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All dog breeds were bred to perform a specific purpose. We want to see our readers’ dogs doing the work they were bred to do to be shared on The Canine Chronicle!

Thank you Anna Lewis for sharing this Form Follows Function photo of your Greater Swiss Mountain Dog, “Tanqueray” (IntCH UWPV AP3 VPE UWPCH CH Northwoods Storm in a Shot Glass TKA IT VHMP FDC FITS WWDS GD ACE BDD NDD) doing what he was bred to do. Anna says, “Tanqueray is titled in weight pull, sulky driving, and most recently draft. He passed his Herding Instinct Test with flying colors at 8 months of age; we still need to get him some herding lessons so he can try for the Heritage Working Dog. We’ll be focusing on obedience for that CD this summer, and hopefully his Versatility title will come before the end of the year.” What a good boy, Tanqueray!

According to the American Kennel Club, “The Greater Swiss Mountain Dog is a large, immensely strong worker famous for a dense coat of striking black, red, and white markings. Dependable and faithful, Swissies earned their feed as herders, drafters, and all-around pasture dogs. Swissies descend from war dogs brought over the Alps by Julius Caesar’s legions. The Swiss utilized these mastiff-types when breeding their Alpine mountain dogs, or Sennenhund. Of these, Swissies are the oldest and the largest (or, the ‘greater’). In remote mountain passes they toiled as all-around farm-and-pasture hands, specializing in hauling loads of meat and dairy to market in smartly outfitted dogcarts.”

Was your dog bred to hunt? Bred to herd cattle? Was he bred to rescue or guard? Was he bred to hunt rats? Please share your best Form Follows Function photos with us! We want to see them! Email Gia at Gia.Garofalo@caninechronicle.com with your photos!

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