Landseer

The Landseer was created by German and Swiss dog’s experts who were inspired by depictions of the large black and white dog made by the proclaimed animal painter Sir Edwin Landseer. Evidently the breed got its name in the honour of this renowned painter. He has painted this dog countless times and he took for its prototype the actual dog named Bob. There was an old story that the dog and its owner were wrecked twice. Bob managed to save its master from drowning the first time but failed to do so the second. So Bob turned into a stray but didn’t cease to pull drowning people out of water in the near-by dockland. Because of this heroic behaviour the dog was sheltered by the Humane Society. At least 23 people owed their lives to Bob, which served as a rescue dog for long 14 years.