This photo and article are from The National Pure Bred Dog website, the link to which is below.
The Big and Fluffy Romanian Baracul
"The mioritico is recognized by the long fur, by the abundant hair even on the muzzle. It is usually light in color and may have black spots. Previously it was called moccasins, barracks or flakes or mustaches."
Click here to see AKC info: akc.org/romanian-mioritic-shepherd-dog
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)
The Big and Fluffy Romanian Baracul
The “Romanian Baracul” is a massive fluffy dog covered in thick fluffy hair. It might be white, or it might be pale gray , but should have a “vigorous” appearance. Did we mention that it’s big and fluffy?
“Baracul” is the popular local name for the Romanian Mioritic Shepherd Dog, a breed deeply rooted in Romanian history and the Carpathian Mountains. It’s said that the oldest images of these dogs appear as carvings on the Roman column of the Emperor Trajan (98 AD – 117 AD),
Calm, vigilant and courageous, these livestock guardian dogs don’t know fear. They were, and are, used for hunting and by shepherds – bears, wolves, wild pigs, and lynx a few of their prey. As fierce as the breed can be when necessary, Mioritics love children.
Image from http://www.beautiful-dogs.com/breed/romanian-mioritic-shepherd-dog big-fluffy-romanian-baracul-aka-miortic
"The mioritico is recognized by the long fur, by the abundant hair even on the muzzle. It is usually light in color and may have black spots. Previously it was called moccasins, barracks or flakes or mustaches."
Click here to see AKC info: akc.org/romanian-mioritic-shepherd-dog
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)
Click here to see the Kuvasz History Klips blog!
