Manchurian Snow Dog 

      

I am a French dog lover who is passionate by rare canines. In the old English book about dogs I met the Mongolian Mastiff, the largest of mastiff breeds. In the same book a Manchurian Snow dog is also mentioned. Sometimes it is called the Mongolian dog. Chengis khan is said to be a very good hunter who owned a lot of prey birds and dogs. Do nomads use specific dogs for hunting?

Mostly black colored. Sometimes have white or yellowish spots on chest, face, legs, tail end. The special sign of a true Mongolian dog are a pair of yellow or brown spots above eyes.

Hair usually is 3-4 cm long with dense under hair. Dogs shedding their winter hair often look like lions with clutches of and strips of hair hanging from sides.

Mongolian dog barking is low and deep. They have excellent listening and can hear master's soft call from as far as 250- 300 meters.

Sniffing is not that good as German shepherd but Mongolian dogs can find out meat from as far as 350 meters. They can follow tracks for 20-30 kilometers.


During heat season up to 20-30 dogs may follow a bitch dog. It is rather dangerous to threaten bitch dog as the entire pack may attack. Female dogs give birth twice per year each time delivering 5-7 puppies.

Mongolian dogs live up to 15-16 years

Faults ***   Any departure from the foregoing points should be considered a fault and the seriousness with which the fault should be regarded should be in exact proportion to its degree.

Note ***  Male  animals should have two apperently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum

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