Thursday, March 2, 2017

Kuvasz "cousins" -- 5 white guardian dog breeds of Europe

Thanks to WesternWynds in Texas for this link.

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“There are over 40 distinct livestock guardian dog breeds in existence today and each of these breeds does a good job of guarding and protecting their flocks. All were bred for similar use in various terrains and weather conditions.

"The Slovenský Čuvač is one of the five white flock guardian/sheepdogs found in Europe."



About the family of Livestock Guardian Dogs...
“To this day flocks are guarded in the hills of Asia, Europe and Africa* by powerful, robust dogs that are neither clumsy nor pacific. Despite the distances that separate them these breeds have much in common, and the Kuvasz is a member of this extended sheepdog family.”

From: Dr. Tibor Buzády, Dogs of Hungary, trans. Bernard Adams, Budapest, Hungary: Nóra Kiadó, 2002, p. 90

*[and now also in North America, South America and Australia]