Another 25 Leonberger Photos and Illustrations

My blog is primarily about Leonbergers, an unusual and fascinating dog breed that is known for its size, affectionate nature, and intelligence. I know a lot about Leonbergers because we were lucky enough to live with one for thirteen years. His name was Le Bronco von der Löwenhöhle—but we called him “Bronco” for short. I also wrote a book about Leonbergers and about Bronco’s many adventures : The Life and Times of Le Bronco von der Löwenhöhle. If you are on a desktop computer you’ll see the book on the right, and if you are on a phone you have to scroll to the bottom of the page. You can also click here.

This post features 25 photos and illustrations. Most of the photos are of our Leonberger Bronco, a few are photos by friends and the illustrations were created by Naomi Rosenblatt. If you want to see another set of 25 Leonberger photos click here. If you want to see Leonberger puppy photos, then click here.

This is a black and white photo of our Leonberger puppy Bronco at three months old. He is sitting and staring at the camera. He is wearing a silk scarf.
Our Leonberger Bronco at three months old.
Photo of a Leonberger swimming in a lake.
Bronco our Leonberger is swimming in White Rock Lake.
Bronco our Leonberger is standing in lake water.
Bronco is standing in the water in White Rock Lake.
Photo of a Leonberger lying on a leather sofa with my book leaning towards his chest.
A Canadian Leonberger called Mak with my book. Photo by Debbie Ireland.
Photo of our Leonberger lying on his back and taking up all the room in the sofa
Our Leonberger Bronco is sleeping on our big leather sofa.
Our Leonberger Bronco is lying on top of our red leather sofa as our Pug Daisy is walking next to him and away from him
Bronco with our Pug Daisy. They were sharing the sofa until Daisy decided to move.
Illustration showing our daughter lying on the ground while holding onto a leash. Our Leonberger Bronco is dragging her.
Bronco is pulling our daughter along the ground as she is desperately trying to hold on to him. Illustration by Naomi Rosenblatt.
Colorful illustration showing a big dog wearing a cast on his front left leg and running with it.
Illustration showing Bronco running down the street while wearing a cast. He was not supposed to bump the cast. Illustration by Naomi Rosenblatt.
The photo is showing a beige pug on the left and next to her a black and white Japanese Shin and to the right of them both our Leonberger Bronco.
Our Leonberger Bronco with two small dogs, our Japanese Shin Ryu and our pug Daisy.
The photo shows our Leonberger Bronco wearing a cone shaped party hat.
It is Bronco’s birthday.
Two Leonbergers standing next to each other and wearing party headwear typical for a carnival.
Digory and Obi two Leonbergers. Photo by Jen O’Keefe.
The photo shows a Leonberger in a bathtub.
Digory Jen O’Keefe’s Leonberger. Photo by Jen O’Keefe.
The photo shows a Leonberger standing in water.
Swimming time for Digory Jen O’Keefe’s Leonberger. Photo by Jen O’Keefe.
The photo shows two Leonbergers sitting next to each other.
Digory got bone cancer, had an amputation, and this photo is two years later. He lived long for a Leonberger with this condition. Here is with a Leonberger friend. Photo by Jen O’Keefe.
The photo shows a Leonberger standing and looking into the camera.
Bronco our Leonberger is standing in front of our hallway. He is pretty old in this photo.
Our Leonberger Bronco is lying in the grass in the front yard.
Bronco in our front yard.
Photo shows our Leonberger Bronco standing in the backyard as a sun ray shines down upon him.
Bronco saved our pug’s life. He is a saint.
Photo shows our Leonberger Bronco standing next to my wife Claudia. She is holding the grey-muzzle award.
Bronco lived very long for a Leonberger. The typical lifespan is 8-9 years. The Leonberger Health Foundation International gives out a grey-muzzle award to Leonbergers who has lived 12 years or longer. Here Bronco is receiving his grey-muzzle award.
The Grey Muzzle Award states “For Leonberger longevity is presented with gratitude by the Leonberger Health Foundation Internation To Bronco for Offering Hope and Potential for longer Lives for Leonbergers throughout the world.
The Grey Muzzle Award.
The photo shows our big Leonberger on the left and our little pug Daisy on the right.
Bronco and our pug Daisy.
The photo shows our big Leonberger on the left and our little mini-Australian Shepherd puppy Rollo on the right.
Bronco and our mini-Australian Shepherd puppy Rollo.
The photo shows our Leonberger Bronco lying in our backyard in front of our broken fence. He has a plastic bag over his foot where he has a bandage.
A tornado ravaged our neighborhood. Several of our neighbor’s houses were destroyed. Our house stood but the chimney, roof, attic, garage, and fence were severely damaged. It was a tough time for Bronco. He had just had a toe amputation due to cancer; he had ulcerous sores on his foot, then came the tornado and less than a week later he had a heart failure. He is not in good shape in this picture.
The photo shows our Leonberger Bronco wearing a large soft cone. He has just pulled the content on a table off the table onto the floor.
Bronco is walking around the house with his giant soft cone and pulling things off tables.
A very old Bronco lying in the grass and looking straight into the camera.
One of the last photos of Bronco.
The illustration shows a mini-Australian Shepherd on the right, a pug on the left, and a Leonberger in the middle. The mini-Australian Shepherd says, “They still talk about you”. The Leonberger answers “I know”
We will always remember Bronco. Illustration by Naomi Rosenblatt.
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Author: thomasstigwikman

