The breed's numbers dwindled severely during World War II, but the dog made a successful return in the 1970s.

A well trained Broholmer should be calm, good tempered, and friendly, yet watchful towards strangers.

The coat is short and harsh, and the color can be light or brownish yellow, or black.

[2] It was discovered in the recent years (2016) that the Broholmers that were imported into the United States were all afflicted with degenerative myelopathy (DM), a spontaneously occurring, adult-onset spinal cord disorder that affects dogs, and is similar to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig's disease in humans (1).

With DM, there is degeneration of the “white matter” of the spinal cord and the peripheral nerves.