Can de Chira
Also known as: Perro pastor altoaragonés
Breed at a glance
- Origin
- Aragon ( Spain )
- Weight
- Males
- Height
- Males
- Coat
- mid-length, longer on body and limbs, shorter on head and neck
- Colour
- black with white face, limbs, chest and belly
- Other names
- Perro pastor altoaragonés
intro
The Can de Chira or Perro pastor altoaragonés is a Spanish breed of herding dog from the mountainous Alto Aragon region in the northern part of the autonomous community of Aragon , in north-eastern Spain. [ 1 ] : 522 [ 2 ] : 11 Accounts of similar dogs used by Spanish graziers to herd sheep and cattle date back several centuries; the earliest photographs date from the early twentieth century. [ 1 ] : 522 [ 2 ] : 11 The Can de Chira was formerly widely distributed in the Province of Huesca and in neighbouring areas; [ 1 ] : 522 [ 2 ] : 11 it was used by the shepherds of Aragon, and by those of Navarre , Occitanie and Catalonia . [ 3 ] : 93 In the twenty-first century the small number of remaining animals are concentrated principally in the comarcas of Ribagorza and Sobrarbe . [ 1 ] : 522 [ 2 ] : 11