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In 1939 it was recognised by the Fédération Cynologique Internationale as a Yugoslav breed with the name 'Ilirski Ovčar' or 'Illyrian Shepherd Dog'; [2] In 1957, following a request from the Yugoslav Federation of Cynology (Jugoslovenski Kinološki Savez), the Fédération Cynologique Internationale agreed to change the official ...
The dog is named after the Karakachans, Greek nomadic shepherds. Due to their conservative stock-breeding traditions, they have preserved some of the oldest breeds of domestic animals in Europe: the Karakachan sheep, Karakachan horse and the Karakachan dog. This dog was used as a livestock guardian prized for its intelligence and fearless nature.
User:Sannse did a tremendous amount of research into what breed name was used by each major kennel club, what group the breeds belonged to, what the various alternative names were, and, in the leftmost column, the names that were the most common among the English-language breed clubs and/or on English web pages.
This list of dog breeds includes both extant and extinct dog breeds, varieties and types. A research article on dog genomics published in Science/AAAS defines modern dog breeds as "a recent invention defined by conformation to a physical ideal and purity of lineage". [1] According to BigThink, over 40% of the world's dog breeds come from the ...
Slovenian autochthonous breeds are Styrian Hen, [5] Bosnian Mountain Horse, [7] Lipizzan, Posavac, Slovenian Cold-blood, Cika cattle, Krškopolje pig, Bela Krajina Pramenka, Bovec sheep, Jezersko-Solčava sheep, [5] Improved Jezersko-Solčava sheep, [8] Istrian milk, Drežnica goat, Karst Shepherd dog and Carniolan honey bee (some also include ...
The Karst Shepherd Dog is a medium-sized dog with a long 'iron grey' coat. [3] The Karst Shepherd Dog's skull is slightly longer than its muzzle; the breed standard calls for a length of 13–14 cm (5.1–5.5 in) for the skull and a length of 11–12 cm (4.3–4.7 in) for the muzzle. The nose, eyelids, and lips are black in colour.
The Tornjak (pronounced), also known as the Bosnian-Herzegovinian sheepdog, is a recreated breed of livestock guardian dog native to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. [1] They are molosser-type mountain dogs, [1] similar to other livestock guardian breeds of the region, the Šarplaninac, Bucovina Shepherd Dog, and the Greek Shepherd.
The breed is used to hunt fox, hare, and small game, occasionally hunting larger animals such as deer or even wild boar. The breed was formerly known as the Yugoslavian Mountain Hound (Serbo-Croatian: jugoslovenski planinski gonič / југословенски планински гонич); the FCI changed the name on July 15, 1997. The first ...