OUR STORY (WHO WE ARE)
The Valley Ranch Saint Bernards Home is a family controlled business and not a only a business but we’re a loving and caring dog family and we certainly love Stella (our female St. Bernard DAM) and Kody (our male St. Bernard SIRE). I remember carrying baby lambs as a child and secretly hoarding baby kittens home from my grandmothers house. At 15 years old my life with horses began and I raised and shown horses in the Appaloosa Circuit for many years. There is just something about babies!
My wife was an Emergency Room supervisor at Barnes-Jewish Hospital were we grew up (hopefully you’ll never have to see her at the ER). Our little son and daughter enjoy school, music, and definitely love playing with Stella and Kody.
I later used my masters degree in social work to utilize my love for horses to run a therapy program using Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy. I am no stranger to the powerful impact that an animal has on one’s life and desire to provide quality pups that can be used in such a capacity as well. If you are looking for a service dog, therapy dog, or emotional support dog, we believe that Saint Bernards can make a great prospect! We’d love to help you find yours.
We realize that we are raising your future family member and that it can be very hard to wait until they come home. We keep you up to date with everything that we do with the pups, from ENS to litter training, to chew toy conditioning, to manding and incorporating manners, to crate training and so forth. We love helping you feel like you are a part of the process and a part of the family.
Whether you are on the East Coast, North Coast, West Cost or Central USA, we are so happy that you’re here checking us out as you consider your next Saint Bernard puppy. We are excited to help you find your Saint Bernard family member. My wife and I raise our 2 kids and breed the puppies on our 16 acre homestead.
I make a commitment to you, to give you only the best; to help you feel comfortable with your decision and aide you along the way. When you welcome one of our pups home, you become a part of our Saint Bernard family forever! We are excited to meet you. Please let me know if you have any questions and we’d love to be your Saint Bernard Breeder and helper!
If you want a family loving and good trainable dog, then you have come to the right place. Scroll down and see our available Mini Saint Bernard puppies and Standard Saint Bernard puppies for sale.
ABOUT THE SAINT BERNARD BREED
The loving national dog of Switzerland, the Saint Bernard is named after the monk who, in the 10th Century, founded a hospice to care for travelers on the perilous routes through the Swiss Alps. The first dogs were Alpine Mastiffs, initially used to guard property, but with the discovery of their rescue abilities their role was changed. These dogs were the ancestors of the modern St Bernard.
By the 18th Century the role of the dogs had changed and they were being used for rescue work, locating lost and stranded travelers. The monks were using new blood to develop bigger dogs and it is thought that the Newfoundland and the Bloodhound might have contributed to the new type. Certainly the dogs became larger and longer coated. The outcrossing was disputed by some of the monks as they felt that a longer coat would ice up, so some of stock was purposely kept which remained close to the original short-coated type. Hence the breed still has long coated and smooth coated specimens today. The breed retained the name of Alpine Mastiffs well into the 19th Century, and it was not until 1888 that the modern title of St Bernard was adopted.
The traditional view of the rescuing St Bernard with a cask of brandy attached to his collar is a romantic and fanciful one, created by the famous Victorian artist Edwin Landseer, who painted the first two St Bernard’s to arrive in London.
Temperament of a Saint Bernard
Steady, kind, intelligent, courageous, trustworthy, lively, gentle, friendly, watchful, calm and benevolent.
Color of a Saint Bernard
Orange, mahogany-brindle, red-brindle, white with patches on body of any of the above named colors. Markings as follows: White muzzle, white blaze on face, white collar, white chest, white forelegs, feet and end of tail, black shadings on face and ears.
Coat
Smooth Coat:: Close and hound-like, slight feathering on thighs and tail.
Rough Coat:: Dense and flat, rather fuller round neck, thighs and tail well feathered.
BODY
Back broad, level, ribs well rounded. Loin wide, very muscular. Broad croup sloping slightly to set on of tail. Chest wide and deep, but never projecting below elbows.