Mary Allen
#10 The strong dogs were also used to pull loads.
#11 Leonberger is also suitable for dog sports, but romping around in the water and in the great outdoors is more his thing.
#12 In the 19th century, the city councilor of the city of Leonberg, Heinrich Essig, crossed a Newfoundland bitch with a St. Bernard dog from the monastery hospice “Great St. Bernhard”.
The Pyrenean mountain dog was also crossed. Essig's goal was a lion-like dog, since the city of Leonberg was represented by a lion.