This blog feature amusing and heartwarming stories about our late Leonberger dog Bronco, as well as other Leonbergers. It also has a lot of information about the Leonberger breed, the history, care, training, Leonberger organizations, etc. I also wrote a Leonberger book, which I am featuring in the sidebar.
25 Photos of Leonbergers with Other Dogs
In the past I’ve made a few posts featuring 25 photos of Leonbergers around a certain theme.
This is another post featuring 25 photos. This time it is photos of Leonbergers in the company of other dogs. Most of the photos are of our late Leonberger Bronco and the dogs he grew up with (our Labrador Baylor, German Shepherd Baby, Japanese Chin Ryu, Pug Daisy, and mini-Australian Shepherd Rollo). However, I have also included photos of other Leonbergers. A few photos from friends and two stock photos. I hope you will like them.
Baby (German Shepherd) is playing with our four months old Leonberger Bronco.Our Leonberger Bronco at the dog park at five/six months old. He is wearing a bandage on his knee because he got a condition from growing too fast. The two ladies are the owners of the little dog.Our five/six months old Leonberger is sniffing a dog at the dog park.Our not yet one year old Leonberger Bronco at the dog park. Bronco has not yet finished growing, he has not yet filled out and he is gangly. Not quite the Leonberger look yet. Our beige-brown Labrador Baylor can be seen in the background.Again our not yet one year old Leonberger Bronco at the dog park. Baylor in the background.Our not yet one year old Leonberger Bronco at the dog park with our German Shepherd Baby.Our Labrador Baylor behind our Leonberger Bronco at a dog park.Our old Labrador Baylor running behind our Japanese Chin Ryu at a dog park. Bronco is not in this photo, but he was there.Bronco our Leonberger once sniffed out an oncoming insulin shock in Baylor and alerted us. Bronco was a hero.Once when Bronco was not so well behaved. He pushed our German Shepherd into a storm drain and I had to get her out while holding onto an agitated Bronco. Illustration by Naomi Rosenblatt.Ten Leonberger puppies. My guess is that they are about two months old. Shutterstock-ID:561107710 by Akbudak Rimma.A Leonberger and a Pug running through the snow. Shutterstock-ID:1659034960 AnetaZabranska.Digory and Obi, two Leonbergers. Photo by Jen O’Keefe.Digory and Obi, two Leonbergers. Photo by Jen O’Keefe.Six Leonbergers from left to right: Caspian (Obi’s nephew), Austin (Obi’s son), Delfi, Obi, Digory, and Rilian (Obi’s son). Photo by Velvy TheLion.Our Leonberger Bronco with our Japanese Chin Ryu and our pug Daisy.Our Leonberger Bronco stole and smashed a gingerbread house. He shared some with his little pug sister Daisy.Our Leonberger Bronco with our Japanese Chin Ryu and our pug Daisy.Our Leonberger Bronco with our Japanese Chin Ryu and our pug Daisy.Our pug Daisy and our mini-Australian Shepherd puppy Rollo in the little bed and Bronco our Leonberger is lying on the floor.Our pug Daisy and our Leonberger Bronco is sharing the big red leather sofa, but Daisy decided Bronco took up too much room.Bronco and our mini-Australian Shepherd puppy Rollo.Bronco and our mini-Australian Shepherd Rollo.Our mini-Australian Shepherd puppy Rollo is playing with Bronco’s tail. Bronco did not like it but tolerated it. Well, when Rollo was swinging in the tail it was a bit much.One day Bronco left us, leaving Rollo and Daisy behind. Illustration by Naomi Rosenblatt.
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.
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56 thoughts on “25 Photos of Leonbergers with Other Dogs”
Thank you so much Pooja. Yes in general Leonbergers have a friendly and calm disposition and they tend to be protective of children and small dogs, but like all dogs they need to be trained and know their place.
A wonderful selection of photos Thomas… and I still smile at the drawing of you with the storm drain incident lol.. Not nice at the time I am sure, very worrying, but you held on.. 🙂 xxx
Thank you so much Sue. Most of the time Bronco was well behaved but sometimes, and for a period in his youth he was not. The storm drain incident was stressful. He was barking at a man with a dog across the street who at first at me with a puzzled expression and then lifted up his dog and ran. That was actually the best way he could have helped. Bronco calmed down and I could lift up Baby (the German Shepherd). After that Baby refused to walk with Bronco so I had to take them separately.
Poor Baby, I can understand Baby’s reluctance to walk with Bronco, it must have been traumatising for Baby as well as for you.
And the man who ran with dog in arms, seeing such a huge dog pulling you on the leash face down 😉😆.
Funny now, but not then 😀
Lifelong big dog lover here, though we’ve never owned a Leonberger. We’ve mostly raised a lot of labs over the years. Was Bronco’s disposition as friendly as it seems? Do they traditionally have shorter lives than most breeds? Nice to meet you, Thomas. (I have a brother by the same name.) I’ve seen you on several of the same blogs I follow.
