Kuvasz

The literal translation of the name of this race is ?safe guardian?, by the great natural qualities that it has like shepherd dog. From quite great size, it can get to have up to 75 cm. of raised to the cross. Provided with a dense, white and beautiful layer, maremmano-abrucés is enough similar to the Shepherd. Equipped with great force and resistance, it lives very well outdoors taking care of the house surely and the property, demonstrating a character signs on a par and determined of a great submission.
One says that it is known from the time of the hunos although the most acceptable hypothesis is the one than locates it in Hungary around century XIII, mattered by the cumanos, nomadic shepherds of Turkish origin who took refuge in the plains of this country, as a result of the Mongolian invasions.
Their origins are united therefore, to the one of the Eastern, descending dogs of mastín tibetano, that contributed to the creation of many races of shepherd of white layer like the Maremmano abrucés and the mountain Dog of the Pyrenees. Its moment of greater splendor had it in 1300 in the cut of king Matías, who was an enthusiastic criador and, used to say, that more insurance between its dogs felt that between its men. It has been always used like shepherd dog to take care of the flocks and herds, still numerous in Hungary. The diffusion outside its country of origin, is recent history.

It is a robust, strong dog, with a fierce and noble aspect. The head, considered like more beautiful and interesting part of its body, must be neither too heavy nor, worse still, excessively light. Eyes, trufa, palpebrales edges and labial comisura, must black and perfectly be pigmented. Therefore, the units, even young that do not present/display these characteristics, are penalized in the aids. The trunk is solid with strong extremities, the tail is of low insertion taking to the dog almost horizontally the terminal part. Walking is eloquent with lengthened pace. The layer is white, although also an ivory color is admitted slightly, with quite long, safe hair in the head.

Height and weight. Raised to the cross: males of 71 to 75 cm., females of 66 to 70 cm. Weight: males of 40 to 52 kg, females of 30 to 42 kg.

Head. Pointed, black Trufa like the labiales and palpebrales edges. Wide nasal cane, releases and straight line. Snout that weapon towards trufa. Extended skull of medium width, ample in the superior part. Frontal crack, pronouncing. Superciliary arcs moderately developed.

Eyes. Oblique, almendrados, of dark brown color. Stuck eyelids affluent to the ocular globe.

Ears. Located to the sides of the skull, located horizontally and doubled in the base, with form of ?cleared V?.

Neck. Of medium length, very muscular, inclined approximately 25º - 30º. Short nape of the neck. Without papada.

Previous extremities. Paletilla long and oblique. Long forearm with thin musculatura. Thin and strong ligaments that prolong the members towards the carpi. Extended feet, very closed, with elastic plants.

Body. The cross is over the body. Back of medium length. Ijares short. Grupa slightly sunk, wide and very muscular. Thorax very fallen, deep, not very wide. In center of the chest there is a protuberance formed by the breastbone and the strong musculatura. Belly very folded backwards.

Later extremities. Very muscular thighs and legs. Wide and long Corvejón. Vertical Tarso. Sunk Metatarso more than metacarpo. Feet longer than previous but the equal one of forts. The spurs are amputated.

Tail. Of low insertion, after grupa, it releases until corvejón, with the end returned upwards. When the dog is excited raises it over grupa.

Coat. Moderately long wave and (of 4 to 14 cm.) on the trunk, the extremities and in the tail, shorter in the head, the ears and the feet. White color or ivory.

FEEDING. The necessities of maintenance of this race have been calculated between 1,800 and 2,000 Kcal. daily for the females and between 2,000 and 2,500 for the males. The daily necessities of mineral salts and vitamins in the adult dog, have been determined in accordance with the following amounts that they already enter the food if this one is varied of meat and vegetables: calcium, 6 g. ; phosphorus, 5 g. ; vitamin To, 0.82 mg.; vitamin D, 6.7 mg. Being a dog of great size, individual attention will have to be put in this contribution during first stage of life when the necessities are many, nevertheless, a superdose of vitamin and salts can, on the other hand, produce irreversible damages as quite often it happens.

DAILY CARES. Provided with a strong, tightened, short hair and wave, with a woolly subhair, the Kuvasz mainly requires a periodic use of the brush, in the points where that one is longer, like in the trunk and the end of the tail.

WITH THE VETERINARIAN. Since to this dog it likes to live outdoors, it is from fundamental importance just a short time of cutting spurs to him after the birth.

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