Appearance

This particular breed is a square, sturdy, medium-sized dog. They have small, triangular ears and brown eyes. They have a flat skull, and the head is well proportioned to the body. They have a powerful and well-formed long jaw. They have compact feet that could hold its entire muscular body. Their hocks have naturally well-angled, and the tail could either be a docked or a natural bobtail.

History

The Entlebucher Mountain Dog, aso known as the Entlebucker Sennenhund, is the smallest of the four Swiss Mountain Dogs. They descended from the Molossus-type dogs that were brought to Switzerland by the Romans in the first century B.C. They were used as cattle herding dogs, bringing the dairy cows in from the mountain pastures. As the name implies, this particular breed originated from Entlebucher, a small municipality in Lucerne, Switzerland. For a considerable time, there were no distinctions between this breed and its cousin, the Entlebucher Cattle Dogs until 1927 where the Swiss Club of Entlebucher Cattle Dogs promoted the Entlebucher Mountain Dog as a separate breed. Originally kept as guarding and herding dogs, today the breed is usually kept as a lively family companion.