UMary Allen
Kwiintlobo ezine ze-Swiss Mountain Dog, i-Greater Swiss kunye ne-Bernese Mountain Dog eneenwele ezinde ngummeli omkhulu. Izinja ezomeleleyo, ezinombala we-tricolor zisaphethe uninzi lweempawu zazo zantlandlolo. Oku kuquka ukuba nolwalamano olusenyongweni nentsapho yabo nokuphaphile kwabo okungokwemvelo. Ubuncinci ngenxa yezi mpawu zixatyisiweyo, i-Greater Swiss Mountain Dog inokufumaneka namhlanje njengosapho kunye nenja yeqabane.
#1 Izinyanya ze-Greater Swiss Mountain Dog zibizwa ngokuba "izinja zoosilarha" - ezi zinja zinamandla zazisetyenziswa ngamabhula ngenkulungwane ye-19 ukuqhuba nokugada imihlambi yazo yenkomo ukuze ixhelwe.
Omnye umsebenzi yayikukuthuthwa kwempahla: Ngenxa yale njongo, izilwanyana ezomeleleyo zazibotshelelwa kwinqwelo eyenziwe ngamaplanga zize zisetyenziswe ngoonosilarha njengezinja ezirhuqayo.
#2 Ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20, ngo-1908, indoda enjalo yatsala ingqalelo enkulu kumboniso we-Swiss Cynological Society, apho yaboniswa njengenguqu ezinwele ezimfutshane zeNja yaseBernese.
Unjingalwazi uAlbert Heim, owayenenzondelelo ngezinja zasezintabeni, emva koko wadala eyakhe imigangatho yolu hlobo kwaye wazama ukuyohlula kwi-Bernese eneenwele ezinde kunye ne-Appenzeller encinci kaSennenhund ngokuyibiza ngokuba yi "Greater Swiss Mountain Dog".
#3 Kwangexesha leMfazwe yesiBini yeHlabathi, izinja ezomeleleyo zasetyenziswa ngempumelelo njengezinja zokuyila ngaphakathi kumkhosi waseSwitzerland, yiyo loo nto olu hlobo lwatsala umdla kwakhona.
Namhlanje, izinja ezinkulu zikwafunyanwa njengenja yosapho kunye neqabane, kunye neNja yaseMountain eneenwele ezinde ibonwa rhoqo.