Alpine Puppies: Popular lore notwithstanding, the St. Bernard never actually carried casks of brandy from its collar. That's a good thing, since the last thing you should give somebody with hypothermia is alcohol. The dog was likely named after the Great St. Bernard Pass in Switzerland, where monks bred them at a hospice. Ironically, the breed was nearly wiped out by a series of avalanches in the 1810s.

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