Saint Bernards are powerful, proportionately tall, strong and muscular, big boned and deep chested. Males weigh from 170 to over 200 pounds and are over 27 inches at the shoulders. Bitches weigh slightly less and are at minimum 25 inches at the shoulders. The original St. Bernard is short-haired; the long haired variety appeared in the mid-nineteenth century. Acceptable colors include white with red, red with white, and brindle patches with white markings.