25 Leonberger Pictures with People

This is another post with the “25 Leonberger photos” theme. This time the theme is “25 Leonberger Pictures with People”. I’ve selected photos and illustrations of our late Leonberger Bronco that also feature people. A few of the photos are stock images from Shutterstock but most of the pictures are mine. Below is a list of the previous posts using the theme 25 Leonberger photos.

Also, if you have not checked out my superfactful blog yet feel free to do so.

25 Leonberger Pictures with People

The family is in the living room, and we are facing the camera. Our Leonberger Bronco is lying on the floor.
This is a photo of our family. It is a few years old. From left to right, our oldest son, our Japanese Chin Ryu, my wife Claudia and I am standing behind her, our Leonberger Bronco, our younger son, and our daughter with our Pug Daisy. I would like to add that since then I’ve gotten in better shape.
Our Leonberger is standing on a red leather sofa stretching to give me a hug. I am standing behind the sofa.
Our one-year-old Leonberger Bronco wants to give me a hug. He wanted to give hugs all the time. We also danced a lot. He was a good dancer.
Old black and white photo showing a man holding a Leonberger with a leash.
Bronco’s direct ancestor on the male side Leo von der Sagmuhle in Germany about 100 years ago (18 generations). I got this information from the World Wide Leonberger Database.
Illustration showing our daughter lying on the ground while holding onto a leash. Our Leonberger Bronco is dragging her.
Leonbergers are muscular, big and strong. Bronco is pulling our daughter along the ground as she is desperately trying to hold on to him. Illustration by Naomi Rosenblatt.
Brown big dog chasing a man running.
Bronco is chasing off a peeping Tom who was terrorizing the women in the neighborhood including my wife. The trespassing peeping Tom never came back. Illustration by Naomi Rosenblatt.
An illustration showing me lying on the street. I am trying to pull up our German Shepherd Baby from a storm drain while holding onto our Leonberger Bronco who is jumping up and down and barking.
This illustration depicts an occasion when Bronco was not so well behaved. We saw a dog across the street and our Leonberger Bronco became wild. He started barking and jumping around and he accidentally pushed our German Shepherd into a storm drain. I had to get her out while holding onto an agitated Bronco. The man across the street lifted his dog and ran as fast as he could down the street. Illustration by Naomi Rosenblatt.
This is an illustration showing our neighbor (wearing a hat) running down the street with his two corgis. Bronco our Leonberger is running after him, and my wife Claudia is running after Bronco.
Once Bronco had a toe amputation due to cancer and the doctor put a full leg cast on him. He told us that he should not bump the cast, and that he should not go for walks for ten days. But Bronco was begging to go out, so my wife finally took him for a walk. She did not use the leash because she thought that he could barely walk. A few minutes later I heard screaming, and I opened the door and saw this. Bronco was chasing our neighbor and his two corgis as Claudia was running after him and  screaming at him to stop. The cast went bump, bump, BUMP, in the sidewalk. Illustration by Naomi Rosenblatt.
Claudia my wife sitting in a red sofa with our very big dog in her lap.
Our Leonberger Bronco got tired of watching the kids play games all day long. So, one day he calmly walked over to their laptop and bit the laptop hard. That was the end of the laptop. You could see the bite marks on the laptop. I took it back to Best Buy where the Geek Squad guy really wanted to know what happened. He said he had never seen anything like it. Luckily, they replaced the laptop. It is written Nerd Brigade instead of the Geek Squad in the illustration because of potential copyright issues. Illustration by Naomi Rosenblatt.
A young gangly Leonberger with a bandage on his knee is next to a little Chihuahua. The two owners of the little dog are a lady in blue jeans and a lady in white pants. The lady with white pants is also wearing a bandage on her knee.
