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25 Silly Leonbergers

This is another post with the “25 Leonberger photos” theme. This time the theme is “25 silly Leonbergers”. The post feature Leonbergers looking silly or being in funny situations. A lot of the photos are of our late Leonberger Bronco but there are also Leonberger photos provided by friends as well as a couple of Leonberger stock photos. Below is a list of the previous posts using the theme 25 Leonberger photos.

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25 Silly Leonbergers

The first photos are not really silly, but they are photos of Leonberger puppies and they are cute and act silly. The first photo is of our Leonberger puppy at three months old. It was a chore to get him to sit still.

A photo of a Leonberger puppy wearing a red scarf. — This is a photo of our Leonberger Bronco when he was three months old.

Two sand colored Leonberger puppies playing in the snow. The play seems to be a little bit rough. Like all Leonbergers they have a black facemask. — Two light colored Leonberger puppies playing. My guess is that they are three months old. Shutterstock-ID: 2141564415 by AnetaZabranska.

Leonberger puppy giving a Chihuahua kiss, but the Chihuahua does not look happy. The Leonberger puppy is much bigger than the Chihuahua. — The silly Leonberger puppy is kissing a chihuahua who is getting annoyed. Stock Photo ID: 2166660069 by cynoclub.

A black-brown German Shephard is playing with a young Leonberger lying on his back. — Baby our German Shepherd is playing with our four months old Leonberger Bronco. Baby loved Bronco as if it was her own puppy. They were playing all day long. Silly dogs.

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 White Rock Lake dog park at about five/six months old. He is wearing a bandage on his knee because at the time he had a condition from growing too fast. He had fun playing with the little dog. The two ladies are the owners of the little dog. As you can see one of them has an issue with her knee, just like Bronco.

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 and a silly Leonberger.

Claudia my wife sitting in a red sofa with our very big 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.

A Leonberger in Action Illustrated

For a couple of weeks there was a peeping Tom who trespassed on our property and sat outside our bedroom window shouting obscenities and threats primarily at my wife. As it turned out the peeping Tom was doing the same thing to a lot of other women in the neighborhood. He had been quite busy looking through bedroom windows at night.

The police were not able to do anything about it, so I hired private detectives. The plan was that they were going to catch him in the act and turn him into the police. They sat in our backyard behind the bushes with a whole bunch of instruments, cameras, recording devices, and metal detectors. They also hid in a dark car parked nearby our house. My father-in-law was surprised that I was able to find the detectives. He did not think people like them existed and he asked me “how did you find them?”. I found them in the phone book (phone books still existed back then). They reminded us of the Ghost Busters with their enthusiasm, dress, and all their instruments.

Unfortunately, Ghost Busters, I mean the detectives did not catch the peeping Tom, so I had to let them go. However, that’s when Bronco stepped in. One night we heard a shuffling outside the house, and I sent Bronco out to chase him. It worked. The peeping Tom was really frightened, and he never came back. Bronco probably just wanted to say hello and lick him, but the peeping Tom did not know that. Bronco saved the entire neighborhood. Well Bronco was not the one who was silly this time, but everyone else was including the detectives.

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. Illustration by Naomi Rosenblatt.

Back when Bronco our Leonberger was young, the kids had pet hamsters—Moldova and Montenegro. The hamsters escaped from their cages sometimes, but Bronco usually helped us find them whenever they did. Claudia would tell him, “Bronco, find the hamsters,” and he would go around the house sniffing until he found them. One time he found them in the linen closet; another time he found them on a shelf in the living room.

On one occasion, a friend of David trusted us with his two hamsters while he and his family went on vacation. A couple of days later, Claudia noticed that the two hamsters were missing from their cage. The next thing she noticed was that Bronco’s cheeks looked puffy, so she said, “Bronco, drop it!” Out came the two hamsters, both unconscious.

In a panic, Claudia started performing CPR on the unconscious hamsters. She put one hamster at a time in her hand and gently compressed each tiny chest using the finger of the other hand. Fortunately, one hamster revived right away. The CPR didn’t seem to be working on the other hamster, but Claudia put both of them back in their cage, and soon the second hamster also woke up. We decided to keep the incident to ourselves. Hamsters don’t squeal. In this case I think Bronco was silly, even though he might have been a hero.

Leonberger with puffy cheeks. — Bronco’s puffy cheeks hold two hamsters he probably was trying to save. Illustration by Naomi Rosenblatt.

On yet another occasion Bronco was really silly. He had a toe amputation, and we were instructed to keep him inside for ten days and keep him as still as possible. We were to make sure he wouldn’t bump the cast. This was, of course, almost impossible to do, but we were going to try.

However, Bronco really wanted to go out, which he showed us in various ways, such as scratching at the front door. After a week or so, Claudia suggested that we take him outside a little bit, just in our driveway. I agreed. When I handed her the leash, she said, “He can barely walk; do you think he’s going to run off without it?” We laughed, and I agreed that it didn’t seem like we needed it this time. So, Claudia walked out with Bronco slowly limping beside her.