That sounds great. We only had a lab once, but they are wonderful and friendly dogs, hungry though. Bronco was pretty friendly most of the time. He got along well with other dogs, protected the smaller dogs, saved their lives, he found run away hamsters and saved their life too, and he loved to meet people. He wanted people to pet him. Instead of people asking me if they could pet my dog, I asked people if they minded petting my dog. But there were occasions when he was not well behaved. Like most giant breeds, Leonbergers live a short life, on average 8-10 years, but the Leonberger Health Foundation International has succeeded in extending the lifespan. It used to be shorter. Our Leonberger lived to 13 years and therefore the Leonberger Health Foundation gave him a price and asked for his DNA, which we submitted. Nice to meet you too.
Wow thank you Pete. I decided to look you up and I saw that you were a teacher and that you wrote a book. It looks very interesting and I went ahead and bought the paperback. I am very grateful for the work that teachers do. You have a challenging and important job. My three children are grown now but the teachers they had meant a lot. It is also teacher’s appreciation week this week. So thank you for all that you’ve done.
Thank you, Thomas. I’ve got a couple of other books that I need to finish before yours, but I’ll get to it in the next couple of weeks. I’ll be sure and leave you a review on Amazon and Goodreads afterward.
Yes I agree. And sometimes when I requested a drawing and she was in front of the computer she gave me a sketch within minutes asking for my opinion. She was very quick and she wouldn’t quit until I was happy with it. Also, we signed a real business contract.
Yes contracts are important and you don’t need to involve a lawyer for simple stuff. She had premade one page contracts. Basically it stated that she does the drawing for a fixed price and then you are free to use it anyway you like but that you need to give credit in the book. In addition, we agreed via email (also legally binding), that she wanted credit on my blog but it was not needed for social media.
Thank you so much Patricia. And about the bread crumbs. You are right. It looks like bread crumbs. I had not noticed that before. It might be glacing also. I don’t know.
Yes you are right. Our Rollo is the most misbehaved and spoiled dog that we’ve ever had, by far. If he was a big 135 pound dog that would have been totally unacceptable and we would have worked really hard trying to fix it. However, I think Leonbergers and the giant breeds related to Leonbergers, Saint Bernards, New Foundlands, .. are also naturally calmer and easier to train by nature.
Yes I think you are right. But the original breeder Essig intentionally tried to breed a big friendly family dog. I can add 135lbs was when Bronco was at his slimmest. When he was overweight he was 167lbs, but we fixed that. Our veterinary told us it is time to lose weight and Bronco was not happy.
Ah my doggie wasn’t thrilled about dieting but left to her own devices, she would gladly explode from eating. I think different breeds have different appetites too. My prior dogs only ate as much as they needed. And appetite shapes personality. The others were more affection oriented whereas our present one is all about food as a
motivator
Yes you are right. I’ve read about this and even though all of our dogs have loved food there were differences. Our Leonberger loved food and he stole food but he was nothing compared to our food crazy labrador. Our German Shepherd was not as food crazy and our Japanese Chin was not as bad either. Our pug was in the middle but our mini-Australian Shepherd is pretty food crazy too. There are differences between the breeds.
What fabulous photos! I loved them all 🐶
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Thank you so much Luisa
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You’re most welcome!
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Hi Thomas, these are terrific photographs of Bronco and your other pets, as well as some other dogs.
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Thank you so much Robbie. I wish I was more skilled with a camera but I guess some of them came out good.
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I enjoyed the pictures, Thomas
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There’s no such thing as too many dog pictures.
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Thank you Jacqui. I agree. I love looking at dog photos.
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What great photos, Thomas 🙂 Added a smile to my day.
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Thank you so much for your kind words Denise
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Such beautiful animals!
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Thank you so much Jan
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These are adorable, Leonbergers seem very friendly.
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Thank you so much Pooja. Yes in general Leonbergers have a friendly and calm disposition and they tend to be protective of children and small dogs, but like all dogs they need to be trained and know their place.
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Of course, it’s always best to train your dog.
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A wonderful selection of photos Thomas… and I still smile at the drawing of you with the storm drain incident lol.. Not nice at the time I am sure, very worrying, but you held on.. 🙂 xxx
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Thank you so much Sue. Most of the time Bronco was well behaved but sometimes, and for a period in his youth he was not. The storm drain incident was stressful. He was barking at a man with a dog across the street who at first at me with a puzzled expression and then lifted up his dog and ran. That was actually the best way he could have helped. Bronco calmed down and I could lift up Baby (the German Shepherd). After that Baby refused to walk with Bronco so I had to take them separately.
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Poor Baby, I can understand Baby’s reluctance to walk with Bronco, it must have been traumatising for Baby as well as for you.
And the man who ran with dog in arms, seeing such a huge dog pulling you on the leash face down 😉😆.
Funny now, but not then 😀
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Yes it wasn’t pleasant then but if someone had been filming it would have been a great video, like Mr. Bean is walking the dogs.
