{"topic_id":"companion_breed_standard_st_bernard_dog","category":"companion-breed-standard","context":"---\ntopic_id: companion_breed_standard_st_bernard_dog\ncategory: companion-breed-standard\ntitle: \"St Bernard — breed standard (FCI: size, coat, temperament, type)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"FCI breed-standard derived fact summary (paraphrased per COPYRIGHT_POLICY § 3; numbers and proper nouns preserved).\nsource_file: pdf-raw/breed-standard/st_bernard_combined.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-08-02\ntokens_estimated: 0\nverification:\n  method: paraphrase\n  claims: 7\n  passed: 7\n  date: 2026-08-05\nrecovered: false\npath: companion-breed-standard/companion_breed_standard_st_bernard_dog/01_companion_breed_standard_st_bernard_dog.md\nsource_document: \"FCI (Fédération Cynologique Internationale)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"FCI (Fédération Cynologique Internationale)\"\n  title: \"St Bernard — breed standard (FCI: size, coat, temperament, type)\"\n  url: \"https://www.fci.be\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-08-02\"\n  ref: \"Official breed standards (factual data points + section outline extracted verbatim)\"\n  doc_type: \"official kennel-club breed standards\"\n  needs_review: false\nlicense: paraphrase\ncopyright_note: \"Sources (FCI breed-standard texts) are not openly licensed; per COPYRIGHT_POLICY § 3 every claim is a paraphrased derived fact summary (numbers and proper nouns preserved, sentences rewritten), not a verbatim quotation.\"\nlicense: paraphrase\ncopyright_note: \"Sources (FCI breed-standard texts) are not openly licensed; per COPYRIGHT_POLICY § 3 every claim is a paraphrased derived fact summary (numbers and proper nouns preserved, sentences rewritten), not a verbatim quotation.\"\nauthority_tier: T1\nauthority_tier_basis: \"T1:kennel-club-breed-standard\"\nauthority_tier_date: 2026-08-05\n---\n\n# St Bernard — breed standard (FCI: size, coat, temperament, type)\n\n## Claims\n\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The breed's country of origin is Switzerland.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* FCI places it in Group 2 — the Pinscher, Schnauzer, Molossian and Swiss mountain-dog group — Section 2.2 Molossian / Mountain type, with no working trial.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Its stated use is as a companion, watch and farm dog.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Height at the withers has a minimum of 70 cm for males and 65 cm for females and a maximum of 90 cm and 80 cm respectively; dogs over the maximum are not penalised if balanced and sound.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Two coat types exist: a shorthaired double coat with a dense, smooth, coarse topcoat lying close to the body and abundant undercoat, and a longhaired variety with straight medium-length hair and plenty of undercoat.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The base colour is white carrying smaller or larger clear-red patches (splash-coated) or an unbroken red mantle over back and flanks (mantle dogs); a broken reddish-brown mantle, brindle reddish-brown, and brownish-yellow are also accepted, and certain white markings (chest, feet, tail tip, muzzle band, blaze, neck patch) are required.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The temperament is friendly by nature, ranging from calm to lively, and watchful.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Eliminating faults include aggression or extreme shyness, clear physical or behavioural abnormality, weak temperament, overshot or distinctly undershot mouth, wall eye, ectropion or entropion, a solid white or solid reddish-brown coat, any off-standard colour or flesh-coloured nostrils, and height below the minimum.\n","sources":["companion-breed-standard — St Bernard — breed standard (FCI: size, coat, temperament, type) (retrieved 2026-08-02)"],"source":{"authority":"companion-breed-standard","title":"St Bernard — breed standard (FCI: size, coat, temperament, type)","url":"https://www.fci.be","retrieved":"2026-08-02","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"FCI (Fédération Cynologique Internationale)","verification_file":"pdf-raw/breed-standard/st_bernard_combined.txt"},"source_document":"FCI (Fédération Cynologique Internationale)","source_file":"pdf-raw/breed-standard/st_bernard_combined.txt","trust":{"authority_tier":"T1","fidelity":"paraphrase","license":"paraphrase","display_grade":"C"},"tokens_estimated":600,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}