Less than a minute had passed when I heard shouting outside. I opened the door and looked outside to see what was going on. First I saw our neighbor and his two corgis running down the street as fast as they could. Our neighbor was screaming at the top of his lungs, “Get him off me! Get him off me!”

Behind him, Bronco was running with his cast going kabonk-kabonk-kabonk as it hit the sidewalk. Behind Bronco ran Claudia, who was also screaming at the top of her lungs. “Bronco! Sit! Stay! Stop!” Finally, Bronco stopped, and Claudia grabbed him. Holding his collar, she led him back in. This time Bronco was really silly.

Colorful illustration showing a big dog wearing a cast on his front left leg and running with it. — This is an illustration showing Bronco running down the street while wearing a cast. He was not supposed to bump the cast. Illustration by Naomi Rosenblatt.

Another time that Bronco was silly was when he started barking and jumping around when he saw a dog across the street. In the process he accidentally pushed our German Shepherd baby into a storm drain. I had to lay down on the ground and lift Baby out of storm drain all while holding onto Bronco. The owner of the other dog lifted up his dog into his arms and ran as fast as he could down the street. That was embarrassing and stressful. Silly Bronco.

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. — 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.

Additional Silly Leonberger Photos

Bronco our Leonberger is shown standing in a kiddie pool. — Bronco our Leonberger get washed off at a fairly young age. He liked water.

Our Leonberger Bronco is standing by the kitchen gate. He is wearing a round hat. It is the kind of hat that pilgrims wore. — Bronco standing by the kitchen gate. The kitchen gate was there to keep him from going inside the kitchen and do counter surfing.

Our big Leonberger dog Bronco is lying on the sofa, and our pug Daisy is walking right by him. — Bronco and our Pug Daisy. Daisy is leaving because she thinks Bronco is hogging the sofa.

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’s head is sticking up above the bushes. — Our Leonberger Bronco in the bushes.

Our Leonberger Bronco is standing in our backyard as a sunray is shining on his head. He looks like a saint. — Our Leonberger Bronco in the backyard. He was a saint. This time it is me, the photographer, who is silly.

A photo of our Leonberger dog wearing a blue party hat. — It is Bronco’s 11^th birthday.

The photo shows a table with nothing on it. There is a pile of books and papers on the floor. Bronco is standing behind the table. He is wearing a big cone around his head. — After a toe amputation due to toe cancer, Bronco needed to wear a cone, a big soft cone. Unfortunately, he frequently cleared tables as he swung the cone back and forth. Here he has just pushed a pile of books and papers off a table.

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. Bronco is nicely welcoming our new puppy, but the size difference is silly.

In the photo below it is really our mini-Australian Shepherd Rollo who is being silly. But he is very silly pulling Bronco’s tail. He even swung in it like a swing.

The photo shows our mini-Australian Shepherd biting Bronco’s tail and pulling on it as Bronco is trying to ignore him. — A rambunctious Rollo is biting Bronco’s tail. Bronco was very patient. One time Rollo swung in his tail as if it was a swing.

Below is a photo of silly gingerbread stealing dogs.

The photo shows our pug Daisy on the left and our Leonberger Bronco on the right. They are both looking into the camera. Pieces of the gingerbread house are lying on the floor. — Bronco our Leonberger with Daisy our Pug in the Kitchen. Bronco says, “look what Daisy did to the gingerbread house that stood on the counter”. Actually, what really happened was that Bronco grabbed the gingerbread house and shared it with Daisy.

Two Leonbergers standing next to each other and wearing party headwear typical for a carnival. — Digory and Obi are two Leonbergers. Digory was a very brave Leonberger who fought cancer. He was featured in the Leo-Letter a Leonberger Magazine Photo by Jen O’Keefe. Jen is a friend in the Leonberger community.

Five Leonbergers lying in the grass. They are wearing hats showing the American flag. — Five Leonbergers including Digory on 4^th of July 2023. Photo by Jen O’Keefe.

Six Leonbergers with celebration hats are looking straight into the camera. — Six Leonbergers celebrating a birthday. Photo by Jen O’Keefe.

Leaving Your Dog Behind

When you are gone your dog misses you so much that his heart is sick. When you are gone his love for you is killing him. When you leave his life stops. He is howling, but no one can hear him.

A photo of a dark brown and white mini-Australian shepherd sitting behind a window looking out. — Rollo our mini-Australian Shepherd is looking out the window. He is watching the neighborhood and waiting for us to come home.

“Rollo go look out the window” is what we tell our dog Rollo when we leave. He runs to the window, and he looks out the window. We used to have two other dogs, a large Leonberger dog called Bronco, and a little Pug named Daisy. Bronco and Rollo were best friends, and he loved his little sister Daisy. They both died and now Rollo is alone. Now he is alone looking out the window when we leave. However, he does not accept any other dogs so there is not much we can do.

Are you leaving your dog to face his despair all by himself?

Are you going to leave your dog at home, sitting by the window all alone waiting for you? He is looking out the window, looking for you. It is like he is in a dark train station at night. There is only emptiness. When you are gone, he is like an orphan, like a stupid lonely kid singing to himself, howling into the emptiness. He does not have a life anymore. After you leave him, he cannot dream. He feels ugly without you. He feels dirty without you. He feels sick without you. Are you abandoning him? You should be happy dogs don’t drink whiskey to comfort themselves.

I wrote the above with the song below in my mind. It is a French song called “Je suis malade…” (I am sick…) by Lara Fabian about a lover leaving his beloved. However, I think it fits the way the dogs seem to feel when you leave them. We listened to it in French class. That’s how I came across it. I am learning French as a hobby. It is the saddest song I’ve ever heard but it is also a very beautiful song, so you may want to get your tissue box out. There are English subtitles.

Sometimes you have to leave your dogs for a little bit, and it is difficult. They are not happy. We cannot get a dog sitter every time we leave for a short bit, but we try to take him with us as much as possible. We are lucky. We have found a very professional dog sitter willing to stay almost 24/7 with our Rollo when we go on vacation. She is a veterinary assistant and Rollo loves her.

French Song Lyrics for « Je suis malade »

Je ne rêve plus, je ne fume plus
Je n’ai même plus d’histoire
Je suis sale sans toi, je suis laid sans toi
Je suis comme un orphelin dans un dortoir

Je n’ai plus envie de vivre ma vie
Ma vie cesse quand tu pars
Je n’ai plus de vie et même mon lit
Se transforme en quai de gare
Quand tu t’en vas

Je suis malade, complètement malade
Comme quand ma mère sortait le soir
Et qu’elle me laissait seul avec mon désespoir

Je suis malade, parfaitement malade
T’arrives on ne sait jamais quand
Tu repars on ne sait jamais où
Et ça va faire bientôt deux ans
Que tu t’en fous

Comme à un rocher, comme à un péché
Je suis accroché à toi
Je suis fatigué, je suis épuisé
De faire semblant d’être heureux quand ils sont là

Je bois toutes les nuits, mais tous les whiskys
Pour moi ont le même goût
Et tous les bateaux portent ton drapeau
Je ne sais plus où aller, tu es partout

Je suis malade, complètement malade
Je verse mon sang dans ton corps
Et je suis comme un oiseau mort quand toi tu dors

Je suis malade, parfaitement malade
Tu m’as privé de tous mes chants
Tu m’as vidé de tous mes mots
Pourtant, moi j’avais du talent avant ta peau

Cet amour me tue, si ça continue
Je crèverai seul avec moi
Près de ma radio comme un gosse idiot
Écoutant ma propre voix qui chantera

Je suis malade, complètement malade
Comme quand ma mère sortait le soir
Et qu’elle me laissait seul avec mon désespoir

Je suis malade, c’est ça, je suis malade
Tu m’as privé de tous mes chants
Tu m’as vidé de tous mes mots
Et j’ai le cœur complètement malade
Cerné de barricades
T’entends, je suis malade

Song lyrics English Translation for “Je suis malade”

I no longer dream, I no longer smoke
I don’t even have a story anymore
I’m dirty without you, I’m ugly without you
I’m like an orphan in a dormitory

I don’t want to live my life anymore
My life ends when you leave
I no longer have a life and even my bed
Transforms into a station platform
When you leave

I’m sick, completely sick
Like when my mother went out in the evening
And she left me alone with my despair

I’m sick, perfectly sick
You arrive, we never know when
You go back, we never know where
And it will be almost two years
That you don’t care

Like a rock, like a sin
I’m clinging to you
I’m tired, I’m exhausted
To pretend to be happy when they are around

I drink every night, but all the whiskeys
To me they taste the same
And all the boats carry your flag
I don’t know where to go anymore, you are everywhere

I’m sick, completely sick
I pour my blood into your body
And I’m like a dead bird when you sleep

I’m sick, perfectly sick
You deprived me of all my songs
You emptied me of all my words
However, I had talent before your skin

This love kills me, if it continues
I will die alone with me
By my radio like a stupid kid
Listening to my own voice that will sing

I’m sick, completely sick
Like when my mother went out in the evening
And she left me alone with my despair

I’m sick, that’s it, I’m sick
You deprived me of all my songs
You emptied me of all my words
And my heart is completely sick
Surrounded by barricades
You hear, I’m sick

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3 Years Anniversary with 25 Leonbergers

Today is the 3 years anniversary of my Leonberger blog. I am celebrating this anniversary with another post with the “25 Leonberger photos” theme. It is another 25 Leonbergers. The post feature Leonbergers looking into the camera or whose faces you can see, as well as one portrait of our Leonberger Bronco. Most of the photos in this post is of our late Leonberger Bronco but there are a few other Leonberger photos as well. Below is a list of the previous posts using the theme 25 Leonberger photos.

