As wildfires rage in CA, we remember Odin and wildfire

With wildfires burning in the western US, we remember Odin, a rough Akbash in California, who saved his goats from a wildfire in October 2017.

Click here to see his story:

kuvaszklips.blogspot/kuvasz-cousin-odin-hero-pyrenees

 

 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. Buzády Tibor. 2002. Dogs of Hungary. Translated by Bernard Adams. Budapest, Hungary: Nóra Kiadó.  P. 100.

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

Click here to see the Kuvasz History Klips blog!

As wildfires rage in CA, we remember Sofie and Tad and wildfire

The local newspaper report is here:  100milefreepress.net/community/dogs-stick-with-sheep-through-wildfire, August 24, 2017.

Click here for Wikipedia article: 2017_British_Columbia_wildfires

Click here to see another heroic LGD in the fires: kuvasz-cousin-odin-hero in California, dated October 21, 2017.

Odin got a lot more media coverage than Sophie and Tad did for doing the same thing. All are brave LGDs!

Click here to see the Kuvasz History Klips blog!

As wildfires rage in CA, we remember the Lytton wildfire

Click here to read the story about the fire which raged in July 2021:  lgds-survive-lytton-wildfire

 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. Buzády Tibor. 2002. Dogs of Hungary. Translated by Bernard Adams. Budapest, Hungary: Nóra Kiadó.  P. 100.

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

Click here to see the Kuvasz History Klips blog!

Happy New Year 2025

Mariette of Kuvasz Kennel vom Quecksilber in Germany shares this photo of her Kamaree, a 7-month-old female, and sends best wishes for the new year.

Happy New Year 2025

Bivalytói Büszke Kennel in Hungary wishes everyone a happy new year!

 

2024 Happy New Year

From buek-boldog-uj-evet-kivanok:

Merry Christmas, 2024

The Kuvasz is in the lower left corner.

See other pictures at Christmas, creche, and Kuvasz

Christmas 2024 -- Merry Christmas from Kuvasz Klips

 Card from Zazzle.com.

Christmas 2024 -- Kuvasz "cousin", the Great Pyrenees

Maurice Richard, my rescued Great Pyrenees, sends holiday greetings from the Rainbow Bridge. He had a genetic defect that kept him from growing, but he had a good time in the 2-1/2 years of life he was granted. He died soon after this photo was taken.

2024 AKC National Championship Show in Orlando, Dec. 14 and 15

 

Click here for more info:  akcdogshow2024live/

2024 AKC National show in Orlando--RACH Invitational, Dec. 12 and 13

 

Kuvasz Klips is 12 years old!

Today's date is 12-12-24; Kuvasz Klips was started on 12-12-12! Kuvasz Klips is twelve years old!

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.” 

Dr. Buzády Tibor. 2002. Dogs of Hungary. Translated by Bernard Adams. Budapest, Hungary: Nóra Kiadó.  P. 100.

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

Click here to see the Kuvasz History Klips blog!

Christmas 2024 -- Seven TV commercials which include Kuvasz "cousin", the SLOVENSKÝ ČUVAČ (Slovakian Chuvach)

COOP Jednota is a supermarket chain in Slovakia. Click below on links to their Christmas-themed videos: 

COOP Jednota -- 2024 TV ad   See info on the golden fish below.

I never found a Christmas video for 2023

 COOP Jednota/video/Christmas 2022

COOP Jednota -- Christmas-2021-tv-ad

COOP Jednota -- 2020-christmas-tv-ad

COOP Jednota -- 2019-Christmas-tv-ad

COOP Jednota -- Christmas-2018-tv ad

COOP Jednota -- Christmas 2017 This ad has English subtitles.

What is the golden fish in the 2024 ad? A carp!

I guess they serve carp soup in Slovakia as well as Hungary.

The COOP Jednota actors have their carp in a barrel of fresh water in their living room instead of a bathtub.

From buek-boldog-uj-evet-kivanok

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.” 

Dr. Buzády Tibor. 2002. Dogs of Hungary. Translated by Bernard Adams. Budapest, Hungary: Nóra Kiadó.  P. 100.

