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There’s something in the minds of certain dog breeds that tells them they will never grow in size and will stay babies forever. It seems like the bigger the dog, the less they notice, and it can make for some funny moments.<\/p>\n
For example, Gus is a *large* Bernese Mountain Dog who believes he’s still a puppy-sized pet. He has no clue that sitting on Mom’s lap hits different at this size, but he’s so cute, she can’t dare deny him!<\/p>\n
“We love our tiny lapdog,” Mom joked in the caption, and as you can see, Gus is nowhere near tiny! The Bernese Mountain Dog is all puppy in his mind and heart, so I guess it evens out. Some of the pup’s fans sounded off in his defense, because he’s just so small!<\/p>\n
“Gustopher is a wisp of a dog, just so petite,” one person noted. “Thank you for zooming in, I would have missed Gussel P!” one fan wrote, to which Mom replied, “He can be easily missed if you don\u2019t look hard enough!”<\/p>\n
Related: Bernese Mountain Dog Steps Outside and Says, ‘Nope, Not Today’<\/strong><\/p>\n In case you don’t see a very small, teeny, tiny baby, it’s OK. Gus is one of the internet’s most beloved gentle giants, and it’s mostly because he really does have the temperament of an adorable puppy.<\/p>\n Plus, when he looks at Mom with those different-colored eyes, I doubt she could ever deny him anything, ever!<\/p>\n Bernese Mountain Dogs<\/a> are bigger than your average breed. These working-breed canines have large, sturdy frames and thick, tricolor, and double coats with matching fluffy tails. They’re gorgeous to look at, but even sweeter to be around.<\/p>\n Known as the ultimate gentle giants and “nanny dogs,” males can weigh between 80 and 115 pounds, and females can reach 70 to 95 pounds\u2014but none of that matters. Whether a dog like Gus weighs 10 pounds or 200, he has no idea and will continue living his life as if he’s still a puppy.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udc36<\/a>SIGN UP to get \u201cpawsitivity\u201d delivered right to your inbox with inspiring & entertaining stories about our furry & feathered friends<\/strong><\/a>\ud83d\udc3e\ud83d\udc3e<\/a><\/p>\n This story was originally published by PawNation<\/a> on Apr 13, 2026, where it first appeared in the News<\/a> section. Add PawNation as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n There’s something in the minds of certain dog breeds that tells them they will never grow in size and will stay babies forever. It seems like the bigger the dog, the less they notice, and it can make for some funny moments. For example, Gus is a *large* Bernese Mountain Dog who believes he’s still […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1357,9545,866,873,2832,9540,1869,6721,9541,1236,738,9546,9544,56,64,792,2057,1711,9323,9539,1715,8722,9333,188,867,9542,3442,284,67,66,1182,1199,7623,245,984,1192,3422,1069,1338,2627,3454,9543,155],"class_list":["post-7580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pets-news","tag-babies","tag-believes","tag-bernese","tag-bernese-mountain","tag-big","tag-big-boy","tag-bigger","tag-boy","tag-boy-bernese","tag-breed","tag-breeds","tag-clue","tag-deny","tag-dogs","tag-funny","tag-gentle","tag-giants","tag-grow","tag-hits","tag-lapdog","tag-large","tag-minds","tag-missed","tag-moments","tag-mountain","tag-mountain-pup","tag-notice","tag-pawnation","tag-pe-ts-fun","tag-pets-news","tag-pounds","tag-pup","tag-pup-thinks","tag-puppy","tag-sitting","tag-size","tag-sized","tag-small","tag-stay","tag-tells","tag-thinks","tag-thinks-lapdog","tag-tiny"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}How Big Do Bernese Mountain Dogs Get?<\/h2>\n
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