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The Komondor is a large breed of dog—many are over 30 inches (76 cm) tall. The body is covered with a heavy, matted, corded coat. They have robust bodies, strongly muscled with long legs and a short back. The tail is carried with a slight curl. The body when seen sideways, forms a prone rectangle.
The Komondor (or several Komondors if there was a large amount of livestock) guarded the sheep or cattle mostly at night, while the Puli herded and guarded them during the day. When wolves or bears attacked the livestock, the Puli would alert the pack and the Komondors would come and fight the intruders.
A Labrador exhibiting a yellow coat colour. Domestic dogs exhibit diverse coat colours and patterns.In many mammals, different colour patterns are the result of the regulation of the Agouti gene, which can cause hair follicles to switch from making black or brown pigments to yellow or nearly white pigments.
Wavy hair is considered desirable in several breeds, but because it is heterozygous, these breeds do not breed true for coat type. Corded coats, like those of the Puli and Komondor are thought to be the result of continuously growing curly coats (long + wire + curly) with double coats, though the genetic code of corded dogs has not yet been ...
File:Komondor Westminstr Dog Show.jpg Picture showing a very small Komondor dog for knowledge purposes the picture shows a non typical dog ( picture taken at Westminster Dog Show) Look at that picture (middle of the article, 4th pic from top). This is a Hungarian dog magazine, but I doubt the picture has a free license. But you can link to it.
Sam Sheepdog, by contrast, is a large, burly Berger de Brie with white or tan fur and a mop of red hair that usually covers his eyes. He very rarely runs and tends to be sedentary in his movements. He very rarely runs and tends to be sedentary in his movements.
The South Russian Ovcharka [a] or South Russian Shepherd Dog is breed of flock guardian dog.It developed in the areas of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union that are now Ukraine and southern Russia, and is thought to derive from cross-breeding between local dogs of the Russian steppes and long-haired shepherd dogs brought to the area from Spain in the late eighteenth century together with ...
The Pointer, sometimes called the English Pointer, is a medium-sized breed of pointing dog developed in England.Pointers are used to find game for hunters, and are considered by gundog enthusiasts to be one of the finest breeds of its type; however, unlike most other hunting breeds, its purpose is to point, not retrieve game.