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

Click here to see the Kuvasz History Klips blog!

Christmas 2024 -- "Homeward Bound II" Disney movie, co-starring a Kuvasz, from 1996

This 1996 Disney movie features talking animals, including a Kuvasz named Delilah.

Click here for purchasing info: homeward+bound+2+movie

Christmas 2024--movies featuring Pyrs, Kuvasz's "cousins"

Here's a list of movies featuring Pyrenees pups -- Kuvasz "cousins" -- that you can watch during the Christmas season, kids and adults alike.

"Santa-buddies"

This movie is one of a series of Disney movies about Golden Retrievers, but this differs in that it has a Pyr as a guest star.

 

Click here for purchase info:  "Santa-Buddies"--with-Pyr

"Santa Paws 2--The Santa Pups"

Click here for purchase info:  "Santa Paws 2--The Santa Pups"

"The Search for Santa Paws"

Click here for purchase info:  the+search+for+santa+paws

"The Search for Santa Paws, an All New Movie"

Click here for info: The_Search_for_Santa_Paws, An All-New Movie

Christmas stamps with Kuvasz and creche -- posted for 2024

This set of Christmas stamps was created for the South Pacific island of Vanuatu in 1982 by Gyula Vasarhelyi, a prominent stamp designer who was from Hungary. See the Kuvasz in the lower left corner of this manger scene.

This is the same artwork, but better resolution and the perforations for the stamps are gone.

Christmas stamps with Kuvasz -- posted for 2024

Gyula Vasarhelyi, a prominent stamp designer who was from Hungary, created these stamps with Christmas themes and included his Kuvasz in the designs.

Click here to see the Kuvasz History Klips blog!

2024 National Dog Show -- Kuvasz

Owner: Caroline Clegg & Brian Mary Clegg, Lebanon, OH 450369057. 

Breeder: Michael & Monica Altit.

(I need to work on this font but I wanted to get the post up as soon as I could.)

Congratulations!

Photo is a screenshot from video.

Click here to see the link for the.nationaldogshow.com/kennel-club-of-philadelphia/

2024 National Dog Show -- Pyr falls asleep near ring

Click here to see the link for the.nationaldogshow.com/kennel-club-of-philadelphia/

Photo is a screen shot from Peacock TV and comments are from Reddit, r/greatpyrenees.

Happy Thanksgiving 2024

 Happy Thanksgiving!

185,000 views of Kuvasz Klips!

,000 

There have now been  185,000 viewings of Kuvasz Klips! There are 7,141 posts on the blog. This blog has been seen in 105 countries around the world, in all 6 continents of the world where dogs live: North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Kuvasz live in all, now including Africa, where several Kuvasz "cousins" also live. (Or 5 continents if considering that Europe and Asia are actually one continent, Eurasia.) These are amazing numbers for a blog written about a fairly obscure subject, a rare dog breed, the Kuvasz! 

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. Buzády Tibor. 2002. Dogs of Hungary. Translated by Bernard Adams. Budapest, Hungary: Nóra Kiadó.  P. 100.

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

Click here to see the Kuvasz History Klips blog!

Kijara-Ihana

 

Mariette of KUVASZ KENNEL VOM QUECKSILBER VDH/FCI SEIT 1980 in Germany shares this photo of her

KIJARA-IHANA v. QUECKSILBER

Ths photo showcases many features of the Kuvasz, but here I'll focus on the ears:

“The ears are set high on the head. The upper third of the ears slightly stand away from the head but the rest of the leather droops close to the cheeks. They have the shape of a rounded V.” 

From: Pál Sárkány and Imre Ócsag. 1986. Hungarian Dog Breeds. 2nd ed. Budapest, Hungary: Corvina Kiadó. (Orig. pub. 1977.)  P. 102.

 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. Buzády Tibor. 2002. Dogs of Hungary. Translated by Bernard Adams. Budapest, Hungary: Nóra Kiadó.  P. 100.

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

Click here to see the Kuvasz History Klips blog!