Puli dog
Puli | |||||||||
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Other names | Hungarian Puli | ||||||||
Common nicknames | Hungarian Water Dog | ||||||||
Origin | Hungary | ||||||||
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Dog ( domestic dog ) |
The Puli (plural pulis or pulik)
Description
Appearance
The Puli is a solid-colored dog that is usually black. Other less common coat colors are white, gray, or cream (off-white or fakó in Hungarian). A variety of the cream-coated dogs have black masks. The white Pulis are not albino, nor do they have blue eyes. They commonly have dark pigment, black pads, black noses and black pigment inside the mouth. The white gene is recessive to the pure black gene. The breed standard for females is about 16.5 inches (42 cm) at the withers and 17 inches for males.[4] Females weigh 23-25 pounds and males slightly more. The coat of some Puli dogs can be different with either thinner or thicker cords which can be flat or round depending on the texture of the coat and the balance of undercoat to outer coat.[5]
The coat is the result of a controlled matting process. Thin, rope-like corded coats are desired and the grooming should control the coat towards the forming of thinner ropes. The Puli's coat needs considerable grooming to keep its cords clean, neat, and attractive. With age, the coat can become quite long, even reaching the ground.
Temperament
An
Activities
Despite their bulky appearance and very thick coat, Pulis are very fast, agile, and able to change directions rapidly.[4] They are obedient enough to train for athletic competition. Pulis are devoted and form close bonds with their owners.[11]
Traditionally, the Puli dog breed was used as a herding dog and sometimes even as a livestock guarding dog, as well. They make very good guard dogs, since they are very protective of their masters and territory. The Puli is sensitive, fun-loving, courageous, but also, at times, tough and headstrong.[11]
They are loyal to their owners and wary of strangers. They are highly active and keep a playful, puppy-like behavior their entire lives. They need a lot of exercise and free space, preferably outdoors. They can be trained and housebroken, but Pulis are generally not very well suited as city or indoor pets. When restricted to closed spaces for long periods of times, they grow restless and may develop unwanted personality traits, such as becoming hyperactive or, instead, increasingly aloof and lazy.
As a working dog, the Puli is focused and determined when assigned a task. Some of them are used as police dogs. As a livestock guarding dog, they are fiercely protective of their territory and flock, and, despite their relatively small size, will fearlessly try to scare and drive any intruder away; however, they very rarely inflict any real injuries.
Pulis can compete in
Training
Pulis are valued for their energy and determination which is a result of their sheepdog history. Every Puli is a natural shepherd and instinctively knows how to herd a flock of sheep or livestock even if they have been raised as a family dog and have never been trained to do it. It is advisable to start training the Puli early in age, especially in obedience. They are very independent, strong-willed, and difficult to train in adulthood.
History
The
The Puli would commonly work together with the much larger, white Komondor, a Hungarian breed of (solely) livestock guardian dog. The Komondor is a large, solidly built dog, around 30 inches tall. The Komondor (or several Komondors if there was a large amount of livestock) guarded the sheep or cattle mostly at night, while the Puli herded and guarded them during the day.
When wolves or bears attacked the livestock, the Puli would alert the pack and the Komondors would come and fight the intruders. Pulis can be good at fighting off wolves, because the thick coat protects their skin from being bitten. The Komondors usually rested during daytime but at night walked around the flock, constantly moving, patrolling the area.
Nomadic shepherds of the Hungarian plains valued their herding dogs, paying as much as a year's salary for a Puli.
Although the coats may look slightly similar, the Puli has never worked in water and the Puli's coat does not grow continuously in the same fashion as a corded Poodle's coat once the cords are formed.[15]
Possibly the Puli's ancestors are ancient Hungarian shepherd dogs. Travelers brought the Puli with them to the
The
Notable Pulis
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In 1978, a Puli called Cinko Duda Csebi won the world exposition organized by the Fédération Cynologique Internationale. The Mexican-born dog was owned by breeder Roberto Hernández Ávalos.[17]
The dog known as "The Auditor" is assumed to be a Puli. It lived in the contaminated Berkeley Pit copper mine in Butte, Montana. Notable for being one of the few things that could live and thrive in such a place, in time it became a sort of mascot for the town. After The Auditor died, several memorials were erected celebrating its existence.[18]
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has a white Puli named Beast.[19]
In the 1960s, writer
American novelist
Puli pictures
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Black Puli
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Puli at a dog show
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White Puli puppies
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Some owners choose to clip Puli coats to help keep the dog cool in hot weather
See also
- Hungarian dog breeds
- Dogs portal
- List of dog breeds
References
- ^ https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/puli
- ^ https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/puli
- ^ "Puli History". American Kennel Club. Archived from the original on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ^ a b "Puli Breed Standard". AKC. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
- ^ a b "Breed standard". AKC. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
- ^ "Go Pets America: Dogs that do not shed - Retrieved September 7, 2008". Go Pets America. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
- ^ a b Sheldon L. Gerstenfeld, ASPCA Complete Guide to Dogs (San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 1999), p. 178
- ISBN 963-232-261-4. (in Hungarian)
- ^ History and How to keep a Puli (in Hungarian)
- ^ "Citydogs" (in Hungarian). Retrieved 5 October 2014.
- ^ a b "Puli". Dogs in Depth. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
- ISBN 978-157779-106-5.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7566-6004-8.
- ^ ISBN 1-57076-219-8.
- ^ kiállításra szánt Pulit, Komondort valóban nem szokás nyírni[permanent dead link]
- ^ "History of the Puli; By S. E. Szeremy" (PDF). Puli Club of America. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ "Federacion Canofila Mexicana - FCM". FCM. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
- ^ Thad Kelling - The Montana Standard - 12/16/05 (16 December 2005). "Statue of Butte dog 'Auditor' unveiled". Helena Independent Record. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Smith, Catharine (March 7, 2011). "Meet Mark Zuckerberg's Adorable New Puppy". Huffington Post.
- ^ "News December 21, 2013". T.C. Boyle. December 21, 2013.
- ^ "News January 31, 2013". T.C. Boyle. January 31, 2013.
External links
- Puli dog at Curlie