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About the Bouvier Des Flandres

About the Bouvier des Flandres

The Bouvier des Flandres is a large, rough-coated working dog from Flanders, a region split between Belgium and northern France. The Royal Kennel Club (RKC) places it in the Working group and explains that its name means cattle herder, the job it was first kept for.

Origin

By the late 19th century, farmers in Belgium and France kept several regional types of Bouvier to drive cattle and pull carts, and the breed club explains that the modern breed was developed from these farm dogs. The First World War, fought across the region, almost wiped the dogs out. The RKC credits Captain Barbry, a Belgian army vet, with rescuing a Bouvier during the war and then starting a careful breeding programme. The breed has since worked in tracking, carting and guarding, and as a military ambulance dog. The breed club dates its establishment in Britain to imports made in 1972 and 1973.

Size and appearance

The breed standard gives dogs a height of 62 to 68 cm and a weight of 35 to 40 kg; bitches stand 59 to 65 cm and weigh 27 to 35 kg. The body is short-coupled, well boned and strongly muscled, and a harsh beard and moustache give the face its stern look.

Coat and grooming

The outer coat is coarse, dry and around 6 cm long over a dense undercoat, rough-looking but never woolly or curly. Colours run from fawn to black, including brindle, and a small white chest star is permitted. The RKC lists daily grooming and does not class the breed as one that sheds; the breed club adds that dead undercoat must be brushed out to prevent mats, and that coats usually need trimming three or four times a year.

Exercise and home

The RKC suggests up to an hour of exercise a day and a large house with a large garden, in town or country, and gives life expectancy as over ten years. The breed club says the Bouvier needs company more than extreme amounts of exercise and should not live in a yard or kennel.

Temperament and suitability

The standard describes a calm, sensible dog with a lively look that shows intelligence, energy and boldness, and the breed club describes a steady, fearless family dog devoted to its owners. It suits households with room for a large dog and time for regular coat care. Browse Working group breeders, find Bouvier des Flandres breeders, or read our buyer safety guide.

Bouvier Des Flandres health tests

Bouvier des Flandres health and testing

The Bouvier des Flandres is in Breed Watch Category 1, the category the RKC uses for breeds with no visible health concerns linked to conformation. The RKC says there are currently no additional breed-specific breeding restrictions for the Bouvier.

The RKC's good-practice advice for the breed is to prioritise genetic diversity, which matters in a breed the breed club describes as numerically small in the UK. Its best-practice list covers hips, elbows and eyes. Dogs must be at least a year old for hip scoring and elbow grading; the BVA recommends breeding only from dogs with an elbow grade of 0, and choosing dogs whose hip scores are below or close to the breed median.

The Bouvier des Flandres Club of Great Britain reports very few recorded health concerns in Bouviers bred in the UK, but describes conditions seen in the breed, including bloat (gastric dilatation-volvulus), hip and elbow dysplasia, cataract, glaucoma, hypothyroidism and subaortic stenosis. Its health page also discusses heart scanning by echocardiogram and thyroid blood tests.

Tests and schemes the RKC lists for the breed:

Good practice: prioritising genetic diversity
Best practice: BVA/KC Hip Dysplasia Scheme
Best practice: BVA/KC Elbow Dysplasia Scheme
Best practice: BVA/KC/ISDS Eye Scheme

No screening result guarantees a healthy puppy. Registered dogs' results can be checked on the RKC Health Test Results Finder.

Choosing a Bouvier Des Flandres breeder

Choosing a Bouvier des Flandres breeder

The breed club describes the Bouvier as a numerically small breed in the UK, so be prepared to wait for a suitable litter and to travel to see it. A responsible breeder will have hip-scored and elbow-graded both parents under the BVA/KC schemes, had their eyes examined, and checked the planned mating against the breed's average inbreeding coefficient. You can also ask whether the parents have had heart or thyroid checks, which the breed club's health page discusses. Expect to be asked questions in return: about your space, how you will manage the coat and what you want from a large working dog. The club's code of ethics asks members to hand over all relevant RKC documents and written dietary guidance, and to help rehome a dog if an owner's circumstances change. If you cannot find a litter, the club suggests contacting its secretary, who may know of available puppies.

Questions to ask the breeder:

What are the parents' hip scores and elbow grades, and how do the hip scores compare with the breed median?
When were both parents last examined under the BVA/KC/ISDS Eye Scheme?
What is the inbreeding coefficient for this mating, and how does it compare with the breed average?
Have the parents or close relatives had heart, thyroid or bloat problems?
How much grooming and trimming will the puppy need, and will you show me how to do it?

Bouvier Des Flandres questions

How big is a Bouvier des Flandres?

The breed standard gives dogs a height of 62 to 68 cm and a weight of 35 to 40 kg. Bitches are 59 to 65 cm and 27 to 35 kg.

How much grooming does a Bouvier des Flandres need?

The Royal Kennel Club lists daily grooming. The coat is harsh, thick and around 6 cm long with a dense undercoat, and the breed club explains that dead undercoat must be brushed out to prevent matting and that coats usually need trimming three or four times a year.

Which health tests should a Bouvier's parents have?

The RKC lists hip and elbow scoring under the BVA/KC Hip and Elbow Dysplasia Schemes and an eye examination under the BVA/KC/ISDS Eye Scheme as best practice, and prioritising genetic diversity as good practice.

Is a Bouvier des Flandres suited to a small home?

The RKC lists the breed as suited to a large house with a large garden. It needs up to an hour of exercise a day and regular coat care, and the breed club stresses that it needs company rather than being kept in a yard or kennel.

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