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About the White Swiss Shepherd Dog

Origin: Switzerland
Typical life span
12-14 years
Size
Large — from its typical weight
Weight
Male
30-40 kg
Female
25-35 kg
Height
Male
58-66 cm
Female
53-61 cm
FCI status
Reconhecida pela FCI
FCI group
Sheepdogs and Cattledogs (except Swiss Cattledogs)
Origin
Switzerland
Also called
Pastor Blanco Suizo

About

What is a White Swiss Shepherd Dog?

A powerful, well-muscled, medium to large white shepherd with erect ears, elegant lines, straight back, and an attentive, intelligent expression. A direct descendant of the German Shepherd Dog with a striking white double coat.

White Swiss Shepherd Dog history and origins

Developed from white-coated German Shepherds that were disqualified in Germany in the 1930s. Enthusiasts in Switzerland and North America preserved the variety, leading to FCI recognition as the Berger Blanc Suisse in 2002.

White Swiss Shepherd Dog appearance and size

Males typically weigh 30-40 kg and stand 58-66 cm at the shoulder; females 25-35 kg and 53-61 cm.

O que diz o padrão da raça

Criado para
Companion and family dog
Comportamento e temperamento
Lively balanced temperament, enjoys action, attentive with good ability to be trained. Friendly and discreet. High social competence and devoted to his owner. Never afraid or aggressive without provocation. A joyful and easy to teach working and sporting dog with capability for all round education. High social competence allows for a marked ability to adapt and integrate to all kinds of social events and situations. and

Quoted from FCI standard n°347. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.

Referência da raça de The Dog API.

Características

Tamanho
Large
Necessidade de exercício
2 of 5
Facilidade de treino
Queda de pelo
4 of 5
Cuidados com o pelo
3 of 5

Medium length coat3 of 5

Long coat4 of 5

Convivência com crianças
Custo de manutenção
Tolera ficar sozinho
Inteligência

Pros & cons

Prós e contras da raça White Swiss Shepherd Dog

O que ganha com a raça White Swiss Shepherd Dog

  • Função declarada no padrão: «Companion and family dog»
  • O padrão descreve a raça assim: «Lively balanced temperament, enjoys action, attentive with good ability to be trained»

O que tem de assumir

  • Estão documentadas 2 doenças hereditárias graves, sobretudo em ossos e articulações e cérebro e nervos. O separador do guia de saúde tem o exame a pedir para cada uma.

Retirado de fontes e não escrito como opinião — investigação de saúde citada, o padrão do próprio registo, e estudos de longevidade revistos por pares. Padrão da raça, FCI; Association Française du Berger Blanc — Tests de santé. Os animais de um criador podem diferir de tudo isto, e uma coluna vazia significa que não temos nada desse lado, não que não haja nada a dizer.

Characteristics

Padrão da FCI · White Swiss Shepherd Dog

Pelo e cor

Tal como o padrão da FCI o estabelece. Cada linha abaixo está nas palavras do próprio padrão.

Coat

Medium length coat: Dense, close-lying double coat

abundant undercoat covered with hard, straight protection hair

face, ears and front of legs are covered with shorter hair

at the neck and the back of the legs the coat is slightly longer.

Slightly wavy, hard hair is permitted.

Long coat: Dense, close-lying double coat

abundant undercoat covered with hard, straight protection hair

face, ears and front of legs are covered with shorter hair

at the neck the long coat forms a distinct mane and at the back of the legs it forms trousers and the hair on the tail is bushy.

The coat length should never be exaggerated.

Slightly wavy, hard hair is permitted

Cor

  • Preferred
  • Permissible
  • Undesirable
  • Disqualifying

«Preferred», «permissible», «undesirable» e «disqualifying» — preferida, admissível, indesejável e desqualificante — são as palavras da própria FCI sobre a raça, e ficam em inglês porque é assim que constam do padrão. Descrevem o que o padrão exige — não são uma avaliação de nenhum cão em concreto, nem nossa.

