The Šarplaninac (pronounced shar-pla-NEE-natz) or Sharplaninec, also known as Yugoslav Shepherd Dog , is an ancient livestock guarding dog breed from the mountain region of former southeastern Yugoslavia now the south of Kosovo and the north of Republic of Macedonia.The Šarplaninac was first registered by the Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI) in 1939 as the Illyrian Shepherd dog, after the ancient name of the region. In 1957 the General...
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The Šarplaninac (pronounced shar-pla-NEE-natz) or Sharplaninec, also known as Yugoslav Shepherd Dog , is an ancient livestock guarding dog breed from the mountain region of former southeastern Yugoslavia now the south of Kosovo and the north of Republic of Macedonia.The Šarplaninac was first registered by the Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI) in 1939 as the Illyrian Shepherd dog, after the ancient name of the region. In 1957 the General Assembly of the F.C.I. accepted a motion proposed by the Yugoslavian Federation of Cynology to change the name of the breed to "Yugoslavian Shepherd Dog Šarplanina", after the Šar Mountains Located in Kosovo, Macedonia, and Albania (Šar Planina in Macedonian & Serbian ) where the breed is most common.
The Šarplaninac is a large, muscular, strongly-built dog. The body is slightly longer than the height at the withers, and the front legs account for approximately 55% of the height. The head is large but proportional to the body, with dark eyes....
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