Leonberger

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Leonberger
Leonberger
FCI Standard No. 145
2.2 mountain dogs
Origin :

Germany

Withers height:

Males: 72–80 cm.
Bitches: 65–75 cm

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The Leonberger is a German dog breed recognized by the FCI ( FCI Group 2, Section 2.2, Standard No. 145 ).

Origin and history

Today's Leonberger was created in Leonberg by crossing the Saint Bernard , Newfoundland and Pyrenean Mountain Dog . At the end of the 1830s and beginning of the 1840s, Heinrich Essig , city councilor in Leonberg, crossed a black and white Newfoundland dog (known as the preferred motif of the painter Edwin Landseer as a separate breed under the name Landseer since 1960 ) with a long-haired St. Bernard male. Later, other St. Bernard dogs and a Great Pyrenees dog were used for breeding.

The two world wars almost meant the end of this breed. However, a few lovers of the breed were able to obtain them. There are now various Leonberger clubs around the world that take on breeding.

In cynology there is evidence that in 1625 the Princely von Metternich family owned a breed of dogs that resembled the Leonberger; this type is said to have been at home in the Rhaetian Alps and Swabia for a long time .

description

The Leonberger is a very large dog because of his ancestors and can reach a shoulder height of 80 cm; no weight is given in the FCI standard. The hair is medium-soft to coarse, very long, close-fitting, on the neck and chest it forms a mane, lion-yellow, red, red-brown, also sand-colored (pale yellow, cream-colored) and all combinations between them, each with a black mask; black hair tips are allowed. The ears are high and not set far back, drooping, medium-sized, close-fitting, fleshy.

Essence

The breed standard requires Leonberger with a solid character with self-assurance and sovereign composure, medium temperament, willingness to subordinate, good learning and memory skills and insensitivity to noise. A Leonberger that meets the standard in this way is an extremely child-friendly dog ​​that can be taken anywhere as a family and companion dog .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans Räber : Encyclopedia of the pedigree dogs. Origin, history, breeding goals, suitability and use. Volume 1: Farmers, shepherds and cattle dogs, shepherds, mastiff-like dogs, pinscher-like dogs, spitz-like dogs, Nordic dogs, Schensi dogs, dwarf dogs, poodles, Dalmatians. Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-440-06555-3 , p. 196: The Leonberger. The first Leonberger.
  2. ↑ Breed standard No. 145 of the FCI: Leonberger  (PDF)

Web links

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