Friday, December 20, 2019

Christmas 2019 - COOP Jednota TV ad -- "Duncho and puppy"

The COOP Jednota supermarket in Slovakia has a series of TV ads that feature two men in rural Slovakia and their Chuvach (Čuvač), named Duncho (Dunčo). The Slovakian Chuvach (Čuvač) is a Kuvasz "cousin." 

Click here to see the latest TV ad (1:32):   COOPJednota/videos/Christmas 2019

Given the rural setting of the ads, it's appropriate that he uses a garden hoe as a selfie stick.
Click here to see more videos on the store's FB page: facebook.com/COOPJednota


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,” as is the 
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From:  Dr. Buzády Tibor. 2002. Dogs of Hungary. Translated by Bernard Adams. Budapest, Hungary: Nóra Kiadó.  P. 90.

*(and now also in North America, South America and Australia)


Nomenclature info:
- FCI lists the breed as
- The American Kennel Club lists the breed as a Foundation Stock Service and calls it the Slovensky Cuvac.


Click here to see the Kuvasz History Klips blog!