Dog
Bernese Mountain Dog
Berner Sennenhund
At a glance
- Typical lifespan
- 7–10 years
- Size
- Giant
- Energy
- Not listed
- Grooming
- Not listed
Often considered senior from about 6 years
Things to watch
As your Bernese Mountain Dog gets older
Conditions that come up for this breed and are worth keeping an eye on. This is not a list of what your pet will get — it’s a list of things to notice early and ask your vet about.
Gastric Dilatation-Volvulus
Watch closelyOsteosarcoma
Keep an eye onHip Dysplasia
Keep an eye onScreening schedule
A calm rhythm for check-ups
Use this as a conversation starter with your vet, who will tailor timing and tests to your pet.
Every day
A 30-second check-in: appetite, energy, pain, mobility and breathing. Changes show up as trends, not guesses.
From about age 6
Ask your vet about a senior check-up rhythm and which blood, urine or blood-pressure tests make sense.
Breed-specific
Ask your vet whether any breed-specific screening applies to your pet.
Before each visit
Bring a short summary of what changed — Senicure’s vet-ready report puts the last weeks on one page.
When not to wait
Trouble breathing, collapse, seizures, suspected poisoning, a swollen hard belly or heavy bleeding: call your vet or an emergency clinic now.
How Senicure helps
Daily check-in
Appetite, energy, pain, mobility and resting breathing in 30 seconds.
Trends you can show
See the direction over weeks instead of relying on memory.
Vet-ready report
Trends, medications and notes on one page, shareable by link.
Senicure is not a veterinary service and does not diagnose. Breed information is general and may be incomplete; your vet is the right person to judge your pet’s risks.
Senicure
Your pet’s lifelong health memory.
Add your pet and see the breed watch list, log a 30-second check-in each day and bring a vet-ready report to every appointment.