He moʻolelo lōʻihi ko ka Bernese Mountain Dog ma Switzerland. Ua hānai ʻia ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he ʻīlio mahiʻai, he ʻīlio hoa kaulana ʻo ia i kēia manawa no nā ʻohana makemake i kahi ʻīlio aloha, aloha, a naʻauao.
ʻO ka ʻīlio mauna Bernese mai ka ʻāina Alpine a puni Bern. Ma nā mahiʻai, ua hoʻohana lōʻihiʻiaʻo ia ma keʻano he'īlio hana: ponoʻo ia e kiaʻi, huki i nā mea kaumaha, a me nā hipa. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia e hiki ke huli ʻia ka pua ma kahi o 2000 mau makahiki i nā ʻīlio ʻano Mastiff. ʻO nā ʻīlio i hele mai i Switzerland i kēia manawa me nā legiona Roma, ua hui ʻia me nā ʻīlio ʻē aʻe a hoʻomohala ʻia i hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia ma nā mahiʻai.
I ke kenekulia 19, ʻaʻohe inoa o kēia mau ʻīlio. Ua kapa ʻia lākou ma hope ʻo Dürrbacher ma hope o kahi ʻāpana Alpine pōhaku ma ka hema o Bern. Uaʻike muaʻia ka inoa "Bernese Mountain Dog" i ka makahiki 1909. I ka manawa like, ua kapa houʻia ka Swiss Dog Clubʻo "Berner Sennenhund Klub" no kēiaʻano, no ka mea, ua manaʻoʻia ka'īlio'īlio o ka canton o Bern.
I kēia lā, he ʻīlio ʻohana kaulana kēia ʻano, ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka ʻīlio hana.
Ma lalo ʻoe e ʻike ai i ka 10 maikaʻi loa ʻo Bernese Mountain dog tattoos: