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The 3 Serbian breeds: some of the toughest dogs

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2025. January 19 - Photos: Getty Images Hungary

The Serbian dog breeds are not the easiest to collect because of the changes and rearrangements in the former Yugoslavia.

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Next up are the Serbian dog breeds!

Serbian Yellow Hound:

Here are the Serbian dog breeds recognised by the FCI

1.) Yugoslavian Shepherd Dog (Sarplanina)

The Yugoslavian Shepherd Dog claimed by both Serbs and Macedonians as their own. Both countries are also listed on the breed’s FCI (Fédération Cynologique Internationale) pedigree as the countries of origin. It takes its name from the Šar Mountains on the border between Kosovo and northern Macedonia. It is still most common in this area, but can be found all over the world. The breed has been registered by the FCI since 1939; it was first recognised as a Yugoslavian breed under the name of the Irish Sheepdog. In 1957, the General Assembly accepted the proposal of the Yugoslav Kinological Association and the breed was renamed the Sarplanina Sheepdog. Its origin remains controversial to this day. However, it seems likely that it arrived in Europe from Asia during the prehistoric migrations.

The original type of the breed has been preserved only in those parts of the country where intensive cattle breeding is still predominant, i.e. where this dog can fulfil its original role as guardian of herds and protector against predators. In Western countries, it is increasingly common to see it as a family dog.

Yugoslavian Shepherd Dog

2.) Srpski Gonič (Serbian Hound)

The breed belongs to a group of tracking dogs that have spread throughout the Balkans. It is believed that tracking dogs from Anatolia (Asia Minor) played an important role in the development of the breed. The first description of these dogs is striking, but is thought to date from 1005. The evidence is thanks to Frank Laska, who described it as the “Balkan scent hound” along with other similar dogs. First standard was developed in 1924, but was not adopted until 1940. As the breed was most widespread in Serbia, the Yugoslavian Kinological Association controlled the breeding and introduced the first official registrations in the studbook. In 1996, the FCI meeting, on the basis of a proposal by the association, gave the Balkan scent hound (Balkan scent hound or Balkan hound) its current name, and it is now Srpski Gonič or Serbian Hound. Traditionally kept as a pack dog. Its usual prey includes wild boar, deer, fox and rabbit.

Serbian Hound

3.) Srpski Trobojni Gonič (Serbian Tricolour Hound)

The Serbian Tricolour Hound has the same origin as the other Balkan hounds. Very importantly, in 1946 the theory that this breed was merely a variant of the Serbian kopo was disproved. The Tricolour was therefore recognised as a separate breed with its own standard by the FCI in 1961. Its original name was the Yugoslavian Tricolour, which of course changed after the independence of the Yugoslav member states. They are also considered to be particularly versatile hunters. They are often hunted in small packs for wild boar, rabbit, fox and deer. This dogs identify prey predominantly by scent, but also take advantage of their keen eyesight. Almost nowhere to be found outside its native range, it is an extremely rare species, thought by many to be on the brink of extinction.

The Serbian Yellow Hound (Srpski Žuti Gonič) and the Serbian Shepherd (Srpski Pastirski Pas)

It is worth mentioning briefly the two types mentioned above. The Serbian Yellow Hound is a non-standardised variety, but the Committee for Indigenous Varieties of the Yugoslav Kinological Association recommended as early as 1954 that the standards in force for the Serbian Tricolour Hound should be adopted for the Serbian Yellow Hound. It was later recognised as a separate breed in its home country, but is still not registered by the FCI. According to some sources, it is a popular breed, according to others it is extremely rare and on the verge of extinction.

Ilyen volt a DOGZ Mikulás Falkaséta a Városligetben

Több száz kutya és még ennél is több gazdi lepte el a Városligetet december 7-én.

A helyszínen készült fantasztikus képeket ITT nézhetitek meg, és ide kattintva videót is találtok az első DOGZ Mikulás falkasétáról!

The Serbian Shepherd Dog really worked us hard to figure out what he was all about. The breed is described as having been present in the hills and mountains of southern Serbia for centuries as a herding dog. It is similar in sound the Bukovina Shepherd Dog which is no coincidence! The breed was first presented and evaluated at the International Dog Show in Belgrade in 2004 and was officially recognised by the FCI as the Bukovina Shepherd Dog in 2009.

Serbian Shepherd Dog:

Throughout history, the Balkan territories have undergone a number of changes in terms of their division and affiliation. Thus, we are confronted with a number of interesting, but often difficult to interpret, descriptions of the varieties. For this reason, it is perhaps not so strange that there is also a Serbian Tornjak (Srpski Tornjak) (the Tornjak originally a Croatian variety), or Vojvodina Pulin (Vojvođanski Pulin), which is the Mudi and Croatian Shepherd Dog or the Croatian dog. Neither of the former is a purebred breed, nor is the Serbian protection dog (srpski odbrambeni pas; SOP).

Sarplanina Serbian shepherd dogs Yugoslavian Shepherd Dog

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