Pyrenean Mountain Dog
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The Pyrenean Mountain Dog is a French breed of livestock guardian dog. In France, it is commonly called the Patou. It is known as the Great Pyrenees in the US. The breed originates from the eastern or
At a mountain hut, early twentieth century
The white
The white and badger
Maremmano-Abruzzese Sheepdog
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The Maremmano-Abruzzese Sheepdog is an Italian breed of livestock guardian dog. It is indigenous to central Italy, especially to the Maremma region of Tuscany and Lazio, and to northern areas of South
Pyrenean Mountain Dog
…along with those of the closely related Pyrenean Mastiff — were white livestock guardian dogs brought from Asia during Roman times, linking them to the Maremmano-Abruzzese Sheepdog of Italy and the Kuvasz of Hungary. Genomic analyses place the Pyrenean Mountain Dog within the same genetic clade as the Pharaoh Hound, Cirneco…
Pastore Maremmano Abruzzese, young dog
Roman copy of a Hellenistic bronze, in the Vatican Museums
Mariotto di Nardo, Natività, ca. 1385, showing a white shepherd dog with a spiked collar
Detail of the Journey of the Magi to Bethlehem by Benozzo Gozzoli