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From
the time the first traveler was rescued by a Saint Bernard until
today, our breed has been setting records and creating goals for others.
There is a
monument in Switzerland dedicated to
Barry,
who saved over 40 lives. We don't know who was the
first Saint
Bernard to make a rescue
at the
Saint Bernard
Pass; that piece of history has been lost
in the passage of time. Over here in the United States of America, we
now know of the first Saint Bernards which completed a variety of
American Kennel Club (AKC) and Saint Bernard Club of America (SBCA)
titles and accomplishments. The honoring of these events and titles are
our way of keeping the history of the breed alive. It may not be the act
of digging out a lost traveler in the snow, but the events reward and
help preserve the conformation, obedience, tracking, agility, weight
pulling, draft work and temperament of the Saint Bernard.
In the arena of Performance events, we recognize the first Saint
Bernards in several ways:
1) The first
to qualify in the different levels of Performance events as they were
the first to enter the new level of competition for our breed.
2) The first
to earn the different AKC and SBCA Performance titles (which sometimes
is a different dog than the first qualifier).
3) One of the
original goals of the Hall of Fame criteria is to promote and recognize the
breed champion who competes in
the different performance venues and they are also honored below as in
items 1 and 2.
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