Greater Swiss Mountain Dog
Temperament: A true working farm dog, Swissies are calm, willing and extremely strong.
Height: 25.5-28.5 inches (male), 23.7-27 inches (female)
Weight: 115-140 lbs (male), 85-110 lbs (female)
Life Span: 8-11 years
Breed Average Outlier Index: 0.43
Breed Average Genetic Relatedness: -0.05
Breed Average Internal Relatedness: 0.00
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| No. | Name | Gender | Outlier Index | Average Genetic Relatedness | Internal Relatedness | 1 | Bred Gladnesss One | M | 0.61 | -0.15 | -0.11 | 2 | Woodland Swissie's My Fair Lady | F | 0.51 | -0.11 | -0.06 | 3 | Callen's Snow After Fire | F | 0.58 | -0.05 | -0.25 | 4 | Callen Strikes A Chord | M | 0.47 | -0.09 | 0.10 | 5 | Yovanni of Balihara Ranch | M | 0.36 | -0.05 | 0.15 | 6 | Aegis When Figs Fly | M | 0.59 | -0.17 | 0.09 | 7 | Sydney Jacwingowy Grod | F | 0.57 | -0.10 | -0.18 | 8 | Land's End Gotta Have It | M | 0.49 | -0.18 | 0.19 | 9 | Ridgebridge Rosella Crimson | F | 0.29 | 0.09 | 0.01 | 10 | Suma-Brush Creek Oddly Funny Maisel of Landhof | F | 0.39 | 0.07 | -0.06 |
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Said to descend from war dogs brought over the Alps by Roman legions, this is one of four breeds knowns as Sennenhunds, which are working dogs native to Switzerland. They are draft and drover dogs, with the strength to pull things up mountains, and earn their keep on small farms.
Gastric and splenic torsion, epilepsy, some orthopedic issues.
The follow includes dogs with birthdates listed in the database.
DLA Haplotypes in the Breed
The Dog Leukocyte Antigen or DLA is the region in the canine genome that controls the immune system, among other things. There are three classes or areas, and the VGL Canine Diversity Test genotypes or records the two regions with the most variation. Because it is an area that mutates more rapidly than others, the method VGL uses is ideal for identifying specific combinations of DNA, and not merely showing whether a dog inherited two of the same sets of genetics from its parents or two different ones.
"Haplotype" is a generic name for a set of genes that are bound together and inherited as a set. The DLA Class I and Class II haplotypes are very tightly bound and represent about 2 million base pairs of DNA - a sizeable chunk. These two haplotypes together make an extended haplotype that is nearly always passed from parent to puppies as a pair. We therefore have two tables below showing both the combinations of DLA found in this breed and how often they appear, and also how often they appear individually.
Remember that frequency percentages do not show how many dogs carry them, but rather how many of these haplotypes exist in the breed as a whole. Every dog has two sets of DLA haplotypes, one inherited from dam, and one inherited from sire. These almost never recombine in new generations.
DLA Class I/Class II Combinations :
| Class I Haplotype | Class II Haplotype | Frequency in the Breed | 1012 | 2003 | 92.37% | 1016 | 2066 | 7.63% |
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DLA Frequencies :
| Class | Haplotype | Frequency in the Breed | Class I | 1012 | 92.37% | Class I | 1016 | 7.63% | Class II | 2003 | 92.37% | Class II | 2066 | 7.63% |
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