The Greater Swiss Mountain Dog (German: Grosser Schweizer Sennenhund or French: Grand Bouvier Suisse) is a dog breed which was developed in the Swiss Alps. The name Sennenhund refers to people called Senn or Senner, dairymen and herders in the Swiss Alps. Greater Swiss Mountain Dogs are almost certainly the result of indigenous dogs mating with large mastiff types brought to Switzerland by foreign settlers. The breed was also used as a butcher's dog, having been 'popular with butchers, cattle dealers, manual workers and farmers, who used them as guard dogs, droving or draught dogs and bred them as such.' Its popularity as a draft dog led to the nickname 'the poor man's horse'. In 1983 The Greater Swiss Mountain Dog Club of America registry contained 257 dogs. In 1985 the breed was granted entrance to the American Kennel Club (AKC) Miscellaneous Group and in July 1995 the Greater Swiss Mountain Dog was officially granted full recognition in the AKC Working Group.