In this post I am posting three videos that I like, first, an interesting informational video about Leonberger dogs Second a song video featuring a Swedish lullaby about a wolf. Wolves are after all close relatives of dogs and our Leonberger Bronco was accused of being a wolf. The third video from the Britain got talent show, feature a Leonberger, Hagrid making a world record in sausage eating.
First video: It is an AKC informational overview of Leos featuring Leonberger breeder Alida Greendyk, von Alpanese Leonbergers. The video is 4 minutes 25 seconds.
Second video: This music video, feature Vargsången or the wolf song, a Swedish or Nordic Lullaby. Dogs, Canis Lupus Familiaris, are descended from wolves Canis Lupus, and they have a lot in common. Our Leonberger Bronco was accused of being a wolf by an alarmed boy at PetSmart. We handled it well, so don’t worry. Bronco has been accused of being both a wolf and a bear, but as far as I can remember not a lion, despite the fact that Leonbergers were bred to resemble the Lion on the coat of arms of the town of Leonberg. I guess Germans are bad at drawing lions.
The song is about a woman protecting her child from being eaten by a wolf, but notice that despite that, there is empathy expressed in the song for the hungry wolf and his aching stomach. The existence of the stomach creates conflict between creatures in our world, and it’s been that way billions of years before humans entered the picture. The landscape is from northern Sweden where I am from. The singer is Jonna Jinton. The video is 4 minutes and 20 seconds….notice to get English subtitles you may have to change your YouTube settings.
Third video: is about a Leonberger named Hagrid who appeared on Britain’s Got More Talent in 2017, and other places. Hagrid was attempting to set a new Guinness world record for catching the maximum number of sausages in his mouth in the shortest period of time. You can watch Hagrid’s attempt below. The video is 4 minutes and 46 seconds.
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10 replies on “Three Leonberger and Wolf Videos”
Thomas, these are delightful and make me smile! Thank you : )
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Thank you so much Stacey!
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These are fun and all so different.
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Thank you Jacqui!
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I enjoyed each of these videos, Thomas. One thing I really loved was seeing these dogs next to people, showing how big they are. 😀 Just lovely!
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Thank you Kymber for kind comment. When we were out walking people often reacted to Bronco’s big size, but they also saw that he seemed friendly and were not afraid of him. Only sometimes did I hear “your dog is so big and scary”.
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The Wolf Song is beautiful. So is the landscape.
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Thank you Priscilla. The landscape in Northern Sweden is beautiful but it is cold and dark in winter and my wife didn’t like that.
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Yeah, I didn’t like that aspect of growing up in Alaska.
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Yes the arctic circle goes through both Alaska and northern Sweden. As I understand Alaska is even colder though, and there are no polar bears in northern Sweden. From Alaska to Texas, that’s quite a difference.
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