The most famous Saint Bernard
The most famous and longest appearance of the Saint Bernard breed is in the film serie Beethoven (1992), where the key character, Beethoven is a large and friendly, yet very mischievous dog that keeps making trouble in his family. He sneaks into the home of the Newton family after he was stolen by thieves from a pet shop. The father (Charles Grodin) does not want to own and take care of a dog, but his wife (Bonnie Hunt) and his 3 children convince him to keep the little puppy. Later the dog gets into serious trouble when the local veterinarian – who is involved in some unethical animal experimentation – tries to seize the dog, therefore tries to convince the family that their dog is mentally instabile and dangerous to the family.
The Saint Bernard breed in reality is very loyal and affectionate, but they require early socialization and obedience training to overtake later problems (like the family has in the film).
Do you know any other famous Saint Bernard dogs? Post a comment with your story!
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
