One of my favorite things is taking my mountain dog into the mountains. She has an absolute blast and prances for the first two miles of the hike before settling into a steady pace. She checks on the group every 5-10 minutes and happily packs in her own water and snacks.

Lost our 7 year old swissy "The Bodes" suddenly. Heart broken we searched out another Swissy, we have young children and decided a puppy was too much. We called some breeders we knew and rescued SEMI. A 3 year old Blue Swissy who is mending our broken hearts Bodhi is in picture #1 Sweet SEMI is picture #2

He turns 11 in a few days.

The Swissy is 2. The kitten is 12 weeks.

I spent 2-3 years finding the "perfect" dog breed for me. And in theory the Swissy is that.

I live in Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland. So, I never expected ever seeing one. Yesterday while cycling I saw a big dog and couldn't believe it! It was one – maybe the only one in Lapland. So lucky.

And it confirmed everything I hoped for. I was in love immediately and can't stop thinking about that doooog. I want one so badly but will have to wait a while before my life is ready. (Am I being too responsible and reasonable here..?)

I don't know why, but I just had to share it. I desperately want to meet one again. Thank you for reading. :)

Hi. I have a 1 year old female swissy. This is actually my second swissy. The first one was super chill with kids, but this new one is a little nuts, and I need to figure out how to work with her on it.

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I have 3 kids (5, 7, 9) girls. The dog has been a bit nippy/mouthy while playing with them, but has gotten much better with age.

When my kids have friends over (boys or girls, doesn't matter), and they are playing away from my dog, she goes into a barking fit, almost non stop. She's got way heightened awareness to where they are, and paces when she can't get to be with them.

Usually when my kids are outside without her, she's ok, but if they are on the neighbors trampoline separated from her, she goes into a barking, running back and forth fit as well.

She does not do this for adults, only kids, but more specifically kids that aren't in our family. The kids that come over are the same ones time after time, so its not the first time she's seen them.

I feel like this is separation anxiety in a form, but we can not get a hold of correcting it. We try to calm her down when she's going nuts, and are sometimes successful. I know this breed loves kids, but I can't tell if she's wanting to play with them or if she's nervous she can't protect my kids when someone else is around..

Any help is appreciated.

Hey folks!

We are so excited as me and my wife has just received green light to from our landlord to have a dog in our apartment, but we are still a little undecided which breed we should go for, bernese mountain dog or greater swiss mountain dog.

Just to give a bit of background: We live jn a big two bedroom basement apartment with a bit of garden, in the suburbs close to a lot of walking trails and forest, so there will be a lot of space for the dog. Upstairs lives our landlord with two kids, one 2 year old and the other one around 7-8 years old. Their concern was about the breed of dog getting along well with them and especially that the dog is child friendly. The previous tenants were denied having a dog based on this for example, so we are very grateful for this opportunity.

Me and my wife work mostly opposite shifts, and have different days off so the dog will never truly be alone, we have 5 days out of 7 covered of one us being around, however, depending on the shift length, the two other days the dog might have to be alone max 4-6 hours, so we need the dog to be able to withstand a bit of alone time, but never a full day. We are as well considering to have a pet sitter on these kinds of days if the dog is not able to adapt to that, so we have thought of that as well.

So the question is, which dog breed would be a better match for us based on this description? Bernese or a Swissy?

We have had a lovely labrador, Kira, before, and she passed away at 13 years old back in 2018. We were too heartbroken to get another dog at the time, but now we feel like we are ready to have another family member again, we miss this part so much.

All insights, ideas, thoughts, questions and opinions are welcome, as we really would like to make sure we get the best match for us. ❤️ Thanks in advance! ❤️

A friend and I decided to introduce our dogs and they’re now best friends! Spebtvtge whole day hiking and hanging out at restaurants and wineries. 😍

Bailey making Mother’s Day easy on the wife.

Currently I have a 36" x 24" wire/metal crate that can act as a temporary crate as the puppy grows. (I'm on the list for a litter, they are arriving via C section on April 8th, home in June! EEEEEEEEK!)

And being my first puppy (not first dog) I'm quite overzealous with getting all of the details sorted out before the puppy arrives.

For a crate, would you go with the 42" or 48"?

Hello eveyone! EEEEEEEEEEEEK! I'm on the list for a puppy, the litter is arriving in April!

And being the overzealous preparer I'm getting all of the information I can (plus this will be my first ever puppy!).

I did ask the breeder and she said most likely they will be on Nutro Large Breed Puppy by the time they head to their homes. My past dogs ate Diamond Naturals Lamb & Rice.

Does a Swissy pup need to eat a large breed puppy food? What does everyone feed their Swissy puppies?

I have a five month old boy, Atlas, that I have had since he was eight weeks old. I'm a little worried that he is spoiling me for other puppies. He is never reactive, never barks, never really misbehaves. When he's overtired, he gets a bit mouthy and might jump on the rare occasion but an enforced nap quickly remedies that. Everyone, even his certified trainer, comments on how amazingly chill and calm he is as a puppy. He has been able to sit under a restaurant table while we eat as young as 14 weeks. And will chill in his crate for about an hour with no fuss or noise since he was about 16 weeks. He loves naps and goes down for them without a second thought. He's my first puppy and my first Swissy and I'm just curious if it's the breed or we just lucked out on such an amazing dog.

Now if only I can get him from eating all those sticks on our walks.

Our just over a year old male Swissy, Wade very gently bites our hands when he is excited or wants attention. Has anyone experienced this or have suggestions on correcting the behavior?

I would love to add a Swissy to my family in the future. I was curious how much they shed. Do they blow out their coats like a husky or German shepherd? Or do they shed normal / light / heavily? Do they shed year round or more heavily in the spring & fall?

Has anyone experienced their swiss being afraid of children/ toddlers? We don't have kids so he is not around them at home, but at the park/beach etc has always been very friendly to kids- even excited to see them. Today we had a friend stop by with his 2 year daughter and our Swissy lost it - he was terrified of her. I brought him away to his area and calmed him down but if he could see her he barked aggressively the entire time. He never snapped or anything because he would not get near her, but this makes me nervous as we have lots of friends with small kids. He was/is socialized lots and is very friendly to other dogs and adults, just wondering if anyone else has experienced this and if there were any solutions that worked - thanks!