![]() The Greater Swiss is a working dog and needs daily exercise. You’ll need to have a lot of patience and you can’t leave them alone in the house until you’re sure they’re ready. Housetraining your Swissy can be difficult. The long puppyhood also means they might be rambunctious and although they like children they could easily overwhelm them. You should expect them to act like puppies for a long time because adulthood often comes slowly to large breeds. Swiss Mountain Dogs are very social and will generally be friendly around both family and strangers. What’s the Greater Swiss Mountain Dog like? Color: Black with rust and white markings.G.S.M.D’s were recognized by the American Kennel Club in 1995. The breed struggled to expand in the years following the war but has been going in the right direction. Heim was a Sennenhunde enthusiast and campaigned to save the Greater Swiss Mountain Dog.Īlthough numbers did begin to rebound after that the breed was dealt another devastating blow during the Second World War as they had not yet migrated to America. However, in 1908 one such dog was entered into a competition where it immediately caught the eye of Professor Alfred Heim. Industrialization had taken their jobs and sightings were nonexistent. In the early 1900s it was assumed that Greater Swiss Mountain Dogs had all died out. His size would certainly have been an advantage when pulling heavy carts. In Switzerland the breed was used for drafting, farm management, and as a watchdog. Their origins are uncertain but most speculate this type of dog is descendent from the Molossian dogs of Rome which arrived in Switzerland during the invasion of the Alps over 2000 years ago. ![]() Greater Swiss Mountain Dogs are members of the Sennenhunde family: the largest members in fact. ![]()
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