  • White

Resumido de FCI standard n°347 — cada etiqueta está nas palavras do próprio padrão, com o veredito passado para a etiqueta ao lado. Leia a cláusula completa na fonte.

O que diz o padrão da raça

Tamanho
Height at the withers: Males: 58 - 66 cms. Females: 53 - 61 cms. Weight: Males: ca. 30 - 40 kgs. Females: ca. 25 - 35 kgs. Typical dogs slightly under- or oversized should not be disqualified
A FCI indica um tamanho a partir do qual um cão é desqualificado.

Quoted from FCI standard n°347. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.

O que o padrão penaliza

Aquilo que faz um juiz descontar pontos à raça White Swiss Shepherd Dog, e o que a põe fora do ring, nas palavras do próprio registo. Isto descreve o padrão da raça — não é uma lista de verificação para o animal que tem à frente, e um animal de companhia com um defeito desqualificante é um cão que não pode ir a exposição, não um cão doente.

Defeitos graves

Contam fortemente contra um exemplar no ring.

  • Heavy appearance, too short build (square outline).
  • Absence of sexual dimorphism.
  • Missing more than two PM1; the M3 are not taken into account.
  • Drop (hanging) ears, semi-pricked ears, button ears.
  • Severely sloping backline.
  • Ringtail, kinked tail, hook tail, tail carried over back.
  • Soft, silky topcoat; woolly, curly, open coat; distinctly long hair without undercoat.
  • Distinct fawn colour (distinct yellowish or tawny overlay) on ear tips, back and upper side of the tail

Defeitos desqualificantes

Põem o animal fora do ring por completo.

  • One eye or both blue, protruding eyes.
  • Entropion, ectropion.
  • Over- or undershot mouth, wry mouth.
  • Total loss of pigment on nose, lips and/or eye rims.
  • Total loss of pigment in the skin and on the pads.
  • Albinism

FCI standard n°347

Informação ao nível da raça, de The Dog API. Descreve a raça White Swiss Shepherd Dog em geral; qualquer animal em concreto pode ser diferente.

Health guide

Health & screening guide for the White Swiss Shepherd Dog

Riscos hereditários conhecidos na raça White Swiss Shepherd Dog, e a documentação específica a pedir a qualquer criador antes de pagar um sinal. Um criador responsável tem esta documentação à mão; desviar a conversa é um mau indício.

4 doenças documentadas

Health checklist (PDF)

Bones & joints

Hip and elbow dysplasia

Serious

Malformation of the hip and/or elbow joints causing pain, lameness and early arthritis; documented at around 13% of screened individuals by breed sources.

O que pedir

Hip and elbow score from a recognised national radiographic scheme (the breed's own clubs require official radiographs before breeding — AFBB in France, ZGBBS in Germany), on both parents

1 source

Lumbosacral transitional vertebrae

Monitor

A malformed vertebra at the junction of the spine and pelvis, associated in shepherd-type breeds with lower back pain and, in some dogs, cauda equina-type nerve signs.

O que pedir

No DNA test. Visible on the same pelvic/spinal radiograph taken for hip scoring — ask specifically whether the vet who read it checked for a transitional vertebra, since it is not always reported by default.

1 source

Brain & nerves

Degenerative myelopathy

Serious

A progressive, incurable disease of the spinal cord causing hind-limb weakness and eventual paralysis, usually from around eight to fourteen years old onward.

O que pedir

Degenerative myelopathy (SOD1) DNA test, on both parents — mandatory for breeding approval under the German club (ZGBBS) and recommended by the French club (AFBB), which cites around 99% test reliability

2 sources

Medication sensitivity

MDR1 drug sensitivity

Monitor

Not a disease in itself, but a mutation that makes some dogs abnormally sensitive to ivermectin and several other common veterinary drugs, which can be fatal if the prescribing vet is not told in advance.

O que pedir

MDR1 (ABCB1) DNA test, on both parents

1 source

Puppies

No puppies listed right now

No White Swiss Shepherd 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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