Mountain dog is a generic form of dog, a group of similar or related dog breeds or landraces typically from mountain environs of central Eurasia.
They are often a working dog, particularly a livestock or flock guardian or farm dog. By and large, these dogs tend to have a claimed Molosser dog in their genetic heritage. Most have a double coat.
Specific breeds or landraces
Turkish Akbash Dog
Alpine Mastiff an extinct breed and progenitor of the St. Bernard, among other Mountain dog breeds. Also known as Barry Dog and Saint Dog.
Anatolian Shepherd Dog, Turkey
Armenian mountain dog, alternative names being the Armenian Gampr and Armenian wolfhound. An alleged prototypical source of dog genetics and a landrace, not just a breed.
Appenzeller Sennenhund (redirect from Appenzell Mountain Dog) is a medium-size breed of dog, one of the four Schnauzer-Molossoid breeds- Swiss Mountain and Cattle Dogs
Bernese Mountain Dog called in Swiss German the Berner Sennenhund, a large breed of dog, one of the four breeds of Sennenhund
Bucovina Shepherd Dog
Cão de Gado Transmontano, aka Transmontano Mastiff, is a large molosser working dog breed, originating in Portugal.
Carpathian Shepherd Dog
Caucasian Shepherd Dog (redirect from Caucasian Mountain Dog) (Georgian კავკასიური ნაგაზი "Kavkasiuri nagazi"),
Central Asian Shepherd Dog
Entlebucher Mountain Dog or Entlebucher Mountain Dog is the smallest of the four Sennenhunds in Switzerland, recognized by the American Kennel Club on January 26, 2011.
Estrela Mountain Dog is a breed of dog that has been used to guard herds and homesteads in the Estrela Mountains of Portugal
Gaddi Kutta is a Mastiff-type dog found in northern India, the Himalayas region (Himachal Pradesh). They are also called the Indian Panther Hound, as well as Mahidant Mastiff. It is a multipurpose hunting dog, flock guardian and herding dog, and is reputed to be strong enough to repulse attacks by snow leopards.
Georgian Shepherd Large and powerful Guard dog, ancient working dog.
Great Cambrian Shepherd Dog (Bugailgi Mawr Cymreig), a designer dog — combined Stock Guard/Herding breed developed in Cymru/Wales, ancestry; Pyrenean Mountain Dog and Welsh Sheepdog (Ci Defaid Cymreig).
Greater Swiss Mountain Dog Grosser Schweizer Sennenhund or Grand Bouvier Suisse is a dog breed which was developed in the Swiss Alps
Great Pyrenees or Pyrenean Mountain Dog is a large breed of dog, used as a livestock guardian dog
Greek Shepherd a/k/a Hellenikos Poimenikos or Greek Sheepdog
Himalayan Sheepdog or Bhote kukur, a rare breed from Nepal.
Hovawart, included per F.C.I.
Karakachan Dog
Karst Shepherd
Kuchi (dog) originating in Afghanistan, some of which are said to be in a "Mountain" form
Kumaon Mastiff or Indian Sindh Mastiff is an endangered breed
Kuvasz
Leonberger, a cross between a Barry Dog, a Landseer Newfoundland and a Great Pyrenees. Flock guard, carting and water rescue dogs, that generally do not drool despite their large size.
Maremma Sheepdog, an Italian flock guard dog
Mioritic is a large breed of livestock guardian dog that originated in the Carpathian Mountains of Romania.
Moscow Watchdog
Moscow Water Dog, an extinct lifesaving dog, which was a biter due to genetic heritage.
Newfoundland (dog) and Landseer (treated separately by the F.C.I.)
Pyrenean Mastiff
Rafeiro do Alentejo
Cão de Gado Transmontano
Cão de Castro Laboreiro
Pyrenean Mastiff
Russian tracker extinct dog breed of the Caucasus, precursor to the Golden Retriever
Šarplaninac (redirect from Sharr Mountain Dog) Yugoslav Shepherd or Illyrian Shepherd Dog, is an ancient livestock guarding dog breed from the Šar Mountains region in the Balkans.
Slovakian Cuvac
South Russian Ovcharka, a large, long-haired white sheepdog
Spanish Mastiff
St. Bernard a very large breed of working dog from the Italian and Swiss Alps, originally bred as a Search and rescue dog.
St. John's water dog, a/k/a Lesser Newfoundland, an extinct precursor of the Newfoundland; ancestor of the modern Retrievers: including Flat Coated, Chesapeake Bay, Golden, and Labrador.
Tatra Mountain Sheepdog or Polish Tatra Sheepdog
Tibetan Mastiff
Tornjak (redirect from Bosnian mountain dog) is a mountain sheep dog native to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia
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