About Entlebuchers – Size

The Entlebucher is the smallest of the sennenhunds.

The Entlebucher is a medium-sized, compact, strongly muscled, elongated drover. He has a short, hard and shiny coat, bright black with symmetrical markings of pure white on blaze, muzzle, chest, and feet; shades of rich fawn to mahogany are present on the eyebrows and between the black and white markings.

Dogs – 17.5 – 20.5 inches, Bitches – 16.5 to 19.5 inches. Ratio of height at withers to length of body, 8:10 – length to height ratio 10 to 8 measured from point of shoulder to point of rump and ground to withers.

Double coat. Topcoat short, close fitting, harsh and shiny. Undercoat dense; of varying color. Wavy or soft coat tolerated but not preferred.

Tricolor. Basic color must be black with tan (fawn to mahogany) and white markings, which should be as symmetric as possible. The tan markings are placed above the eyes, on cheeks, muzzle, either side of the chest, under the tail, and on all four legs. On legs, the tan is situated between the black and the white. Small tan oval islands on cheeks are desired. White markings include a distinct small blaze, which runs without interruption from top of head over bridge of nose and can wholly or partially cover the muzzle. White from chin to chest without interruption. An inverted cross on chest desirable. In full-length tail, white tip is desirable. White on all four feet.

The head is slightly wedged-shaped; clean. Head planes of muzzle and skull more or less parallel. Ratio of muzzle to skull 9:10. Expression – Alert, attentive, and friendly. Eyes – Must be brown, darker eye preferred. Slightly small, roundish shaped, with well fitted, black pigmented rims.

Firm, well developed ear-cartilage. Flaps pendulous, triangular, rounded at tips. Nose – Black. Lips – Close fitting to jaw, with black pigmentation. Bite – Scissor bite

The PDF attached below provides a deeper look at the breed standard with excellent images.