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Lifelong big dog lover here, though we’ve never owned a Leonberger. We’ve mostly raised a lot of labs over the years. Was Bronco’s disposition as friendly as it seems? Do they traditionally have shorter lives than most breeds? Nice to meet you, Thomas. (I have a brother by the same name.) I’ve seen you on several of the same blogs I follow.
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That sounds great. We only had a lab once, but they are wonderful and friendly dogs, hungry though. Bronco was pretty friendly most of the time. He got along well with other dogs, protected the smaller dogs, saved their lives, he found run away hamsters and saved their life too, and he loved to meet people. He wanted people to pet him. Instead of people asking me if they could pet my dog, I asked people if they minded petting my dog. But there were occasions when he was not well behaved. Like most giant breeds, Leonbergers live a short life, on average 8-10 years, but the Leonberger Health Foundation International has succeeded in extending the lifespan. It used to be shorter. Our Leonberger lived to 13 years and therefore the Leonberger Health Foundation gave him a price and asked for his DNA, which we submitted. Nice to meet you too.
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Thanks for the info. I’ll pick up The Life and Times of Le Bronco tonight when I make my usual contribution to Amazon. 🤣
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Thank you so much Peter and the same here I also have a TBR list.
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Wow thank you Pete. I decided to look you up and I saw that you were a teacher and that you wrote a book. It looks very interesting and I went ahead and bought the paperback. I am very grateful for the work that teachers do. You have a challenging and important job. My three children are grown now but the teachers they had meant a lot. It is also teacher’s appreciation week this week. So thank you for all that you’ve done.
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Thank you, Thomas. I’ve got a couple of other books that I need to finish before yours, but I’ll get to it in the next couple of weeks. I’ll be sure and leave you a review on Amazon and Goodreads afterward.
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Aw I love all these. I also love the illustration too! Who designed it?
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Her name was Naomi Rosenblatt. She charged $50 and she was easy to work with.
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Wow that’s a great price! Love the artwork, too. 🙂
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Yes I agree. And sometimes when I requested a drawing and she was in front of the computer she gave me a sketch within minutes asking for my opinion. She was very quick and she wouldn’t quit until I was happy with it. Also, we signed a real business contract.
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Beautiful. 😊 Sounds lovely to work with too.
Good idea with the contract too. That’s important for both ends.
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Yes contracts are important and you don’t need to involve a lawyer for simple stuff. She had premade one page contracts. Basically it stated that she does the drawing for a fixed price and then you are free to use it anyway you like but that you need to give credit in the book. In addition, we agreed via email (also legally binding), that she wanted credit on my blog but it was not needed for social media.
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Friendship all the way! Beautiful.
Oh and those gingerbread crumbs on Bronco’s nose! 😉
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Thank you so much Patricia. And about the bread crumbs. You are right. It looks like bread crumbs. I had not noticed that before. It might be glacing also. I don’t know.
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This was a fun post to see because, as others have said, “There’s no such thing as too many dog photos!”
Thanks for sharing, Thomas!
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Thank you so much Alex
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You’re quite welcome!
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How cute!
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Thank you Dawn
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hello, thanks for sharing. very nice friendship. have a nice day!
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Thank you so much Carfax. Have a nice day you too.
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Fabulous pics, Thomas! Dogs are really adorable pets.
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Yes I love them. Thank you so much Kaushal.
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I loved all the photos and the illustration at the end is so poignant! 💖 Our fur babies live on in our hearts.
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Thank you so much Debbie. You are so right they do live in our hearts.
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I never get enough of seeing cute dog pix! bigger dogs seem to get better training – little ones get away with murder lol
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Yes you are right. Our Rollo is the most misbehaved and spoiled dog that we’ve ever had, by far. If he was a big 135 pound dog that would have been totally unacceptable and we would have worked really hard trying to fix it. However, I think Leonbergers and the giant breeds related to Leonbergers, Saint Bernards, New Foundlands, .. are also naturally calmer and easier to train by nature.
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135 pounds! Surely not by accident that they’ve been bred to be smart and teachable lol
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Yes I think you are right. But the original breeder Essig intentionally tried to breed a big friendly family dog. I can add 135lbs was when Bronco was at his slimmest. When he was overweight he was 167lbs, but we fixed that. Our veterinary told us it is time to lose weight and Bronco was not happy.
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Ah my doggie wasn’t thrilled about dieting but left to her own devices, she would gladly explode from eating. I think different breeds have different appetites too. My prior dogs only ate as much as they needed. And appetite shapes personality. The others were more affection oriented whereas our present one is all about food as a
motivator
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Yes you are right. I’ve read about this and even though all of our dogs have loved food there were differences. Our Leonberger loved food and he stole food but he was nothing compared to our food crazy labrador. Our German Shepherd was not as food crazy and our Japanese Chin was not as bad either. Our pug was in the middle but our mini-Australian Shepherd is pretty food crazy too. There are differences between the breeds.
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