Bouvier des Flandres

Herding & sheepdogs · Belgium

About the Bouvier des Flandres

The Bouvier des Flandres is a herding dog breed originating in Flanders, Belgium. They were originally used for general farm work including cattle droving, sheep herding, and cart pulling, and nowadays as guard dogs and police dogs, as well as being kept as pets.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Bouvier des Flandres” (lead section), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Type	Herding & sheepdogs
Origin (Wikidata)	Belgium
Origin (Wikipedia infobox)	Belgium (Flanders); France
Map pin	Representative point in Belgium (not an exact location)
Height	Males: 62–68 cm (24–27 in) Females: 59–65 cm (23–26 in)
Weight	Males: 35–55 kg (77–121 lb) Females: 27–35 kg (60–77 lb)
Size class	Large (our grouping, from the weight above)
FCI classification	Group 1 (standard no. 191)
Wikidata	Q37896

Height and weight as given in the infobox of the Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0), with unit conversions added; we omit figures we cannot read reliably.

Dog breeds from Belgium · Herding & sheepdogs