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About the Castro Laboreiro Dog

Origin: Portugal
Typical life span
11-13 years
Size
Large — from its typical weight
Weight
Male
30-40 kg
Female
25-35 kg
Height
Male
58-63 cm
Female
55-60 cm
FCI status
Reconhecida pela FCI
FCI group
Pinscher and Schnauzer - Molossoid and Swiss Mountain and Cattledogs
Origin
Portugal
Also called
Perro de Castro Laboreiro
Known hereditary risks
Not researched yet

About

What is a Castro Laboreiro Dog?

An ancient, large, and powerful Portuguese livestock guardian dog with a distinctive wolf-like appearance and movement. This rustic mountain breed is known for its formidable and unique graduated bark that starts low and rises in pitch.

Castro Laboreiro Dog history and origins

Ancient Portuguese livestock guardian breed from the Peneda-Gerês mountains of northern Portugal. Developed to protect herds from wolves and other predators, it is one of the oldest and rarest breeds on the Iberian Peninsula.

Castro Laboreiro Dog appearance and size

Males typically weigh 30-40 kg and stand 58-63 cm at the shoulder; females 25-35 kg and 55-60 cm.

O que diz o padrão da raça

Criado para
Guard dog, watch dog and livestock guarding dog
Comportamento e temperamento
A loyal and docile companion to its family, it is essential in flock protection against wolf attacks which, in the breed’s area of origin, are still very frequent. Due to its constant vigilance, it is an ideal sentinel of property entrusted to it, patrolling it frequently. Of noble nature. Very agile and active, it can show some hostility, without being quarrelsome. It has a characteristic alarm bark, starting with a deep sound, rising to low- pitched and ending in prolonged high-pitched sounds

Quoted from FCI standard n°170. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.

Referência da raça de The Dog API.

Características

Tamanho
Large
Necessidade de exercício
2 of 5
Facilidade de treino
Queda de pelo
1 of 5
Cuidados com o pelo
4 of 5
Convivência com crianças
Custo de manutenção
Tolera ficar sozinho
Inteligência
Saúde da raça
Not researched yet

Pros & cons

Prós e contras da raça Castro Laboreiro Dog

O que ganha com a raça Castro Laboreiro Dog

  • Função declarada no padrão: «Guard dog, watch dog and livestock guarding dog»
  • O padrão descreve a raça assim: «A loyal and docile companion to its family, it is essential in flock protection against wolf attacks which, in the…»

O que tem de assumir

  • Exige muitos cuidados com o pelo — a descrição do próprio padrão é «The hair is thick and long on the buttocks, which are very hairy»

Retirado de fontes e não escrito como opinião — investigação de saúde citada, o padrão do próprio registo, e estudos de longevidade revistos por pares. Padrão da raça, FCI. Os animais de um criador podem diferir de tudo isto, e uma coluna vazia significa que não temos nada desse lado, não que não haja nada a dizer.

Characteristics

Padrão da FCI · Castro Laboreiro Dog

Pelo e cor

Tal como o padrão da FCI o estabelece. Cada linha abaixo está nas palavras do próprio padrão, etiquetada com preferred e permissible.

Coat

Short hair on body (approximately 5 cm)

without undercoat.

Slightly dull, smooth, flat on most of the body and very thick

in general, it is shorter and denser on the head and ears, where it is thin and soft, and on the limbs below the elbow and hock.

The hair is thick and long on the buttocks, which are very hairy

thick, resistant, and somewhat harsh to touch

Cor

  • Preferred
  • Permissible
  • Undesirable
  • Disqualifying

«Preferred», «permissible», «undesirable» e «disqualifying» — preferida, admissível, indesejável e desqualificante — são as palavras da própria FCI sobre a raça, e ficam em inglês porque é assim que constam do padrão. Descrevem o que o padrão exige — não são uma avaliação de nenhum cão em concreto, nem nossa.

  • Preferred: The most common is the wolf colour and the most colour is the “mountain colour”, so called by the locals and considered as an ethnic trait by the breeders in Castro Laboreiro
  • It is a brindle coat with a base colour of different shades of grey overlaid with lighter and darker shades of black brindling.
  • It is typical with hair of three different colours: ranging from pine-nut to reddish and mahogany.
  • The brindling can be of lighter and darker shades on different parts of the body
  • darker on head, back and shoulders
  • medium dark on body, croup, and thighs and lighter on belly and lower parts of the limbs.
  • Permissible: A small white spot 0n the chest

Resumido de FCI standard n°170 — cada etiqueta está nas palavras do próprio padrão, com o veredito passado para a etiqueta ao lado. Leia a cláusula completa na fonte.

O que diz o padrão da raça

Tamanho
Height at the withers: Males: 58 - 64 cm (with a tolerance of + 2 cm). Females: 55 - 61 cm (with a tolerance of + 2 cm). Weight: Males: 30 - 40 Kg. Females: 25 - 35 Kg
A FCI indica uma tolerância em torno do valor.

Quoted from FCI standard n°170. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.

O que o padrão penaliza

Aquilo que faz um juiz descontar pontos à raça Castro Laboreiro Dog, e o que a põe fora do ring, nas palavras do próprio registo. Isto descreve o padrão da raça — não é uma lista de verificação para o animal que tem à frente, e um animal de companhia com um defeito desqualificante é um cão que não pode ir a exposição, não um cão doente.

Defeitos graves

Contam fortemente contra um exemplar no ring.

  • Eyes: Yellow, loose lids.
  • Tail: Hunting-horn shape, curled or with hook at the tip

Defeitos desqualificantes

Põem o animal fora do ring por completo.

  • Skull/Muzzle: Convergent longitudinal superior cranium-facial axes.
  • Nose: Any colour other than black. Jaws: Undershot or overshot.
  • Eyes: Wall eye or difference in sizes.
  • Deafness: Congenital.
  • Tail: Docked or rudimentary. Anurous.
  • Colour: Albinism. Pied or very different from breed type.
  • Size: Oversized or undersized

FCI standard n°170

Informação ao nível da raça, de The Dog API. Descreve a raça Castro Laboreiro Dog em geral; qualquer animal em concreto pode ser diferente.

Health guide

What to ask for in a Castro Laboreiro Dog

No breed-specific health panel has been written up for the Castro Laboreiro Dog on this platform yet. That is a gap in our records, not a clean bill of health — ask the breeder which hereditary conditions their lines are tested for, and ask to see the results for both parents, dated and from a named laboratory.

Puppies

No puppies listed right now

No Castro Laboreiro Dog breeder has a record on this platform yet, so there is nothing to list. That is a gap in our coverage, not a fact about the breed.

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