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.
Claudia my wife is sitting in a red sofa with our very big Leonberger dog in her lap.
Our Leonberger Bronco is sitting in my wife’s lap. He was 167 pounds at the time. Silly Bronco thought he was a lap dog.
On the left our Leonberger Bronco. On the right my wife holding his Grey Muzzle Award diploma.
My wife Claudia with Bronco’s Grey Muzzle Award. Leonbergers typically don’t live long and therefore Bronco’s long life was unusual. The Leonberger Health Foundation International awards Leonbergers who live longer than 12 years with an award called the Grey Muzzle Award.
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. As mentioned above, the Leonberger Health Foundation International gives out a grey-muzzle award to Leonbergers who have lived 12 years or longer. Here Bronco is receiving his grey-muzzle award.
The photo shows a Leonberger lying on the floor on his back sleeping. Two children, a boy and a girl, are sitting at a table in the back of the room playing Jenga. There’s a big bookshelf and two computer screens in the background. The sleeping Leonberger is in the foreground.
Photo of our Leonberger Bronco when he was very young. Less than one years old. He is sleeping on the floor. The kids are playing in the background.
Our Leonberger Bronco and our niece Jessica are lying on the floor. Jessica is giving Bronco a kiss.
Our niece Jessica is giving Bronco a kiss.
Our son is petting our Leonberger. The sofa is partially covered by a black and white blanket.
Our oldest son and our daughter are sitting in the sofa. Our Leonberger Bronco is in the foreground. In the back is our mini-Australian Shepherd Rollo.
My wife Claudia and our Leonberger Bronco is sitting in a sofa. Claudia is on the right and Bronco on the left. They are sitting close and Bronco has his paws in her lap. Claudia is petting Bronco.
My wife Claudia with our Leonberger Bronco.
Our Leonberger Bronco and me are lying on the ground looking into the camera. I am wearing a mask. I am wearing a blue polo short.
Me and Bronco during Covid-19 times.
Claudia is standing on green grass in front of White Rock Lake. She is holding onto our Leonberger Bronco and our pug Daisy.
Claudia with Bronco and our pug Daisy down by White Rock Lake in Dallas, Texas.
You can see the arms and the hands of the nurse changing the bandage on our Leonberger Bronco’s paw and lower leg.
A nurse is putting on a bandage on Bronco’s paw. This was because he had a toe amputation due to a cancer cyst on his toe. The cancer was not aggressive and did not spread. The toe amputation took care of it. First, he had a cast. Then he had bandages.
Our mini-Australian Shepherd Rollo on the left giving our Leonberger Bronco a kiss. Our son is partially visible behind them.
Our mini-Australian Shepherd Rollo is giving Bronco a kiss. Our son is overseeing and petting them both.
Young Leonberger standing on his hindlegs putting his paws on a woman’s shoulders and giving her a hug.
Young Leonberger, probably less than a year old. Leonbergers aren’t fully grown until they are close to two years old. Stock Photo ID: 2089116934 by cynoclub.
Young woman dressed in a red shirt and blue ripped jeans. A Leonberger puppy is leaning over the woman.
Young Leonberger and woman in front of white background Asset id: 2022376910 by cynoclub.
On the left is a young boy, maybe two or three years old. He is dressed in blue. He is standing, bending down, in front of a Leonberger lying on the ground.
A little boy is playing with a giant dog in the garden Asset id: 1044912799 by Lolostock – by Apex Studios.
The photo shows a young blond woman running with a Leonberger in a leash. There are tents and other people in the background.
RONNEBY, SWEDEN – JULY 05, 2014: Blekinge Kennelklubb international dog show. A Leonberger dog and a female handler running in a show ring. Asset id: 204221011 by Imfoto
A pretty dark-haired Caucasian girl in a plaid shirt hugs her cute Leonberger dog. The concept is friendship and loyalty.
A woman and her Leonberger dog. Asset id: 1741753382 by Elena Podrezenko

