Click here -- Abruzzese website -- for lots of pictures and info on the LGDs in Italy.
Also see: Maremmano Abruzzese Shepherd
What is the real name of the breed?
Abruzzese Shepherd, Mastiff or Abruzzese Maremma?
How did these names come about? In the monographs section an article analyzes the etymological history of these names.
Click here to learn how the name developed over the years: abruzzese.org/monografie/nomedellarazza
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!
