Possible Clues:

• Dog trained to rescue Alpine travellers
• If one brings you a drink at the pass, you'll get it in the neck
• Might he have had a pass at being so largely dogged?
• Pass a large one with the brady
• With drink you'll get it in the neck from him, being so beastly saintly
• Cold-weather guide
• Large dog trained for Alpine rescues
• Pass the brandy with this one
• Mountain rescue dog
• French abbot thought to have originated the saying depicted symbolically in this puzzle