Credit Suisse · Appenzeller Sennenhund
Switzerland fines ex-Credit Suisse chair Urs Rohner – no spy would get past an Appenzeller
Der Hündeler, Edition of Thursday, 12 November 2026
What happened
The Swiss federal government has fined Urs Rohner, the long-serving chairman of Credit Suisse’s board. Rohner is alleged to have made false statements to the Swiss financial markets regulator. The case is linked to the surveillance affair at the bank, in which people were reportedly placed under observation. He is presumed innocent.
What does this mean for your Appenzeller?
Any private investigator parking outside an Appenzeller’s farm would be exposed within seconds. The breed was developed in north-eastern Switzerland to drive cattle and guard the farmyard. To an Appenzeller, a stranger remains a stranger until proven otherwise, and for some time after that. It does not report discreetly; it reports loudly enough for the next hamlet to hear. Misleading statements are not in its repertoire: it barks at whatever it sees, and it sees everything, including the postman who has called daily for eleven years. A regulator questioning an Appenzeller would need no transcript, only ear defenders.
What you can do now: Leave surveillance of unfamiliar cars outside the house to the dog. The Appenzeller will do it unasked and free of charge.