Barbara of Ikladkerti Kuvasz Kennel in Hungary shares this photo of her 8-week-old pup.
This photo showcases the Kuvasz feature of dark gray or black pigmentation:
“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 grey, the nails slate grey.”*
This photo also 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.”**
*From: Pál Sárkány and Imre Ócsag, Hungarian Dog Breeds, Budapest, Hungary: Corvina Kiadó, 1977, 2nd ed. 1986, p. 103.
**Dr. Tibor Buzády, Dogs of Hungary, trans. Bernard Adams (Budapest, Hungary: Nóra Kiadó, 2002), p. 100.