r/SaintBernards

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My wife and I brought home this guy last weekend. He is 20 lbs at 9 weeks old, healthy and just got his 2nd round of shots. We are crate training him and hes doing pretty good, only a couple accidents. He almost makes it through the night without needing to go out. He is starting to bite alot and is resisting the leash but I think he is starting to learn "sit" and "come". Any tips for first time giant breed owners? I want him to be trained well because he is already on the high end of the expected weight at his age.

It’s been awhile since my doggy Ellie has been out in public.she is 5 years Old likes to sometimes bark at other dogs. We used to take her to dog parks, live with other dogs, and my friends still bring their pups over with no issue. Well we went to a public area that allows dogs and she just kept barking and even pounced on one that came up to her. She was on a leash and so were they. She didn’t bite the dog but I have never seen her pounce at another dog. Is anyone else Bernard act like this? Is it something I should get a trainer for? I wanted to mention she does pull on the leash when she sees other dog. We plan to start taking her to public areas again but now I’m just scared she will do it again.

We are heartbroken, I just wanted to show my beautiful girl off to the world

Edit: Thank you everyone for the kind words, it makes me happy to show people how beautiful she is, for those curious she is 7, she was perfectly healthy til a mass formed, last week we got the osteosarcoma diagnosis

Elfie is 9 months old Saint Bernard (left) and Winnie is nearly 3 years old (right). They could not be better sisters.

My 9 month old girly named Pickles is all of the sudden a HUGE love bug. I weighed her yesterday and she’s 101 lbs. She’s always been a sweet girl, but in the last week or so, she’s literally been wanting to be on top of me and my kiddos. She’s is either laying directly on top of me, snuggling up right next to us, or pushing her way behind my head and wrapping her arms around me. I absolutely love the snuggles and she’s the most snuggly pup I’ve ever had. She’s my first full Saint, but I have had a 50% Saint Bernard 50% Poodle who we lost in March who was also snuggly, but Pickles is on a different level all of the sudden. We did just find a kitten a few weeks ago and added him to our family as well. At first I thought she wanted to eat him, but now she’s obsessed with the kitty and thinks she’s his mom 🐶🙈🐈‍⬛ she lets him jump and crawl all over her and she just lays there and loves it. I love how affectionate she is with me and the kids, our new kitten, Gravy, and her big brother, Cookie (a golden retriever).

Do all saints think they’re lap dogs that weigh <10 lbs…? 🤣🫶🏼

Feeling so lucky to have found this breed 🥹💗

Last Saturday, we had to put our souldog Bear down... 🌈 His body could not fight off the infections anymore and his fever got too high. Our vet assured us it was the right time, especially since his lymph nodes were so swollen and filled with edema, his neck was super hard.

He is my souldog, I do not know how to continue further without him.. how do you cope with such a loss? He left a gaping hole in my heart... I might leave this sub, it might be too confrontating. But it also might give me joy to see other Saints.. i dont know yet.

Please hug you puppers extra hard tonight for me and Bear 💕

7.5 months, 93lbs of smart, chill, loving vibes 🥰 almost done fundamentals class then taking a break before seeing what other classes we can get into! Going to either try scentwork or work on prepping for CGC 👍🏻

We have hit a regression wall at 7mo. Charisma has been dropped for Strength, How did y’all endure/ besides stay on-top of training consistently and understand it’s a phase?

Demands hose drinks every time 🤷‍♀️