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18-699: The Entlebucher is the smallest of four Swiss mountain dogs, the others being the Appenzeller Sennenhund , the Bernese Mountain Dog , and the Greater Swiss Mountain Dog . During the 1800s these dogs were variable and were not regarded as distinct breeds. In 1908 the Swiss Kennel Club set about classifying them. In 1913, four bobtail Entlebucher Sennenhund were shown to Albert Heim , an advocate for

36-438: A lively companion. The four breeds of Sennenhund, with the original breed name followed by the most popular English version of the breed name, are: The Entlebucher breed shares many characteristics of other livestock guardian dogs from around the world. The female Entlebucher Sennenhund is a square; the male is a longer, less square, sturdy, medium-sized dog. It has small, triangular ears and rather small brown eyes. The head

54-565: Is alert. Among the faults that disqualify a dog from registration are a wall eye , a kinked tail, a single coat and a coat that is not three-coloured. Dogs may be expected to live for some 12–14 years. According to the breed standard, the Appenzeller Sennenhund is lively, high-spirited, athletic and suspicious of strangers. The Appenzeller Sennenhund was traditionally used by the Alpine cattle-herders and dairymen of

72-444: Is always tricoloured: the principal colour may be either black or Havana brown, with white markings to the chest, face and feet, and reddish-brown areas between those and the base colour. The tail is set high and is carried in a tight curl over the back when the animal is moving. The ears are set high and are triangular and fairly small; they hang close to the cheeks when the animal is at rest, and are raised and turned forward when it

90-505: Is known to occur. Progressive Retinal Atrophy (PRA) is also present in the breed. The National Entlebucher Mountain Dog Association (NEMDA), in collaboration with other organizations, is working to eliminate these issues from the breed through responsible breeding, genetic testing , and fact dissemination. Appenzeller Sennenhund The Appenzeller Sennenhund is a Swiss breed of medium-sized working dog . It originates in

108-503: Is promoted as a rare breed for puppy buyers seeking a unique pet. The breed was accepted into the American Kennel Club Stud Book on December 1, 2010 and became eligible to compete in the herding dog group on January 1, 2011. Inbreeding due to the small foundation stock numbers has led to Entlebuchers suffering from congenital defects , the most common of which is hip dysplasia . Hemolytic anemia also

126-457: Is sometimes docked , a practice which is now prohibited by law in many countries, or it may have a natural bobtail. Height at the withers is 19-20 ins (48–50 cm) and weight is 45-65 lbs (20–30 kg). As with all large, active working dogs, this breed should be well socialized early in life with other dogs and people, and be provided with regular activity and training. Temperament of individual dogs may vary. The Standard says that

144-576: Is that of Friedrich von Tschudi in Das Thierleben der Alpenwelt , published in 1853. In the late nineteenth century Max Sieber, a forester who had seen the dogs at cattle shows in eastern Switzerland, asked the Schweizerische Kynologische Gesellschaft  [ de ] to recognise the breed; a commission was established with financing from the canton of St. Gallen and the Appenzeller Sennenhund

162-479: Is well proportioned to the body, with a strong flat skull. The long jaw is well formed and powerful. The feet are compact, supporting its muscular body. The smooth coat is close and smooth with symmetrical markings of black, tan, and white. This tricolor coat has white on its toes, tail-tip, and the chest and blaze where the fur is soft and fluffy; the tan always lies between the black and the white. It has muscular, broad hips. The hocks are naturally well angled. The tail

180-512: The Appenzell region of north-eastern Switzerland, and is one of four regional breeds of Sennenhund or Swiss mountain dog, all of which are characterised by a distinctive tricolour coat. The Appenzeller Sennenhund is the traditional working dog of the Sennen – Alpine cattle-herders and dairymen – of the Appenzell region of north-eastern Switzerland. The earliest written description of it

198-534: The Fédération Cynologique Internationale in 1954. It has spread from Appenzell to other parts of Switzerland and to other European countries. A study published in 2004 found it to be the most-registered breed in the canton of Appenzell , with 259 out of a total of 1358 registrations in the canton, or about 19% ; in the whole of Switzerland it accounted for 360 of a total of 33 470 , or about 1.1% of all dogs registered by

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216-736: The Sennenhund or Swiss mountain dog group, which also includes the Grosser Schweizer Sennenhund , the Berner Sennenhund or Bernese Mountain Dog , and the Entlebucher Sennenhund . It is a medium-sized dog: dogs stand some 52–56 cm at the withers , bitches about 2 cm less; weights are in the range 22–32 kg . The coat is double, the top-coat thick, straight and glossy. It

234-581: The Appenzell region both to herd cattle and to guard property. It is often kept as a companion dog . List of dog breeds This list of dog breeds includes both extant and extinct dog breeds , varieties and types . A research article on dog genomics published in Science/AAAS defines modern dog breeds as "a recent invention defined by conformation to a physical ideal and purity of lineage". According to BigThink , over 40% of

252-580: The Schweizerische Kynologische Gesellschaft. It is the only Swiss dog breed considered to be at risk by ProSpecieRara , which lists it as gefährdet , 'endangered'. Numbers are stable but the gene pool is narrow; the association is in collaboration with the breed society, the Schweizerischer Club für Appenzeller Sennenhunde , to broaden it. The Appenzeller Sennenhund is the third-largest of

270-522: The breed is "good-natured and devoted towards people familiar to him, slightly suspicious of strangers." The Entlebucher Sennenhund is recognised internationally by the Fédération Cynologique Internationale , using the standard written in the breed's native Switzerland. Other national kennel clubs not affiliated with the Fédération Cynologique Internationale also recognise the breed, often writing their own versions of

288-783: The breed standard. The Entlebucher is recognised by The Kennel Club (UK) and the Canadian Kennel Club and placed in the Working Group . The United States Kennel Club (US) places the breed in the Guardian Dog Group . It is not yet recognised by the New Zealand Kennel Club or the Australian National Kennel Council . The breed is recognised by numerous small clubs and internet-based registries, where it

306-409: The increasingly rare Sennenhund breeds. The breed was entered into the Swiss Kennel Club stud book, but World War I intervened, and at first, after the war, no examples of the breed could be found. The first breed club was not formed until 1926, 16 dogs of the type were found in 1927, and the breed slowly was restored. Although originally kept for guarding and herding, today the breed is usually kept as

324-542: Was recognised in either 1896 or 1898. Eight of the dogs were shown at the international dog show in Winterthur in 1898; they were entered in a new Sennenhunde class. In 1906 a breed society , the Appenzeller Sennenhunde Club, was established at the instigation of the cynologist Albert Heim , who in 1914 drew up the first full breed standard . The breed was definitively accepted by

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