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About the Entlebuch Cattle Dog

Origin: Switzerland
FCI status
Recognised by FCI
FCI group
Pinscher and Schnauzer - Molossoid and Swiss Mountain and Cattledogs
Origin
Switzerland
Also called
Perro Boyero de Entlebuch
Known hereditary risks
Not researched yet

About

What the breed standard says

Bred for
Driving-, watch-, guard-, and farm dog. Today also a versatile working and agreeable family dog
Behaviour and temperament
“Lively, high-spirited, self- assured and fearless. Good-natured and devoted towards people familiar to him, slightly suspicious of strangers. Cannot be bribed as a watch dog. Cheerful and capable of learning”

Quoted from FCI standard n°47. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.

Characteristics

Size
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Exercise needs
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Easy to train
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Amount of shedding
4 of 5
Grooming needs
3 of 5
Good with children
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Cost to keep
—
Tolerates being alone
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Intelligence
—
Health of breed
Not researched yet

Pros & cons

Pros & cons for the Entlebuch Cattle Dog

What you get with the Entlebuch Cattle Dog

  • Purpose stated in the standard: “Driving-, watch-, guard-, and farm dog. Today also a versatile working and agreeable family dog”
  • The standard describes the breed as: “Lively, high-spirited, self- assured and fearless”

What you are taking on

Nobody has written this side yet. It is a judgement rather than data, so it waits for a person — not for a missing source.

Drawn from sources rather than written as an opinion — cited health research, the registry’s own standard, and peer-reviewed longevity. FCI breed standard. One breeder’s animals can differ from any of it, and an empty column means we hold nothing for that side rather than that there is nothing to say.

Characteristics

FCI standard · Entlebuch Cattle Dog

Coat and colour

As the FCI standard sets it out. Every line below is the standard’s own wording, tagged preferred.

Coat

Double coat (Stockhaar).

Topcoat short, close fitting, harsh and shiny.

Undercoat dense.

Slightly wavy hair on withers and/or back tolerated, but not desirable

Colour

  • Preferred
  • Permissible
  • Undesirable
  • Disqualifying

Preferred, permissible, undesirable and disqualifying are FCI’s own words about the breed. They describe what the standard asks for — not an assessment of any individual dog, and not ours.

Base colour

Typically tricolour

  • Basic colour black with “yellow- to reddish-brown” tan markings which should be as symmetric as possible.
  • The tan markings are placed above the eyes, on cheeks, on muzzle and throat, on either side of chest and on all four legs.
  • On the legs the tan markings are situated between the black and the white.
  • Undercoat dark grey to brownish.
  • Preferred: White markings: • Distinct small with blaze which runs without interruption from top of the head over the bridge of nose and can wholly or partially cover the muzzle. • White from chin over throat without interruption to chest. • White on all four feet. • On a long tail white tip
  • Undesirable but tolerated: small white patch on nape of neck (not more than half the size of a palm)

Shortened from FCI standard n°47 — each label is the standard’s own wording with the verdict lifted into the tag beside it. Read the full clause at source.

What the breed standard says

Size
“Height at withers: Dogs 44-50 cm, tolerance up to 52 cm. Bitches 42-48 cm, tolerance up to 50 cm”
FCI gives a bound on one side only, so there is no range to state.

Quoted from FCI standard n°47. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.

Breed-level information from The Dog API. It describes the Entlebuch Cattle Dog in general; any individual animal can differ.

Health guide

What to ask for in a Entlebuch Cattle Dog

No breed-specific health panel has been written up for the Entlebuch Cattle Dog on this platform yet. That is a gap in our records, not a clean bill of health — ask the breeder which hereditary conditions their lines are tested for, and ask to see the results for both parents, dated and from a named laboratory.

Gallery

No photographs yet

This is where Entlebuch Cattle Dog owners’ own photographs will go, from the pet profiles they keep here. Nobody has added one to a public page yet.

A photograph in a pet profile stays private to its owner. We will not put one here unless they ask us to.

Puppies

No puppies listed right now

No Entlebuch Cattle Dog breeder has a record on this platform yet, so there is nothing to list. That is a gap in our coverage, not a fact about the breed.

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