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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.

64 thoughts on “25 Leonberger Pictures with People”

    1. Thank you Lulu and Java Bean. Bronco’s toe issues (happened five times) were bad and he was miserable. However, it seemed like he was happy to go to the veterinary surgical center have a painful toe removed and get some treats afterwards for being a good boy. I think he knew that his toe problem was taken care of. We don’t know what caused the toe cancers. They were not related. The cancers never spread. He just got five toe cancers on different toes and they were independent occurences. The doctors suggested it could be genetic. Later we found out that our pesticide guy used a lot roundup and unlike us Bronco was walking barefoot, I mean bare-paw, in that. But I don’t know.

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      1. Chaplin: “It could just be random! Mama and Dada never had roundup or chemicals sprayed on our yard, but still, Dennis told us that our brother Tucker who we never met kept having toenail infections and problems like that with his feet when he got older.”

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    1. Thank you so much oliveunicorn. Yes our Japanese Chin Ryu was a wonderful little guy. So brave and smart and he was a great singer, well howler. He loved to howl and when we he did we applauded, which made him very proud.

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        1. Yes they are so full of energy and they are funny and smart dogs. When our Ryu wanted a toy and it was in the toy box, which was fairly big, he jumped up and hung on the side so the toy box tipped over. Then he could find the toy.

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            1. Yes he was a good problem solver. One time I saw him stand by the gate in our fence barking at a big dog passing by our house. Then he ran as fast as he could back into the house and jumped on Bronco’s stomach. Bronco was sleeping on the floor. Bronco stood up and followed Ryu and then they both stood by the gate barking at other dog. I guess Ryu decided he was not intimidating enough. He needed barking amplification.

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              1. It’s pretty funny how dogs like to grab their buddies . My huksy used to be terrible and would escape or break almost any kennal , and one time I caught my Doberman jumping on the kennal trying to break out her out . We’ve had to use wite kennals ever since . She’s way too craft lol

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  5. All pictures are lovely. I especially enjoyed the one in which Bronco sat on the lap of your wife, Claudia. 😊 Good memories, for sure. Their presence and love remain, no matter what. Thank you, Thomas, for your precious share. Sending light and blessings to you and yours 🙏✨🌻

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    1. Thank you so much Susana. You are right they are good memories and their presence and love remain. Bronco was a big, friendly goofball who felt very comfortable and protective of the little dogs. We still have our Rollo and he is a character too. Sending you light and blessings to you as well.

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    1. Yes it is amazing how can find a picture of Bronco’s ancestor 18 generations back. I can’t even find a photo of my ancestor 18 generations back. Oh wait there were no cameras in the 1500’s. But seriously the Worldwide Leonberger Data Base is amazing.

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    1. Thank you so much Robbie. I have a tendency the post the same pictures over and over. The ones I think are best. However, after a while that gets repetitious. I have more than 2000 dog photos I took with my phone.

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      1. Our vet from several years ago had one and he was gorgeous. She was tiny and i asked if she rode him to work. His head suddenly appeared over the counter when i went to pay our bill, and he didn’t have to stand!
        When we were on the boat, a lady used to bring hers to visit the residents in the old people’s home. They all loved him.

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        1. Those are great stories. I’ve read in the Leonberger magazine about Leonbergers being used in hospitals and old people’s homes as therapy dogs because of their calm and gentle nature. Some people get scared of them because of their size but if you pay attention you will soon see how gentle they are.

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          1. Big dogs have never bothered me, I love them all. A great dane came charging at me off the beach shortly after we moved here. I stood my ground and he flopped at my feet for a tummy rub. His owner was so worried!

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            1. That would have scared a lot of people. It seems like big dogs are a lot calmer in general, with some exceptions. Our Bronco would sometimes jump up on people or run towards people. He was never aggressive but the danger was that he could tip someone over. We were especially afraid of him jumping up on my wife’s grandma, putting his big paws on her shoulder, tip her over by accident and she would fall over and break her hip. That nightmare scenario prompted us to train him to stop jumping on people. He eventually stopped.

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              1. That remind me of my boss. Some friends of his had a St Bernard and the dog loved him. My boss was not a small man, some 6 feet and around 19 stone (266lbs)and this dog weighed about 15. He launched himself with pleasure and knocked him off his feet and through the door. It and the frame were matchwood! Both boss and dog were OK though, in a I’m gonna sit on your chest and lick your face kind of thing!

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            1. I agree that is very sad. Some people should not be allowed to have pets. The :Leonberger Club of America keeps track of reports of mistreatment of Leonbergers, sales on auctions, backyard breeding, etc. You get found out and they will ban you from buying another Leonberger.

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                1. It is the only dog community that I know of that does it. It is possible because it is such a small community. There’s only 2,000 Leonbergers in North America, 30,000 world wide. D’Nae Wilson, the President for the Leonberger Health Foundation International, Julie Schaffert, the most prominent Leonberger breeder in North America, and the Leonberger Club of America are spearheading the protection and health of Leonbergers. But it would be great if all dog breeds could do it.

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