The Greater Swiss Mountain Dog or Grosser Schweizer Sennenhund is a breed of dog, the largest of the traditional Swiss Sennenhunds, a dog type that includes four regional breeds.
The Greater Swiss Mountain Dog is a large, muscular dog with a tricolor coat.
Males should weigh around 110 - 130 lbs and females 90 - 110 lbs.
Height at the withers is 26.3 - 29.3 in for males and 24.6 - 27.8 in for females.
The length to height ratio is around ten to nine. There is black on top of the dog's back, ears, tail and the majority of the legs.
There should be rust on the cheeks, a thumb print above the eyes and also rust should appear on the legs between the white and black.
There should be white on the muzzle, the feet, the tip of the tail, on the chest down and some that comes up from the muzzle to pass between the eyes.
The fur is a double coat, the top coat being around 5 cm long, the bottom coat being thick and a type of gray which must be on the neck, but can be all over the body; with such an outstanding coat, most Swissies blow coat twice a year.
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If you can't find a local breeder in your area don't worry, many breeders are using the major airlines like American, Delta, Continental and Northwest airlines for shipping their puppies.
At this time the airlines will ship puppies to the following States: Alabama AL - Alaska AK - Arizona AZ - Arkansas AR - California CA - Colorado CO - Connecticut CT - Delaware DE - Florida FL - Georgia GA - Hawaii HI - Idaho ID - Illinois IL - Indiana IN - Iowa IA - Kansas KS - Kentucky KY - Louisiana LA - Maine ME - Maryland MD - Massachusetts MA - Michigan MI - Minnesota MN - Mississippi MS - Missouri MO - Montana MT - Nebraska NE - Nevada NV - New Hampshire NH - New Jersey NJ - New Mexico NM - New York NY - North Carolina NC - North Dakota ND - Ohio OH - Oklahoma OK - Oregon OR - Pennsylvania PA - Rhode Island RI - South Carolina SC - South Dakota SD - Tennessee TN - Texas TX - Utah UT - Vermont VT - Virginia VA - Washington WA - Washington, D.C. - West Virginia WV - Wisconsin WI - Wyoming WY - Hawaii HI.
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