About The breed
Swissies descend from war dogs brought over the Alps by Julius Caesar’s legions. The Swiss utilized these mastiff-types when breeding their Alpine mountain dogs, or Sennenhund. Of these, Swissies are the oldest and the largest (or, the “greater”).
In remote mountain passes they toiled as all-around farm-and-pasture hands, specializing in hauling loads of meat and dairy to market in smartly outfitted dogcarts. The Greater Swiss is closely related to the Bernese Mountain Dog and is a component breed of the Saint Bernard and Rottweiler.
The Greater Swiss Mountain Dogs is one of the four types of Sennenhound/ Mountain Breeds. Developed in Switzerland as a herding, guard, and utilitarian draft dog.
The Greater Swiss Mountain Dog is a Draft and Drover breed and should structurally appear as such. It is a striking, tri-colored, large, powerful, confident dog of sturdy appearance. It is a heavy boned and well muscled dog which, in spite of its size and weight, is agile enough to perform the all-purpose farm duties of the mountainous regions of its origin.
Males range from 25 1/2"- 28 1/2"
Females range from 23 1/2"- 27"
Happy, Health tested European Bloodline
Many of our dogs originated from various parts of Europe. We carefully selected breeders that health screened and titled their dogs. As well as raised them in a family based setting vs a kennel setting. Our breeding dogs all have OFA health clearances. Our dogs also come from healthy, screened bloodlines.
A Lifelong Friend
We take great pride in raising our dogs and puppies in our home. They are family. We live on a small hobby farm, on a river and our dogs are with us at all times. They are raised around children from the day they are born.