Mountain dog

This article is about canidae and dogs. For for other uses, see Mountain dog (disambiguation).

Mountain dog is a generic form of canidae, dog, dog breed or landrace typically from mountain environs.

They are often a working dog, particularly a livestock or flock guardian or farm dog. By and large, these dogs tend to have a claimed Molosser dog in their genetic heritage.^[1][2][3] Most have a double coat.

Groupings

• FCI Pinscher and Schnauzer, Molossoid and Swiss Mountain Dog Group is a designation used only by the Fédération Cynologique Internationale^[3]
• Swiss mountain dog or Sennenhund called Swiss mountain dogs or Swiss Cattle Dogs are farm dogs^[3]

Specific breeds or landraces

• Aidi or Atlas Mountain Dog, a flock guard dog from Morocco
• Turkish Akbash Dog
• Alpine Mastiff an extinct breed and progenitor of the St. Bernard, among other Mountain dog breeds. Also known as Barry Dog and Saint Dog.
• American Akita
• Armenian mountain dog, alternative names being the Armenian Gampr and Armenian wolfhound. An alleged prototypical source of dog genetics and a landrace, not just a breed.^[4]
• Appenzeller Sennenhund (redirect from Appenzell Mountain Dog) is a medium-size breed of dog, one of the four Schnauzer-Molossoid breeds- Swiss Mountain and Cattle Dogs
• Bernese Mountain Dog called in Swiss German the Berner Sennenhund, a large breed of dog, one of the four breeds of Sennenhund
• Bucovina Shepherd Dog
• Carpathian Shepherd Dog a/k/a Alabai
• Caucasian Shepherd Dog (redirect from Caucasian Mountain Dog)(Georgian კავკასიური ნაგაზი "Kavkasiuri nagazi"), a/k/a Kavkaz Volkodav, which is a subvariant
• Central Asian Shepherd Dog
• Entlebucher Mountain Dog or Entlebucher Mountain Dog is the smallest of the four Sennenhunds in Switzerland, recognized by the American Kennel Club on January 26, 2011.^[5]
• Estrela Mountain Dog is a breed of dog that has been used to guard herds and homesteads in the Estrela Mountains of Portugal
• Gaddi Kutta is a mastiff-type dog found in northern India, the Himalayas region (Himachal Pradesh). They are also called the Indian Panther Hound, as well as Mahidant Mastiff. It is a multipurpose hunting dog, flock guardian and herding dog, and is reputed to be strong enough to repulse attacks by snow leopards.
• Greater Swiss Mountain Dog Grosser Schweizer Sennenhund or Grand Bouvier Suisse is a dog breed which was developed in the Swiss Alps
• Great Pyrenees or Pyrenean Mountain Dog is a large breed of dog, used as a livestock guardian dog
• Greek Shepherd a/k/a Hellenikos Poimenikos or Greek Sheepdogbbb
• Himalayan Sheepdog or Bhote kukur, a rare breed from Nepal.
• Hovawart, included per F.C.I.
• Karakachan Dog
• Karst Shepherd
• Kuchi (dog) originating in Afghanistan, some of which are said to be in a "Mountain" form
• Kumaon Mastiff or Indian Sindh Mastiff is an endangered breed
• Kuvasz
• Leonberger, a cross between a Barry Dog, a Landseer Newfoundland and a Great Pyrenees. Flock guard, carting and water rescue dogs, that generally do not drool despite their large size.
• Maremma Sheepdog, an Italian flock guard dog
• Mioritic is a large breed of livestock guardian dog that originated in the Carpathian Mountains of Romania.
• Moscow Water Dog, an extinct lifesaving dog, which was a biter due to genetic heritage.
• Newfoundland (dog) and Landseer (treated separately by the F.C.I.)
• Rafeiro do Alentejo
• Cão de Gado Transmontano
• Cão de Castro Laboreiro
• Pyrenean Mastiff
• Šarplaninac (redirect from Sharr Mountain Dog) Yugoslav Shepherd or Illyrian Shepherd Dog, is an ancient livestock guarding dog breed from the Šar Mountains region in the Balkans.
• Slovakian Cuvac
• Spanish Mastiff
• St. Bernard a very large breed of working dog from the Italian and Swiss Alps, originally bred as a Search and rescue dog.
• St. John's Water Dog, a/k/a Lesser Newfoundland, an extinct precursor of the Newfoundland; ancestor of the modern Retrievers: including Flat Coated, Chesapeake Bay, Golden, and Labrador.
• Tatra Mountain Sheepdog or Polish Tatra Sheepdog
• Tibetan Mastiff
• Tornjak (redirect from Bosnian mountain dog) is a mountain sheep dog native to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia

See also

• Montenegrin Mountain Hound or Yugoslavian Mountain Hound
• Formosan Mountain Dog
• Honshū Wolf, sometimes called "mountain dog" in Japanese

References

1. ^ Marien-De Luca, Catherine. "Molosser dog definition". Dog Breeds of the World. http://www.bulldoginformation.com/molossers-mastiff-type-dogs.html. Retrieved January 14, 2011. 
2. ^ Marien-De Luca, Catherine. "Molosser dog history". Dog Breeds of the World. http://www.bulldoginformation.com/molossers-mastiff-breeds-history.html. Retrieved January 14, 2011. 
3. ^ ^{a b c} "FCI Breeds Nomenclature". Federation Cynologique Internationale. http://www.fci.be/nomenclature.aspx. Retrieved January 15, 2011. 
4. ^ "Characterisitics". Armenian Gampr Club of America. http://www.gampr.org/characteristics.html. Retrieved April 28, 2011. 
5. ^ "Three New Breed Recognized by AKC". Globe and Mail. January 26, 2011. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/americas/american-kennel-club-recognizes-three-new-dog-breeds/article1884112/?cmpid=rss1. Retrieved January 26, 2011. 

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