Greater Swiss Mountain Dog

Mastiffs & molossers · Switzerland

About the Greater Swiss Mountain Dog

The Greater Swiss Mountain Dog is a dog breed which was developed in the Swiss Alps. The name Sennenhund refers to people called Senn or Senner, dairymen and herders in the Swiss Alps. Greater Swiss Mountain Dogs are almost certainly the result of indigenous dogs mating with large mastiff-type dogs brought to Switzerland by foreign settlers. It was assumed to have almost died out by the late 19th century, since its work was being done by other breeds or machines, but was rediscovered in the early 1900s.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Greater Swiss Mountain Dog” (lead section), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Type	Mastiffs & molossers
Origin (Wikidata)	Switzerland
Map pin	Representative point in Switzerland (not an exact location)
Height	Males: 25.5–28.5 in (65–72 cm) Females: 23.5–27 in (60–69 cm)
Weight	Males: 90–140 lb (41–64 kg) Females: 80–110 lb (36–50 kg)
Size class	Giant (our grouping, from the weight above)
FCI classification	Group 2 (standard no. 58)
Wikidata	Q38121

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 Switzerland · Mastiffs & molossers