Tatra Shepherd Dog

Working & guardian dogs · Poland

About the Tatra Shepherd Dog

The Tatra Shepherd Dog is a Polish breed of large flock guardian dog originating in the Tatra Mountains of the Podhale region of southern Poland. It was fully recognised by the Fédération Cynologique Internationale in 1963. It is one of five dog breeds originating in Poland, the others being the Polish Greyhound, the Polish Hound, the Polish Hunting Dog and the Polish Lowland Sheepdog.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Tatra Shepherd Dog” (lead section), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Type	Working & guardian dogs
Origin (Wikidata)	Poland
Map pin	Representative point in Poland (not an exact location)
Height	Males: 65–70 cm (26–28 in) Females: 60–65 cm (24–26 in)
Weight	35–60 kg (77–132 lb)
Size class	Giant (our grouping, from the weight above)
FCI classification	Group 1 (standard no. 252)
Wikidata	Q39096

Height and weight as given in the infobox of the Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0), with unit conversions added; we omit figures we cannot read reliably.

Dog breeds from Poland · Working & guardian dogs