Andrea of Majna-menti Mákvirág Kuvasz Kennel in Germany shares this photo of young Derrick.
This photo showcases a happy Kuvasz trait: “The eyes are almond shaped and oblique, which gives the dog a lively appearance, as if smiling; one can easily tell what is in its mind from its lively, rapidly reacting expression.” *
It also showcases the distinctive coloring of the Kuvasz: “The skin has a lot of pigment, and is slate grey. The nose, the eyelids and the lips are always black....The pads are dark gray, the nails slate gray.” **
* Dr. Tibor Buzády, Dogs of Hungary, trans. Bernard Adams (Budapest, Hungary: Nóra Kiadó, 2002), p. 100.
** From: Pál Sárkány and Imre Ócsag, Hungarian Dog Breeds, Budapest, Hungary: Corvina Kiadó, 1977, 2nd ed. 1986, p. 103.