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25 Leonberger Faces

Painting showing our Leonberger Bronco’s face. Like all Leonbergers he has a black mask and fluffy hair. — The portrait of our Leonberger Bronco was drawn by Veniceme at Etsy (Natasha Dall’Ara) and it is based on one of our photos.

The Day Our Leonberger Was Bad

The illustration below depicts when Bronco had a bad case of squamous cell carcinoma and had to have a front toe amputated. Bronco’s entire leg was put in a cast, to be replaced by a bandage after ten days. We were instructed to keep him inside during those ten days and keep him as still as possible. We were to make sure he wouldn’t bump the cast. This was, of course, almost impossible to do, but we were going to try.

However, Bronco really wanted to go out, which he showed us in various ways, such as scratching at the front door. After a week or so, Claudia suggested that we take him outside a little bit, just in our driveway. I agreed. When I handed her the leash, she said, “He can barely walk; do you think he’s going to run off without it?” We laughed, and I agreed that it didn’t seem like we needed it this time. So Claudia walked out with Bronco slowly limping beside her.

Less than a minute had passed when I heard shouting outside. I opened the door and looked outside to see what was going on. First, I saw our neighbor and his two corgis running down the street as fast as they could. Our neighbor was screaming at the top of his lungs, “Get him off me! Get him off me!” Behind him, Bronco was running with his cast going kabonk-kabonk-kabonk as it hit the sidewalk. Behind Bronco ran Claudia, who was also screaming at the top of her lungs. “Bronco! Sit! Stay! Stop!” Finally, Bronco stopped, and Claudia grabbed him. Holding his collar, she led him back in.

Continuation of 25 Leonberger Faces

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.

Photo shows our Leonberger Bronco standing in the backyard as a sun ray shines down upon him. — Bronco saved our pug’s life and possibly our Labrador’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 have 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.

A Leonberger swimming in lake water — Our Leonberger Bronco swimming in White Rock Lake.

Bronco our Leonberger is standing in lake water — Bronco is standing in the water in White Rock Lake. The water looks muddy, but it is clean.

Leonberger standing in a blue kiddie pool — Young Bronco (maybe one years old) standing in a kiddie pool.

Leonberger dog in lake water. — Bronco in White Rock Lake again.

The photo shows a Leonberger in a bathtub. — The Leonberger in the photo is Digory and he is 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.

A Leonberger standing in beach waves. — Leonberger on the beach. Stock Photo ID: 1110805445 by Lolostock

Two Leonbergers swimming next to each other. — Two Leonbergers swimming. Stock Photo ID: 1989806678 by Taibomaus.

Leonberger standing in water. — Leonberger standing in river. Photo by Stephanie Lucero on Unsplash.

A Leonberger puppy standing in the snow. Shutterstock Stock Photo ID: 2390810457 by VeronArt16.

Ten Leonberger puppies sitting on a sofa. They are brown with black face masks. — Ten Leonberger puppies. My guess is that they are about two months old. Shutterstock-ID:561107710 by Akbudak Rimma.

On the left, our Japanese Chin Ryu and our pug Daisy. On the right is our Leonberger Bronco. — Our Leonberger Bronco with our Japanese Chin Ryu and our pug Daisy.

On the left, our pug Daisy and our mini-Australian Shepherd puppy Rollo. They are in a dog bed. On the right is Bronco our Leonberger who is lying on the floor. — Our pug Daisy and our mini-Australian Shepherd puppy Rollo in the little bed and Bronco our Leonberger is lying on the floor.

The photo shows our big Leonberger lying behind our little mini-Australian Shepherd Rollo. There is also a dog toy in the photo. — Bronco and our mini-Australian Shepherd Rollo. Rollo and Bronco loved each other. Unfortunately, Rollo has a hard time with other dogs.

25 Leonberger Faces

This is another post with the “25 Leonberger photos” theme. This time the theme is Leonberger faces. The post feature close ups of Leonbergers looking into the camera. A lot of the photos are of our late Leonberger Bronco but there are many other Leonberger photos as well. Below is a list of the previous posts using the theme 25 Leonberger photos.

25 Leonberger Photos and Illustrations
Another 25 Leonberger Photos and Illustrations
25 Waterberger Photos (Leonbergers in water or swimming)
25 Leonberger Puppies and Other Puppies for National Puppy Day
25 Photos of Leonbergers with Other Dogs
25 Photos of Leonbergers in Nature
25 Photos of Young Leonbergers
25 Photos of Old Leonbergers
25 Leonberger Puppy Photos

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25 Leonberger Faces

About half of the photos of Leonberger faces below are mine, mostly of our Leonberger Bronco. There are also several photos by Jen O’Keefe and Leonberger community friend. There is also a photo by Brenda Seito and one by Debbie Ireland, and the illustration of Bronco’s face was made by Naomi Rosenblatt.

