The perfect dog for:
Company
Family Guard
Sports Disciplines

HISTORY
The PSB derives from a strain of dogs that populated northern Germany at the beginning of the 20th century.
He effectively represents the cousin of the German Shepherd, even if a separate selection was started immediately. At the time it risked extinction because the German bourgeoisie expected a good guard dog to be dark to instill fear.
In the sixties, some specimens were imported into the USA and Canada, where they were immediately accepted willingly and recognized as a breed in their own right, so much so that a club was established.
In 1987 other specimens were imported into Switzerland and recognized as "Canadian White Shepherds".
Only in 1991 was the PSB registered as a new breed in the Swiss herd book and officially recognized by the FCI on 12.18.2002 with the official standard n. 347, and hence the name “WHITE SWISS SHEPHERD”.

I WAIT
Completely white coat, composed of double hair (abundant undercoat, covered by a hard protective coat), has two variations in length defined as "medium hair" and "long hair".
Ears perfectly erect, triangular with rounded tip, oriented forward.
Elongated body shape (the proportion between length and height is 12:10), medium/large in size, medium bone structure, elegant and harmonious profile whilst having a powerful and muscular appearance.
Height at the withers: 60/66 cm for males, 55/61 cm for females.
Weight: 30/40 kg for males, 25/35 kg for females.

CHARACTER
Sweet, affectionate and sensitive, he should be treated with grace and kindness.
Lively but never nervous. Attentive and alert. Reserved towards strangers but never fearful or aggressive. Curious and intelligent.
Requires a clear hierarchy and is comfortable in a subordinate position.
Very receptive in training during which he must be motivated positively and not in a submissive manner.
Great defender of family and children. A peculiarity that derives from the fact that he was originally the defender of the flock and his handler.
He only barks to signal danger. On the other hand, it has a great variety of facial expressions and sounds such as yelps, whimpers and howls that it usually uses to communicate.

PATHOLOGIES
Dysplasia of the hip of multifactorial genetic and environmental origin, and of the elbow, due to an anomalous development of the radio-ulna which often causes arthrosis.
Degenerative Myelopathy (DM): degenerative neurological disease affecting the posterior locomotor system which occurs in 5-7% of cases in affected people and often at an advanced age.
MDR1: animal intolerance towards certain substances used in drugs and/or pesticides.
Megaesophagus: hereditary malformation that causes puppies to continuously regurgitate food.
Allergies: from food, contact or caused by MDR1