Leonberger is a large, but at the same time elegantly graceful handsome man who knows exactly how to win a place in the heart of the owner. He is calm and reasonable, as befits a purebred “German”, and certainly will never use his own strength against those who are weaker. Good-natured and playful, Leonberger is sincerely glad to guests, whom he willingly meets at the door and sees off, delicately holding his coat with his teeth. At the same time, he manages to cope well with the work of a watchman, sitting regally on patrol and bringing the most hardened lovers of someone else’s good to a pre-infarction state with his deaf, bass barking.
This mammoth dog which has its roots in Germany can weigh up to 170 pounds and has a height of over 31 inches.
Once owned by royalty, these dogs were working animals and used to guard households and farmland alike.
A rumor has it that Leonberger was breed to look like a lion in order to match a local town crest in which it first appeared.
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