A photo of a Leonberger puppy wearing a scarf. He has his tongue out. — This is a black and white photo of our Leonberger Bronco when he was three months old.

The photo shows an old Leonberger dog lying on green grass. He is looking into the camera. — Bronco our Leonberger dog is taking a rest during a walk. He is twelve and a half years old.

Our Leonberger dog Bronco is standing in front of me and looking straight into the camera. I am sitting in the sofa. — Our Leonberger dog Bronco is coming up to me. He wants my attention.

A photo of our Leonberger lying on our green lawn. There are trees and bushes in the background. — Bronco taking a resting in the grass in our backyard. He is pretty old in this picture. For a Leonberger he lived very long.

Bronco is standing at the kitchen entrance, and our new little dark brown and white puppy is sitting in front of him. — In this photo our Leonberger dog Bronco is eleven and a half years old and we have acquired a new puppy, a mini-Australian Shepherd by the name Rollo.

A photo of our old Leonberger lying on the sidewalk — Bronco is taking a break during a walk. He is very old for a Leonberger. Leonbergers typically live 8-10 years. This is a common problem with giant breeds. In this picture he is 12 years old and 10 months.

Bronco’s face has puffy cheeks. — Our Leonberger Bronco was great at finding run away hamsters. This illustration depicts Bronco’s with puffy cheeks in which he is holding two run away hamsters. He saved them! Illustration by Naomi Rosenblatt.

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.

A Leonberger is lying on the floor, and my book is leaning against the dog. — Hachi is a one-year-old Canadian Leonberger here he is featured with my book. The owner and photographer is Brenda Saito and her husband.

Close up of two Leonberger faces. All Leonbergers have a black face mask. — Second photo of Digory and Obi. Photo by Jen O’Keefe.

Photo of seven Leonbergers on the sand on a beach. — Digory with Leonbergers friends on the beach. Photo by Jen O’Keefe.

Amie, a female Leonberger is standing on top of a wooden bench on a mountain top. — Amie was a Leonberger that we met in northern Sweden. We met her and her owner on a mountain top that we had hiked up to. It was a strenuous hike so the Leonberger and her owner must have been in good shape. The name of the mountain is Skule Berget, or in English, Skull Mountain.

Leonberger dog looking into the camera, like a portrait. — Big dog Leonberger portrait in the studio Stock Photo ID: 193024763 by Csanad Kiss.

Fluffy dark faced Leonberger looking into the camera. — Old Leonberger Stock Photo ID: 2342234815 by theimagebooth.

The photo shows the face of Leonberger lying down. — Closeup of old Leonberger Stock Photo ID: 1942925251 by Wirestock Creators.

Old Leonberger lying on the ground. There are snowy mountains in the background. — Leonberger in Norway Stock Photo ID: 1779931691 by Britta Paasch.

Leonberger puppy running through green grass. The puppy has its mouth open, and he is looking straight into the camera. — A Leonberger puppy that is probably around two months old. Shutterstock-ID: 629624396 by TOM KAROLA.

A Leonberger on a white sofa in front of blue and white windows with snow. — A Leonberger puppy Asset id: 763087333 by Liliya Kulianionak

Close up of two months old Leonberger puppy lying on the floor. — Leonberger puppy in front of white background Asset id: 1910154892 by cynoclub

Leonberger Activism

I try to avoid politics on my blogs but considering the circumstances I think this is OK. The picture you see above and below is from Trine Helen Løken. Thank you for letting us use it, Trine. It was passed around in various Leonberger Facebook groups and other Leonberger places back in 2022 and now it is in vogue again. It is to show the Leonberger community’s support for Ukraine. I added a couple of somewhat less artistic photos using a couple of photos of our late Leonberger Bronco and a Ukrainian flag that I got from pexels.com Photo by Engin Akyurt.

The picture is an illustration of a Leonberger running and holding a Ukrainian flag in its mouth. — Art by Trine Helen Løken. This picture is popular in the Leonberger community.

Our Leonberger Bronco is looking into the camera. There is a Ukrainian flag in the picture. — Our Leonberger Bronco

Our Leonberger Bronco is standing in our backyard and looking into the camera. The sun in shining behind and above resulting in sunrays through the picture and on top of Bronco’s head. There is also a Ukrainian flag in the picture. — Our Leonberger Bronco, the hero. He found runaway hamsters, saved our Pug Daisy from an attacking dog, and detected an oncoming insulin shock in our Labrador.

