Color: Slate color, dirty white, and nearly black.
Height: 32 in.
Weight: 105 lbs.
This is a large and strongly built dog of very great antiquity. His head
is massive, round, and covered with softer hair than on the body. The
eyes are rather large, dark brown in color, and very intelligent. The
ears are of fair size, hanging, well coated, and are sometimes cut and
carried semi-erect. He has a short, muscular neck, strong, well
developed body, and is the largest of all the varieties of the sheep
dogs, and is intended to defend his flocks against wolves. The tail is
often docked, otherwise it should be well coated, and his coat is very
dense and somewhat woolly.
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