📊Group | 📌 |
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📊Size | Giant📌 |
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📊Utilization | Originally a watch and draught dog, nowadays also a companion, guard, and family dog |
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✨Appearance | A tricolour, sturdy dog with a heavy bone structure and well-muscled body, exhibiting endurance and agility despite its size. |
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🖍️Nicknames | Greater Swiss Mountain Dog Grosser Schweizer Sennenhund |
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🌐Country of origin | Switzerland |
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⌛Lifespan, years | 8 - 11 |
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📏Height | 60 cm - 72 cm |
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⚖Weight | 47 kg - 59 kg |
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🌡Temperament | Self-confident, alert, watchful, and fearless, good-natured and devoted to familiar people. |
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📜History | Origin: Switzerland. The breed was recognized in 1909 and has roots dating back to large, vanishing mountain dogs known for their versatility as guard, draught, and droving cattle dogs. |
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