Estrela Mountain Dog

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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]

Other namesCão da Serra da Estrela
OriginPortugal
Height Males
Height Males
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Estrela Mountain Dog
A young dog
Female
Other namesCão da Serra da Estrela
OriginPortugal
Traits
Height Males 65–75 cm (26–30 in)
Females 62–71 cm (24–28 in)
Weight Males 45–60 kg (99–132 lb)
Females 35–45 kg (77–99 lb)
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
Kennel club standards
Clube Português de Canicultura standard
Associação Portuguesa do Cão da Serra da Estrela standard
Fédération Cynologique Internationale standard
Dog (domestic dog)
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Flock guardian in the Parque Natural da Serra da Estrela

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 

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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]

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