UMary Allen
Ezinhlotsheni ezine ze-Swiss Mountain Dog, i-Greater Swiss kanye ne-Bernese Mountain Dog enezinwele ezinde yiyona emele enkulu kunazo zonke. Izinja eziqinile, ezinombala o-tricolor zisaphethe izici zazo eziningi zangempela. Lokhu kuhlanganisa ubuhlobo obuseduze nomndeni wabo kanye nokuqapha kwabo okungokwemvelo. Okungenani ngenxa yalezi zici ezibalulekile, i-Greater Swiss Mountain Dog ingatholakala namuhla njengomndeni kanye nenja engumngane.
#1 Okhokho be-Greater Swiss Mountain Dog babizwa ngokuthi "izinja ze-butcher" - lezi zinja ezinamandla zazisetshenziswa abadayisi ngekhulu le-19 ukuze baqhube futhi bagade imihlambi yabo yezinkomo ukuze ihlatshwe.
Omunye umsebenzi kwakuwukuthutha izimpahla: Ngenxa yale njongo, izilwane ezinamandla zaziboshelwa enqoleni yokhuni futhi abadayisi basebenzise izinja njengezinja ezidonsa kanzima.
#2 Ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20, ngo-1908, owesilisa onjalo wakhanga ukunaka okukhulu embukisweni we-Swiss Cynological Society, lapho wethulwa khona njengenguquko enezinwele ezimfushane ze-Bernese Mountain Dog.
USolwazi Albert Heim, owayenentshiseko ngezinja zasezintabeni, wabe esezakhela eyakhe indinganiso yalolu hlobo futhi wazama ukuyihlukanisa ne-Bernese enezinwele ezinde kanye ne-Appenzeller Sennenhund encane ngokuyibiza ngokuthi "Inja Yezintaba Enkulu YaseSwitzerland".
#3 Ngisho nangeMpi Yezwe Yesibili, izinja eziqinile zasetshenziswa ngempumelelo njengezinja ezidliwe ngaphakathi kwebutho laseSwitzerland, yingakho lolu hlobo lwaphinde lwaheha ukunaka.
Namuhla, izinja ezinkulu nazo zitholakala njengezinja zomndeni nezihamba nazo, kanti i-Bernese Mountain Dog enezinwele ezinde ibonakala kaningi.