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Greater Swiss Mountain Dog

Height 65–72 cm 60–69 cm
Weight 41–64 kg 36–50 kg
Life span 8–11 years
Exercise 60 min/day

bold
faithful
willing worker
alert
affectionate
self-assured

The Greater Swiss Mountain Dog is a large and powerful breed of dog that was originally bred in Switzerland for herding and guarding livestock. They are intelligent, loyal, and hardworking, and make excellent working dogs.

Group: Working Group
Origin: Switzerland, Swiss Alps
Coat: short double · black, rust, and white tricolor
Also known as: Swissy, Grosser Schweizer Sennenhund, and Grand Bouvier Suisse
Recognized by: AKC, FCI, UKC, CKC
Hypoallergenic: No
Id: ca34c3f8-40dc-4dec-aadf-2633016c7cc0

Traits

Energy
Trainability
Barking
Grooming
Shedding
Drooling
Good with children
Good with dogs
Good with strangers
Apartment friendly

Every rating runs from 1 to 5 against dogs in general, so a 3 is an average dog rather than an average Greater Swiss Mountain Dog. They are researched estimates, not measurements.

Researched from images.akc.org gsmdca.org en.wikipedia.org aegisgsmd.com petsradar.com

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Everything above came from https://dogapi.dog/api/v2/breeds/ca34c3f8-40dc-4dec-aadf-2633016c7cc0. No key, no sign up. See it in the reference.

Request

curl -s "https://dogapi.dog/api/v2/breeds/ca34c3f8-40dc-4dec-aadf-2633016c7cc0"

Response

{
  "data": {
    "id": "ca34c3f8-40dc-4dec-aadf-2633016c7cc0",
    "type": "breed",
    "attributes": {
      "name": "Greater Swiss Mountain Dog",
      "description": "The Greater Swiss Mountain Dog is a large and powerful breed of dog that was originally bred in Switzerland for herding and guarding livestock. They are intelligent, loyal, and hardworking, and make excellent working dogs.",
      "life": {
        "max": 11,
        "min": 8
      },
      "male_weight": {
        "max": 64,
        "min": 41
      },
      "female_weight": {
        "max": 50,
        "min": 36
      },
      "hypoallergenic": false,
      "male_height": {
        "max": 72,
        "min": 65
      },
      "female_height": {
        "max": 69,
        "min": 60
      },
      "origin": {
        "region": "Swiss Alps",
        "country": "Switzerland"
      },
      "coat": {
        "type": "double",
        "colors": [
          "black, rust, and white tricolor"
        ],
        "length": "short"
      },
      "traits": {
        "energy": 4,
        "barking": 3,
        "drooling": 3,
        "grooming": 2,
        "shedding": 4,
        "temperament": [
          "bold",
          "faithful",
          "willing worker",
          "alert",
          "affectionate",
          "self-assured"
        ],
        "trainability": 4,
        "good_with_dogs": 4,
        "exercise_minutes": 60,
        "apartment_friendly": 2,
        "good_with_children": 5,
        "good_with_strangers": 3
      },
      "other_names": [
        "Swissy",
        "Grosser Schweizer Sennenhund",
        "Grand Bouvier Suisse"
      ],
      "recognized_by": [
        "AKC",
        "FCI",
        "UKC",
        "CKC"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://images.akc.org/pdf/breeds/standards/GreaterSwissMountainDog.pdf",
          "title": "Official Standard of the Greater Swiss Mountain Dog"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://gsmdca.org/breed-info/breed-standard-and-illustration/",
          "title": "Breed Standard and Illustration – GSMDCA"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Swiss_Mountain_Dog",
          "title": "Greater Swiss Mountain Dog - Wikipedia"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.aegisgsmd.com/gsmd-breed-standard.html",
          "title": "Breed Standard - AEGIS GREATER SWISS MOUNTAIN DOGS"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.petsradar.com/features/32-things-to-know-about-greater-swiss-mountain-dogs",
          "title": "32 things to know about Greater Swiss Mountain dogs"
        }
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        },
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    "relationships": {
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  }
}

The picture itself also has an endpoint: https://dogapi.dog/api/v2/breeds/ca34c3f8-40dc-4dec-aadf-2633016c7cc0/image, which redirects straight to the file. See it in the reference.