The COOP Jednota supermarket in Slovakia has a series of TV ads that feature two men in rural Slovakia along with their Chuvach (Čuvač), named Duncho (Dunčo). The Slovakian Chuvach (Čuvač) is a "cousin" of the Hungarian Kuvasz.
Click here to see: COOP Jednota TV ad about sheep herding.
Click here to see more videos on the store's FB page:
COOP Jednota
Click here to see: COOP Jednota TV ad about sheep herding.
Click here to see more videos on the store's FB page:
COOP Jednota
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. 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)
“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
. *(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.