Interesting facts about the history of the Komondor breed
Big Dog | August 26th, 2010
- The Komondor is a very ancient breed: the earliest written reference is from the 16th century.
- The origins still aren’t perfectly clear: some studies suggest that it was brought to Hungary by the nomad Magyars, while other researchers say that they came from the Cumans, and that is where it got its name from. The Encyclopedia Britannica proves the first version.
- The original role of the breed is to guard livestocks and it is still used fro this purpose nowadays.
- The breed began to take part in dog shows from the early 1920’s.
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