Leonberger

The Leonberger is a giant dog breed. The breed's name derives from the city of Leonberg in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. According to legend, the Leonberger was ostensibly bred as a 'symbolic dog' that would mimic the lion in the town crest.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonberger

Dogs in Canada - Masterminds Leonberger.pdf

Heinrich Essig and the Leonberger

"Most dog breeds were developed after hundreds of years of evolution and lengthy selection
by breeders. However, some breeds owe their existence to just one person."

SCC Video (link - https://youtu.be/6Mqd0q2j84c😞

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Leonberger Club of America: leonberger education

Numerous resources including the Illustrated Standard and access to a recorded education seminar (requires registration) at https://register.gotowebinar.com/recording/1580565965214193670

• Léonberg

Country of origin: Germany

The Leonberger Health Foundation: http://www.leohealth.org/

Dr. Brenda Bonnet highlights key sections of Genomic diversity and population structure of the Leonberger dog breed:

Highlighting key sections of the Leonberger study.docx

Blog: Inbreeding has proven negative effects for health, says a new study in dogs by Katariina Mäki; Among other research work, the Genomic diversity and population structure of the Leonberger dog breed study is mentioned.

There are numerous breed standards.

The basis of breed/conformation shows is the judging of pedigree dogs against the 'Breed Standard', which is a picture in words that describes the range of features that are deemed appropriate for the breed.

Three of the major international standards are:

The American Kennel Club

The Kennel Club, UK

FCI (Federation Cynologique Internationale)

1. Swedish Insurance Data

• Breed-specific information on rates of disease and death from Agria Pet Insurance (Agria Djurförsäkring) is available for many breeds.
  This breed has information on Veterinary Care and Life Insurance.

  Leonberger:

  2006-2011

  2011-2016

DATABASES: I.L.U. Listing of Leonberger Databases: http://www.leonbergerunion.com/databases.htm

Health/Breeding Strategy Documents and Links:

1. The Kennel Club, UK: Breed Watch (Category 2)
2. Sweden: Breed-specific Breeding Strategies: (in Swedish) and/ or English summary
3. Finland: Koiranet Database: https://jalostus.kennelliitto.fi/frmEtusivu.aspx?R=145
4. USA: CHIC:http://www.caninehealthinfo.org/brdreqs.html?breed=LB

Video produced on behalf of the International Leonberger Union's - Health Committee

Health Surveys

Leonbergers US:

• health survey results LeoWatch 2002.pdf

The International Leonberger Union currently includes 20 member nations from Europe, Asia and North America. "A real sense of partnership and excellent communications is maintained throughout the Union membership."

http://www.leonbergerunion.com/

I.L.U. Member Clubs: http://www.leonbergerunion.com/members.htm

              Each Member Country's club, website URL and club contacts are listed. 

Leonberger University

A breeder toolkit, Leo activities information, along with other first time owner support resources and many more informative materials are available.

Health Research Information

Leonberger Health Foundation -- http://www.leohealth.org/research

Letko A, Minor KM, Jagannathan V, Seefried FR, Mickelson JR, Oliehoek P, Drögemüller C. Genomic diversity and population structure of the Leonberger dog breed. Genet Sel Evol. 2020 Oct 14;52(1):61. doi: 10.1186/s12711-020-00581-3. Erratum in: Genet Sel Evol. 2020 Nov 18;52(1):70. PMID: 33054768; PMCID: PMC7557023.

• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33054768/

See: The International Leonberger Union currently includes 20 member nations from Europe, Asia and North America: https://www.leonbergerunion.com/member-clubs.html