📊Group | 📌 |
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📊Size | Giant📌 |
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📊Utilization | Watch, Companion and Family Dog |
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✨Appearance | The Leonberger is a large, strong, muscular yet elegant dog, distinguished by his balanced build and confident calmness. |
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🖍️Nicknames | Leo Gentle Lion Gentle Giant |
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🌐Country of origin | Germany |
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⌛Lifespan, years | 8 - 9 |
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📏Height | 70 cm - 80 cm |
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⚖Weight | 50 kg - 77 kg |
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🌡Temperament | As a family dog, the Leonberger is friendly towards children, agreeable, obedient, and fearless in all situations. |
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📜History | At the end of the 19th century, Heinrich Essig, a town councillor in Leonberg near Stuttgart, crossed a black and white Newfoundland bitch with a so-called 'Barry' male from the monastery hospice Grand St. Bernard. This resulted in very large dogs with predominantly long, white coats. The first dogs called 'Leonbergers' were born in 1846, combining the excellent qualities of their parent breeds. |
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