Something Outside the Barn Got Their Attention. Both Heads Popped Up.
Something outside has caught their attention, and both heads have popped up at the barn door to investigate. A big red and white Saint Bernard leans its broad face over the weathered wooden half door, soft brown eyes alert and jowls drooping, while a small white baby goat peers out right beside the dog's chest, ears out to the sides and nose lifted to the breeze. Coils of rope, old tools and wisps of hay hang from the dim barn walls behind them, and a misty field stretches beyond the doorway.
Saint Bernards were famously used in the Swiss Alps to help find travelers in the snow, and today they are known as gentle, patient and loyal family dogs. Their size is impressive, and they need space, sensible exercise and early training so that they grow into polite adults. They tend to drool, especially after drinking, and they handle cold much better than heat, so shade and fresh water are important in warm weather. Around small animals, a calm Saint Bernard can be wonderfully tolerant, but owners should always supervise, since a gentle bump from a dog this big can still send a tiny goat tumbling.
Whatever they are looking at, a passing tractor, a curious neighbor or just the morning light, they are facing it together. That seems to be how this friendship works.