Rollo the Politician

Rollo, our mini–Australian Shepherd is not easy to walk. Sometimes he sits and refuses to walk and sometimes he barks his head off at other dogs. Therefore, we started bribing him, and this works. On several occasions, I asked Claudia, my wife, “should I bribe him?”. So, he ended up learning the word “bribe”. Now when you say the word “bribe” he comes running hoping for a handout. In other words, we accidentally taught him to be a politician. Below are a few photos of Rollo.

Rollo is sitting facing left and there is a toy duck next to him. — Rollo, our mini–Australian Shepherd as a puppy.

Rollo is standing on a grey carpet holding a toy duck in his mouth. — Rollo with his duck toy.

Rollo our mini-Australian Shepherd is lying on our bed in between the pillors. — Rollo loves sleeping in our bed, especially on my side. He is taking over.

Finally, a dog and cat comic

25 Leonberger Puppy Photos

This post is another themed 25 Leonberger photos. This time the theme is Leonberger puppies. Below is a list of previous themed 25 Leonberger posts I’ve made.

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Below are the 25 Leonberger Puppy Photos

Ten Leonberger puppies sitting on a sofa. They are brown with black face masks. An adult Leonberger is lying in front of them. — Ten Leonberger puppies with mama. Shutterstock-ID: 561107650 by Akbudak Rimma.

A Leonberger puppy with pink roses. — Leonberger puppy Stock Photo ID: 561111403 by Akbudak Rimma.

A Leonberger puppy running in the snow. Shutterstock Stock Photo ID: 2056502327 by Nikky de Graaf.

A very young Leonberger puppy sitting in front of a Christmas tree. — Leonberger Puppy Stock Photo ID: 2233375083 by VeronArt16

Two brown Leonberger puppies lying on a wood floor. — Two Leonberger puppies. Shutter stock Photo ID: 2294202331 by Olga Shusters.

A Leonberger puppy running in the snow. A second one is behind him in the distance. — Two Leonberger puppies running in the snow. Shutterstock Stock Photo ID: 2390810463 by VeronArt16.

It is a close up so the white sofa is not obvious. It is just a white background and then the pink flowers are on the left of the puppy who is looking into the camera. — Leonberger puppy on a white sofa sitting next to pink flowers. Asset id: 561113224 by Akbudak Rimma.

A young Leonberger puppy, maybe two months, is running on grass in front of some bushes and trees. — Leonberger puppy running on green grass Asset id: 629624387 by TOM KAROLA

Maybe three months old Leonberger puppy looking straight into the camera. — Close up of Leonberger puppy Asset id: 1835879938 by Sarah Hatton

Two months old Leonberger puppy standing on a white floor. — Leonberger puppy in front of white background Asset id: 2511987683 by cynoclub

A Leonberger puppy sitting on a white floor. — A Leonberger puppy in front of white background. The puppy is maybe three months old. Asset id: 2526895887 by cynoclub

A Leonberger puppy standing on a white floor. — Leonberger puppy in front of white background. It is a little older, maybe four months. Leonbergers aren’t fully grown until they are close to two years old. Asset id: 1973707379 by cynoclub

Young Leonberger on a white background. — Young Leonberger, maybe 4-5 months old. Stock Photo ID: 2170918265 by cynoclub.

Young Leonberger standing on his hindlegs putting his paws on a woman’s shoulders and giving her a hug. — Young Leonberger, less than a year old. Leonbergers aren’t fully grown until they are close to two years old. Stock Photo ID: 2089116934 by cynoclub.

What are your favorite animals

It is easy for me to answer the daily prompt “What are your favorite animals?”, it is Canis Lupus Familiaris, or dogs of course, especially Leonberger dogs.

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Our yellow Lab Baylor is sitting on the left. Our brown-black German Shepherd Baby is sitting on the right. — ur Labrador Baylor and German Shepherd Baby. They were both rescues.

Dogs are very social and often quite intelligent. They are loving, loyal, fun, innocent, playful and they can provide protection whether it is physically or just via their barking, which alerts us to the presence of strangers. Dogs provide companionship and encourage physical activity since you need to take them for walks and play with them.

Our Leonberger puppy is sitting and looking into the camera. He is wearing a scarf, and his tongue is sticking out. — A black and white photo of our Leonberger Bronco at three months old.

Bronco is lying in green grass. Our house and brick wall are in the background. — Our Leonberger Bronco is in the front yard.

Among dogs my favorite breed is the Leonberger. Leonbergers are confident and brave gentle giants. They are great with children, very social and good companions and they can also be guard dogs. They are not aggressive and were not bred for that purpose, but their size, strength, courage, protective nature and acute senses make it a natural role for them. Our Leonberger Bronco protected the entire neighborhood by chasing off a peeping Tom. Leonbergers are double-coated, and they have webbed paws, so they’re natural swimmers as well. They are sometimes used in water rescue operations. But be careful, they are big, full of energy, and can be rambunctious when they’re young.

