Krisztián of Hungarikum Kuvasz Kennel in Ontario shares this photo of fun in the snow.
This photo showcases the distinctive Kuvasz pigment:
“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.”
From: Pál Sárkány and Imre Ócsag, Hungarian Dog Breeds, Budapest, Hungary: Corvina Kiadó, 1977, 2nd ed. 1986, p. 103.
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)
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