Maremma Sheepdog

The Maremma Sheepdog has a solid, muscular build, a thick white coat, a large head and a black nose.

This dog resembles more the modern dogs which are shown at dog shows (the Maremma Sheepdog) than an actual working dog.

Maremma Sheepdog (Italy)

Maremma Sheepdog (Cane da pastore Maremmano-Abruzzese)

They are not all that similar in temperament to their Mountain dog cousins the Kuvasz, Great Pyrenees or Maremma Sheepdog.

Because of this threat of colony collapse, conservationists pioneered an experimental technique using Maremma Sheepdogs to protect the colony and fend off would-be predators.

For the dog breed, see Maremma Sheepdog; for the Maremmana breed of cattle, see Maremmana.

Besides their wide use in Italy, Maremma Sheepdogs are extensively used as Livestock guardian dogs in Australia, the United States, and Canada.

Roz Phillips: "While walking with my Maremma sheepdog on Filey beach, Yorkshire, England, we met a shih-tzu pup called Dave!

In 2006 an attempt was made to protect the birds from foxes by the use of Maremma sheepdogs trained to protect penguins rather than sheep and to act as a deterrent to foxes.

When this was translated into English to name the breed it became Maremma Sheepdog, which gives the casual observer of the name the misconception that this dog will round up a herd of animals.

National park authorities in Italy, the United States and Canada have promoted use of the Maremma Sheepdog, as well as other types of LGDs, to minimize conflict between endangered predator species and ranchers.

The Maremma Sheepdog, in Italian Cane da pastore Maremmano-Abruzzese, usually referred to as just Maremmano, is a breed of livestock guardian dog indigenous to central Italy, particularly to Abruzzo and the Maremma region of Tuscany and Lazio.

To a casual observer, the Kuvasz may appear similar to a Great Pyrenees, Akbash, a Maremma Sheepdog, Samoyed, a white Poodle and Labrador Retriever mix, Slovak Cuvac and the Polish Tatra Sheepdog.