Below are various photos of our dogs

Our pug Daisy is on the lawn on the left. Our Leonberger Bronco is standing on the right. — Our Leonberger Bronco and our Pug Daisy

Our daughter 9 years old is holding the paws of our Japanese Chin Ryu. Ryu is standing on his back legs, and it looks like he is laughing. — Our Japanese Chin Ryu with our daughter who was 9 years old at the time.

Our Japanese Chin Ryu is sitting on the wood floor. — Our Japanese Chin Ryu.

Our pug Daisy is lying on her back on the gravel. There is also a toy duck. — Our pug Daisy loved to sunbath even when it was hot. Here she is catching some rays while lying on our old backyard porch, which had gravel.

Rachel kneeling on the floor and petting our mini-Australian Shepherd Rollo who is on the left as well as our pug Daisy who is on the right. — Our daughter with our pug Daisy and our mini-Australian Shepherd Rollo.

There is text above the wolf on the left that says “Canis Lupus, the grey wolf is a fearsome and courageous hunter in nature.”. There is a text above Rollo on the right that says “Canis Lupus familiaris, the dog, a close relative of the grey wolf, is sometimes less brave. This specimen prefers to sit in a stroller when he hears strange sounds.” — A gray wolf on the left. Our mini-Australian Shepherd Rollo sitting in a stroller on the right. Whenever there was a sound that scared him, such as quacking ducks, or someone banging on something, he wanted to sit in Daisy’s stroller.

Our Leonberger Bronco is lying on the floor. Our mini-Australian Shepherd Rollo is lying on his side wanting to be petted. — Our Leonberger Bronco and our mini-Australian Shepherd Rollo.

All official dog breeds have a breed standard. If you want to show your dog your dog has to closely match the breed standard. Below is the breed standard for the Leonberger.

The physical breed standard for the Leonberger. There is also one for character/behavior. The AKC / the USA has its own breed standard for the Leonberger but it closely resembles the international one.

Puppy Photo Theft on Facebook

A little bit more than a week ago a photo of our Leonberger Bronco taken when he was three months old was stolen and used without attribution. The thief, Valerie, was the founder and administrator of a new Leonberger Facebook group. In addition, she changed his name and gender. Our breeder (well Bronco’s breeder) Julie Schaffert alerted me to the situation. I was unaware of the existence of this group. Julie knows this photo well since I’ve used it a lot on Facebook and Instagram as well as here. I think the worst part of it was that the thief manipulated the emotions of the members of the group by fabricating a story about the puppy being sick. What a dubious way to attract attention.

Photo of a Leonberger puppy wearing a red scarf. — Photo of Bronco at three months old. This photo was copied without permission and Bronco’s name and gender were changed.

The text says, “My Gracie is really sick please send some prayers for quick recovery”. — His name was certainly not Gracie, and the story about being sick was fabricated. BTW this kind of emotional manipulation has become ubiquitous. Don’t believe these kinds of claims.

Julie’s comment says, “This dog is not Gracie !! This is a stolen picture of Bronco a dog I bred!! I believe this page is a scam page. — This was Julie’s comment.

It is far from the only time I’ve had a dog photo stolen. I was (well still is) a member of a few pug groups and all of them except for one smaller group were photo theft groups. It seemed like the bigger the groups, the worse they were. The founders/administrators of the groups regularly stole the photos posted by the members and then used the Facebook approval feature to prevent the members from complaining about the situation. I had several photos of Daisy stolen.

The photo below was stolen dozens of times and passed around to several groups including groups I was not a member of. I accidentally discovered my photos in other pug groups that I was randomly browsing. Her name and gender were often changed, and it was perpetually her birthday for at least several months. She was congratulated thousands of times, which was a silver lining. At first, I played along and just said thank you to all the people congratulating her even though I was not the one who posted the photo. However, that became unsustainable as there were so many congratulations in so many places for so long and then one guy started accusing me of pretending it was my pug. Well, it was my pug. After a while I just gave up on the pug groups. It seemed to be the same problem everywhere.

Photo of Daisy’s 15^th birthday. The photo was stolen dozens of times in various pug groups.

So why do people steal dog photos? It seems like in some cases it is for the purpose of selling stuff, but that is not always the case. It seems like some photo thieves just want to grow their groups and become “influencers”. I should say that one of my old on-line friends told me that he had a popular YouTube video downloaded and re-uploaded (stolen) several times. He was making money off that video so in that case it was a matter of theft of money. YouTube took down those videos when he reported them, but naturally he still lost some money.

This seems to be a problem that’s spreading like wildfire on social media. I did not use to see this, but now I see it all the time. Photo theft happens even in the beer groups I help administer. Apparently taking your own photo of a beer can is too much to ask for. Unfortunately, it seems like photo theft has become normalized behavior.

