1884, adatsogolera. Iye anali Alpine Spaniel, yemwe ankamuona ngati kholo la Saint-Bernard. Ntchito yaikulu ya agalu amenewa inali kuteteza anansi amene ankakhala m’malo osungira odwala m’mikhalidwe yovuta ndi kupeza ndi kutsogolera apaulendo otayika m’chipale chofeŵa. Chiyambireni kukhazikitsidwa kwa Swiss Saint-Bernard Club, yomwe idakhazikitsidwa ku Basel mu XNUMX, Saint-Bernard amadziwika kuti ndi galu wadziko lonse ku Switzerland.

Mbiri yotereyi yapanga munthu wamphamvu ku Saint-Bernard. ” Ulemerero, kudzipereka ndi kudzipereka Ndi chiganizo chomwe chinaperekedwa kwa iye. Luntha ndi kufewa kwa kafotokozedwe kake zimasiyana ndi kamangidwe kake kamphamvu komanso thupi lake lamphamvu. Iye ndi wanzeru komanso waluso kwambiri pa maphunziro opulumutsa anthu, zomwe zimamupangitsa kukhala galu wabwino wofufuzira komanso wolonda wabwino. Komabe, Saint Bernard sagwiritsidwanso ntchito masiku ano ngati galu wopulumutsira avalanche, m'malo mwa mitundu ina monga German Shepherd ndi Malinois. Ambuye ake amanenanso kuti ndi wokhulupirika, wachikondi komanso womvera. Iye ndi wokoma mtima makamaka kwa ana ndi okalamba. Wolimba mtima pakagwa ngozi m'mapiri ngati waphunzitsidwa kutero, amadziwanso kukhala mwamtendere komanso ngakhale waulesi akakhala m'nyumba.

Matenda omwe Saint Bernard amawonekera kwambiri ndi matenda omwe nthawi zambiri amakhudza agalu akuluakulu (German Mastiff, Belgian Shepherd…) ndi mtundu waukulu (Doberman, Irish setter…). Chifukwa chake Saint-Bernard akuwonetsa zomwe zimayambitsa matenda a dilatation torsion of the stomach (SDTE), ku dysplasias m'chiuno ndi chigongono, ku matenda a Wobbler.

Wobbler syndrome - Zowonongeka za caudal cervical vertebrae zimayambitsa kukanikiza kwa msana ndi kuchepa kwake pang'onopang'ono. Nyama yomwe yakhudzidwa imavutika ndi ululu ndipo imakumana ndi zovuta zowonjezereka pakugwirizanitsa ndi kuyenda mpaka paresis (kutayika kwa mbali ya luso la galimoto). (1)

Zatsimikiziridwa kuti ndi Ostéosarcome ndi cholowa ku Saint-Bernard. Ndi khansa ya m'mafupa yofala kwambiri mwa agalu. Imawonetseredwa ndi kulemala komwe kumatha kuchitika mwadzidzidzi kapena pang'onopang'ono ndipo kumalimbana ndi mankhwala oletsa kutupa, kenako ndikudula ziwalo nthawi zina limodzi ndi chemotherapy. (2)

Maphunziro ambiri omwe adachitika ku Saint-Bernard adawonetsanso chibadwa cha cholowa cha ndi entropion mu mtundu uwu. Matendawa amapangitsa kuti chikope chiyende mkati.

Saint Bernard amadwalanso matenda ena monga khunyu, chikanga ndi mavuto a mtima (cardiomyopathy). Utali wa moyo wake ndi wocheperako, zaka 8 mpaka 10, malinga ndi maphunziro osiyanasiyana omwe adachitika ku Denmark, Great Britain ndi United States.

Kukhala m'nyumba si abwino, koma sikuyenera kupewedwa, ngati galu amatha kuyenda ulendo wautali wokwanira tsiku lililonse, ngakhale nyengo yoipa. Izi zikutanthauza kulipira zotulukapo zake galu wonyowa akabweranso… ndipo muyenera kudziwa izi musanaleredwe. Kuphatikiza apo, malaya okhuthala a Saint Bernard ayenera kusunthidwa tsiku ndi tsiku ndipo, chifukwa cha kukula kwake, kufunsira kwa akatswiri okongoletsa kungakhale kofunikira. Kulemera pafupifupi kulemera kwa munthu wamkulu, kumafuna maphunziro kuyambira ali wamng'ono omwe amamupangitsa kukhala womvera pamene kulimba kwake kumapezeka. Ndikoyeneranso kukhala tcheru makamaka ndi chakudya chake.