What kind of dog is the Bernese Mountain Dog which is from the Swiss Alps?
Draught dog A draught dog, draft dog, or cart dog is a variety of working dog used to pull a cart. Dogs have been used to move both people and product, in two separate events; sulky pulling and drafting. Collies, Bernese Mountain Dogs, St. Bernards, Bouvier des Flanders, Newfoundlands and Rottweilers were all bred for this purpose; Rottweilers and Collies were also used as sheepdogs.
Italian Shepherd The Italian Shepherd, or Pastore Italiano, is a breed of dog. The existence of this breed can be traced back to 1975, when Piero Accettella, of the Little Ranch Kennels, in Cepagatti, in the province of Pescara, in Italy, noticed that, in the surrounding Italian regions of Abruzzo, Umbria, Tuscany, Marche and Northern Lazio, there existed mid-sized dogs with wolf-like features used as livestock herders and known locally as Cane Toccatore. Accettella acquired some of these dogs and crossbred them with Abruzzese Mastiffs, a breed of molosser, to increase their size. The result of this cross was a dog of great intelligence, wary of strangers and a tenacious guardian of property and livestock. The dogs have been found to be ideally suited to the role of guard dog and are easily trained for this task.