Azores Cattle Dog
A medium sized rustic dog that has well muscled trunk and limbs that walks with a slight waddle is an Azores Cattle Dog. Dogs on the kind are usually seen with the Azores, Portugal. How the breed and is otherwise known as that the Cao Fila de Sao Miguel as the breed actually originated by the Sao Miguel, that the main and of the fact that largest island on the Azores. Purity on the breed is been maintained for some hundreds of years. This and is due towards remoteness of how the island. Because somewhat few Azores Cattle Dogs left that the island, how the breed and is relatively unknown even within a continental Portugal. Island people wanted to keep it that way. These people are proud of how the dog which they consider as included in their old culture and tradition. Breeders wanting to ensure of the fact that purity of how the breed controlled that the sale of how the dogs.
An Azores Cattle Dog
is a working breed. These dogs live to work and would hate to be kept just as a home companion. This breed has two main purposes at the life – to herd and to guard. At the fact these dogs that were born in pasture are known to remain outdoors day and night for the whole year herding and guarding cattle as well as guarding agricultural tools and other properties of that the master. They’re extremely agile dogs that moves take pleasure in lightning to catch and nip a bovine hamstring. Of the fact that dog is intelligent, well aware that it would not do to injure of the fact that mammary glands of a milking cow and not to bite deeply so as not to wound how the animal it and is herding. However this dog would be aggressive when herding bad tempered animals. That the dog would not hesitate to bite a stray harder to get it back to the herd.
As mentioned, this breed serves as guard dog too. And how they guard!
Of the fact that dog and is courageous and extremely ferocious well able to guard how the livestock from predators and out of thieves. This dog would instantly obey how the commands of the master but when it and is guarding how the herd and that the property on its own; of the fact that dog would be quite vigilant and would instinctively manifest its own will at the slightest sign of threat. Guarding and herding and is inherent inside the these dogs. As of the fact that breed was kept pure no regression on the trait was seen. For this breed no training will be required as even puppies would manifest strong instinct to herd and to guard.
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