My name is Thomas Wikman. I am a software/robotics engineer with a background in physics. I am currently retired. I took early retirement. I am a dog lover, and especially a Leonberger lover, a home brewer, craft beer enthusiast, I’m learning French, and I am an avid reader. I live in Dallas, Texas, but I am originally from Sweden. I am married to Claudia, and we have three children. I have two blogs. The first feature the crazy adventures of our Leonberger Le Bronco von der Löwenhöhle as well as information on Leonbergers. The second blog, superfactful, feature information and facts I think are very interesting. With this blog I would like to create a list of facts that are accepted as true among the experts of the field and yet disputed amongst the public or highly surprising. These facts are special and in lieu of a better word I call them super-facts.

47 thoughts on “Another 25 Leonberger Photos and Illustrations”

    1. Thank you so much Kymber for your kind words. You are right, Bronco was an exceptional friend. A few years ago when I had just started taking French classes we were practicing answering the question “who is your best friend” and I answered “my best friend is my dog Bronco” (but in French) and some in the class were laughing. However, it was actually true.

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    1. Thank you so much Damyanti. Yes, Naomi was a great illustrator. She charged a reasonable price, she was fast, and easy to work with. That cast took quite a bit of a beating as he was running down the street. Claudia (my wife) did not think he needed a leash with that heavy cast. It seemed like he could barely move. That’s how he got lose. At the veterinary surgical center, they said everything looked good. Apparently, there were no signs of bumping.

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    1. Thank you so much Sue. Yes, October 2019 was a very tough month for Bronco. A toe amputation in the beginning of the week, two big ulcerous sores one week later, another week or week and a half on October 20, a tornado ravaged the neighborhood leaving us with $50,000.00 worth of damage and an unpassable neighborhood with nothing but debris and destroyed houses. Two days without being able to leave the house, four days without power or cellular network connection. All this affected him too because we had no air conditioning, no lights, we could not go for walks, etc. Then a week after that, he had his first heart failure. He eventually recovered but that was not a good month. I refer to it as Black October in my book.

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    1. Thank you so much Debbie. Bronco lost four toes over a period of five years. He got a type of skin cancer called squamous cell carcinoma on his toenails. The strange thing is that they were all unrelated and not metastasis. He became quite familiar with the veterinary surgical center where we did the amputations, and he learned the procedure. When we went there, the first he did was to walk over to the scale to weigh himself without us telling him to do so.

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    1. Thank you so much Carol. Actually, dog food is not expensive and Leonbergers don’t eat that much, not much more than a human, unless you leave expensive food out. If you leave the Thanksgiving turkey out, they can easily eat all of that. Bronco ate five pounds of roast beef that we had prepared for a dinner party. It took him just a few seconds. Luckily, he left us the broccoli, the carrots, and the dip, so that’s what we and the guests had. But other than accidents like that, he was not that expensive.

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