"Estrela" (mountain culminating at 2000m in the Iberian Peninsula.)
It is a breed of dog with long coat of Louvet dress.
Traditionally this dog is nicknamed by the shepherds "O CACHORRO URSO" which translates literally by THE BEARING DOG.
Nowadays, used by shepherds in the summer season for the protection of herds against wolves, as well as for its own protection of the shepherd and his business.
In winter it is used as a sled dog.
Until the end of the nineteenth century, he served for hunting Brown Bear big predator herds at summer pastures.
Highly prized bull guards to help him raised in semi-freedom, but also served them to hunt wild bull.
He was useful in campaigning for the hunting of deer and wild boar.
Afterwards the falconers were selected to raise the game and help catch it.
It was found in ancient writings that it was drawn up for war by the Iberians (people of the Caucasus who migrated to the Iberian Peninsula about 10,000 years ago) and by the Celts (populated from the east of the Europe that migrated to the peninsula 5000 years ago).
These dogs are the direct descendants of what is now called "Caucasian Shepherds".
Shepherds and gardians (bull guardian) still practice a martial art inherited from the Celts that are called fighting sticks. This duel is practiced with a stick of 5 feet, against one or more opponents to the sound of Iberian bagpipes that are called "gaita" and drums legacy of the Roman legions.
This fighting technique was incorporated into medieval cavalry in the 15th century by King D. Duarte.
Also used by the Gothic nobility in the peninsula in the fourth century AD, as a dog of war, to keep their camps and as a big game hunting dog as well as hunting auxiliary for falconer on horseback.
Legend has it that the Goths (another name for Odin) are the descendants of Paris; After the fall of Troy in the 24th century BC, thanks to the treachery of Ullysse (Trojan horse), the Greeks won this war, which had been going on for several decades, and Paris and his family fled to Scandinavia. In the year ZERO of our era the king Beric (mythical king of the Scandinavians) debarca with these hordes in Poland. The most famous of these savage hordes, which swept and devastated the Roman empire is the golden horde. At lv s. After the fall of the Roman Empire they were the lords of the Iberian Peninsula until the invasion of the Moors in the 7th century.
The tradition and the wisdom of the shepherds wants that over the centuries, and in order to be able to reinforce the genetic diversity,
Legend has it that these dogs are crossed with wolves.
It is a breed of dog with long coat of Louvet dress.
Traditionally this dog is nicknamed by the shepherds "O CACHORRO URSO" which translates literally by THE BEARING DOG.
Nowadays, used by shepherds in the summer season for the protection of herds against wolves, as well as for its own protection of the shepherd and his business.
In winter it is used as a sled dog.
Until the end of the nineteenth century, he served for hunting Brown Bear big predator herds at summer pastures.
Highly prized bull guards to help him raised in semi-freedom, but also served them to hunt wild bull.
He was useful in campaigning for the hunting of deer and wild boar.
Afterwards the falconers were selected to raise the game and help catch it.
It was found in ancient writings that it was drawn up for war by the Iberians (people of the Caucasus who migrated to the Iberian Peninsula about 10,000 years ago) and by the Celts (populated from the east of the Europe that migrated to the peninsula 5000 years ago).
These dogs are the direct descendants of what is now called "Caucasian Shepherds".
Shepherds and gardians (bull guardian) still practice a martial art inherited from the Celts that are called fighting sticks. This duel is practiced with a stick of 5 feet, against one or more opponents to the sound of Iberian bagpipes that are called "gaita" and drums legacy of the Roman legions.
This fighting technique was incorporated into medieval cavalry in the 15th century by King D. Duarte.
Also used by the Gothic nobility in the peninsula in the fourth century AD, as a dog of war, to keep their camps and as a big game hunting dog as well as hunting auxiliary for falconer on horseback.
Legend has it that the Goths (another name for Odin) are the descendants of Paris; After the fall of Troy in the 24th century BC, thanks to the treachery of Ullysse (Trojan horse), the Greeks won this war, which had been going on for several decades, and Paris and his family fled to Scandinavia. In the year ZERO of our era the king Beric (mythical king of the Scandinavians) debarca with these hordes in Poland. The most famous of these savage hordes, which swept and devastated the Roman empire is the golden horde. At lv s. After the fall of the Roman Empire they were the lords of the Iberian Peninsula until the invasion of the Moors in the 7th century.
The tradition and the wisdom of the shepherds wants that over the centuries, and in order to be able to reinforce the genetic diversity,
Legend has it that these dogs are crossed with wolves.