Beauceron

The Beauceron, or Berger de Beauce-Bas Rouge, is a lowland French sheepdog. His impressive physique repels the most daring. However, behind his “dissuasive” dog looks, he turns out to be a formidable life companion. His main qualities are loyalty and responsibility. He is loyal to his master, whom he will protect against everything. Distrustful of strangers, he is an adorable, affectionate, gentle and docile dog with his adoptive family. A guard dog par excellence, the Beauceron is a fabulous working dog.
Breed History
The Beauceron began to be considered a breed from the end of the 19th century. We can date their first official appearance in 1896, during a dog show. It was at this time that this name, as well as those of Chien de Beauce and Bas-Rouge, began to be used. They referred to French sheepdogs of the same type that had a shorn face, short hard hair and cropped ears. This breed comes from a selection carried out by shepherds who fed only the dogs best suited to driving and guarding herds, leaving the others to wither away.
Physical peculiarities
His hair: short, thick and hard. It is flush on the head and 3 or 4 centimeters on the rest of the body. The hair is fringed on the buttocks and below the tail.
Its color: There are two varieties of Beauceron. The Bas-Rouge, mostly black, with tan markings distributed on the underside of the muzzle, body and at the base of the legs. The harlequin Beauceron has the same distribution of tan markings, but its coat is composed of equal parts of gray and black spots.
Its head: long and well chiselled. The skull (flat or slightly domed) is the same length as the muzzle.
His ears: high placed, they are semi erect or drooping, flat and short. They point slightly forward.
His eyes: horizontal, slightly oval and dark.
His body: slightly longer than high. Imposing dog, muscular, but without heaviness, the withers are well marked, the chest is high, wide and long.
Its tail: left whole, carried low. It descends at least to the point of the hock.
Feed
The Beauceron’s diet must be rich, because it has a very strong appetite. Nevertheless, it is advisable to observe rest periods before and after each ration, due to a possible torsion of the stomach. The Beauceron must eat between 500 and 700 grams of high quality kibble per day. Whether in a single meal (in the evening) or 2 (a light one in the morning and a hearty one in the evening).