The Carpathian Shepherd Dog
(Ciobănesc Românesc Carpatin) is a breed of large sheep dogs that originated in
the Carpathian Mountains of Romania.
History
Alfred
Edmund Brehm (1829-1885) in (Animal's Life) wrote about these dogs. The first
data regarding the Romanian Carpathian Shepherd Dog was recorded in the
Veterinary Science Magazine, year XV, No. 2.
In
March 1998, a group of fans of the Carpathian Shepherd Dog founded the
Carpathian Shepherd Dogs Club. The club was later renamed the National Club of
Carpathian Shepherd Dog Breeders. The club observed that there many Carpathians
in Rucăr, Argeş County that are considered ancestors of today's Carpathians.
In
March 2003, at Bistriţa, an important conference of the factors involved in the
Romanian breeds took place. On July 6, 2005 in Buenos Aires, the approved the
provisional homologation of the Carpathian Shepherd Dog.
It
is theorized (although not proven) that the various Carpathian Shepherd Dog
breeds, as with other livestock guardian and Mountain dog breeds, are
descendant from dogs that were developed somewhere around 9,000 years ago in
Mesopotamia following the domestication of sheep and goats in the same area.
Health
The
breed has a life expectancy of about 12-14 years.
Temperament
A
very devoted, well-mannered, courageous dog, it has been said to battle bears
in an attempt to protect flocks of sheep or his master from harm.
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