What Is Good About Having a Pet

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In regard to the daily prompt “What is good about having a pet?” Pets can give you so many things, love, company, adventure, memorable moments, hilarious moments, protection, and playing with them or taking a dog for a walk is good for your health. We have dogs and have had dogs for decades. According to this article from the Mayo clinic dogs are good for your health. Dogs reduce work related stress, help manage stress, increase activity and help combat loneliness.

In addition, our late Leonberger dog Bronco protected us and our neighborhood from a trespasser and a peeping Tom who was terrorizing my wife and other women in the neighborhood. A Leonberger is very large dog, like a St. Bernard. The police could not solve the problem. The private detectives I hired did not catch him, despite the fact they were hiding in our backyard at night. However, one time when the peeping Tom showed up, I sent Bronco after him and that took care of the problem. Bronco probably just wanted to say hello, but a big bear-looking dog dashing towards you in the darkness can be unnerving. That scared him off for good. Bronco saved the neighborhood.

Bronco also saved other dogs and pets on several occasions. He detected when our Labrador Baylor was about to have an insulin shock. He protected our pug Daisy from an attacking German Shepherd. He found our runaway hamsters on a number of occasions. Below are some photos and illustrations of our dogs.

A photo of our Leonberger as a puppy. He is wearing a red scarf. — Our Leonberger Dog Bronco at 3 months old

Our Leonberger Bronco is standing on our red sofa. He is giving me a hug. — Me with our Leonberger Bronco. He was not yet fully grown.

My wife is sitting on a red sofa. Our large Leonberger Bronco is sitting in her lap. He is big and heavy, and she is barely visible underneath him. — Our large but cuddly 167lb Leonberger Bronco is sitting nu my wife Claudia’s lap.

A man sitting on a lawn chair and looking in between the blinds of our bedroom window. — The stalker / peeping Tom is sitting on a lawn chair and looking through our bedroom window at night. Illustration by Naomi Rosenblatt.

Illustration of our Leonberger running after a man wearing jeans and a purple shirt. — After the police and private detectives all failed our Leonberger Bronco is chasing off the intruder for good. Illustration by Naomi Rosenblatt.

Bronco has puffy cheeks. There is a hamster in each cheek. — Our Leonberger Bronco is carrying two hamsters in his mouth. Don’t worry they were fine. Illustration by Naomi Rosenblatt.

Our son is sleeping on our beige leather sofa. He is holding our sleeping pug puppy. — Our son with our pug Daisy when she was a puppy.

Our Japanese Chin is sitting on the left in suitcase and our pug on the right. — Our Japanese Chin Ryu and our Pug Daisy are protesting our travel by sitting in our suitcase. They want to come with us.

Bronco is standing behind Rollo. Rollo is black and white and very small. They are standing in front of the kitchen. — Our Leonberger Bronco with our new puppy Rollo, a mini-Australian Shepherd.

Our Pug Daisy and our mini-Australian Shepherd barking at people passing by our house. Notice the joke. — Rollo, our mini-Australian Shepherd could be a pest. He loved biting Bronco’s tail and even swung in it as if it was a swing.

The joke in the photos is : Daisy says “Rollo do you want to hear a joke”, Rollo says “OK”, Daisy says “knock! knock!”, then they both start barking “Woof! Woof! Woof!”, “Woof! Woof! Woof!” — Our Pug Daisy and our mini-Australian Shepherd barking at people passing by our house. Notice the joke.

Describe a Family Member

Today’s writing prompt is “Describe a Family Member”. This family member is good looking, fun to be around, and he is a loving character. He loves to play ball, he is very curious, and he loves to eat. However, he is anxious and easily frightened and he can also be a bit of an a-hole, and he hates dogs and cats. Can you guess which family member he is?

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The picture shows a woman (mother) and a man (father) and their daughter. Planet Hollywood is in the background. — Three family members, but there are more of us.

Rollo as a puppy peering out from behind a sofa chair. — The answer is Rollo our mini-Australian Shepherd.

You may ask yourself, but he is a dog, how can he hate dogs and cats? Good question, but I don’t think he knows he is a dog. I think he thinks he is a little person. He prefers human company. He got along well with our late Leonberger Bronco and our pug Daisy, but he hates every other dog and all cats.

Rollo holding a soccer ball with his paw. — Rollo loves rolling and chasing balls.

Rollo biting and pulling our Leonberger Bronco’s tail. — As I mentioned, he can be a bit of an a-hole.

Rollo our mini-Australian Shepherd is sitting in a pink stroller. — As mentioned, Rollo is anxious and easily frightened. Daisy’s stroller is a good thing to sit in for such occasions.

Rollo our mini-Australian Shepherd is sitting on the floor. He is wearing a big blue cone. — Today and the last few days Rollo has been wearing a cone. He had to extract a tooth on Thursday.