Estrela Mountain Dog
Also known as: Cão da Serra da Estrela
Breed at a glance
- Origin
- Portugal
- Weight
- Males
- Height
- Males
- Coat
- either long or short, with thick undercoat
- Colour
- fawn, grey or yellow in any shade, either solid or brindled ; wolf-grey with fawn, grey or yellow tones
- Other names
- Cão da Serra da Estrela
Use
In the twenty-first century, some of the dogs have been used to protect flocks from Iberian wolves – which are themselves a protected species. [ 10 ]
intro
The Estrela Mountain Dog or Cão da Serra da Estrela is a Portuguese breed of large flock guardian dog indigenous to the Serra da Estrela mountain range in central Portugal. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ]
History
The breed has been developed in the mountains of Serra da Estrela, in what is now Portugal. [ 6 ] : 90 [ 7 ] A breed society , the Associação Portuguesa do Cão da Serra da Estrela , was established in Lisbon in December 1986; the statutes of the association were published early the next year in the Diário da República , the official gazette of the Republic. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] : 1969