Pál Erika of Fülöphegy-Fehér Kuvasz Kennel in Hungary shares this photo of mother and puppy from her kennel.
The photo of the mother showcases the distinctive texture of the full grown Kuvasz coat: “The hair is wavy and thick, a real characteristic of the breed....The coat of the Kuvasz is very attractive....White is the colour of this breed.”* "By Hungarian standard the straight coat is not acceptable. There must be special twirls in the coat."**
The photo of the puppy showcases the distinctive color of the Kuvasz skin. “The skin has dark pigmentation. The colour of the skin under the hair is also slate grey, best seen on the belly, where the hair is less thick than on the rest of the body.....The skin has a lot of pigment, and is slate grey. The nose, the eyelids and the lips are always black.*
*From: Pál Sárkány and Imre Ócsag. 1986. Hungarian Dog Breeds. 2nd ed. Budapest, Hungary: Corvina Kiadó. (Orig. pub. 1977.) Pp. 101, 103, 104.
** From: nativebreed.org/kuvasz/
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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