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  • About Us
    • Contact Us
    • In the News
    • Seminars
    • Recommended Dog Food
  • Upcoming Litters
    • Kuvasz as Family Pets
    • Selecting a Kuvasz Puppy
    • Bringing Home a LGD
  •  Kuvasz 6 months+ for sale
  • Our Male Kuvasz
    • Scout
    • Wulfgar
    • Noah
    • Bear
    • Yesno
    • Cezar
    • Vesper
    • Nathan
    • Odie
    • Nano
  • Our Female Kuvasz
    • Gaia
    • Princess
    • Bianca
    • Dreamer
    • Totem
    • Twenty-Two
    • Gessebelle
    • Diamond
    • Tanya
    • Ruby
  • Our Hungarian Bloodline
    • Hungarian Offspring
    • Rablo
    • Max
    • Chinoosh
  • Testimonials
    • Kamusi
    • Titan Protects Horses
    • Mayo, a Tale of Heroism
    • Ilsa
    • Bella Layna
    • The Puppies Meet Alpacas
    • Big Babies, Little Babies
    • Winston
    • Nova Scotia
  • Livestock Guardian Dogs
    • The Hungarian Kuvasz eBook
    • Protection From Coyotes
    • Sheep Protectors
    • Kuvasz VS Great Pyrenees

Kuvasz VS Great Pyrenees

What’s the difference between a Kuvasz and a Great Pyrenees? I get asked this question a lot, so I thought I would put it in writing. These opinions are from my 30 years of owning and breeding Kuvasz … and from talking to hundreds of Great Pyrenees owners (and general research).

  1. Great Pyrenees are definitely a wandering breed. They need to be fenced in or on a leash. An honest Great Pyrenees breeder will testify to this known fact.
    Kuvasz do stay home quite well as they do not want any harm to come to their family (both 2-legged + 4-legged). Lots of Kuvasz are loose on farms and stay within the boundaries … this is reinforced by the owner’s diligence to teach the boundaries to the dog (which I explain to new Kuvasz owners).
  2. Great Pyrenees have a coat that requires ample maintenance. Their hair is long, straight, fine and tends to matt easily.
    Kuvasz are known as self-cleaning and low odour dogs. If they get covered in wet mud it simply dries and falls off … once dry you will see the dirt has fallen off and the dog looks quite clean and white again. A Kuvasz with a proper coat is extremely low maintenance.
    The hair should not be straight … It should be wavy to very curly.
  3. Great Pyrenees have a double dew claw on their hind feet.
    Kuvasz should not have this.
  4. Great Pyrenees are heavy boned and their movement is cumbersome.
    Kuvasz have a medium build and are very athletic, agile and light-footed.
  5. When a Great Pyrenees is chasing off a predator, quite often they will get carried away and keep on chasing until … who knows where and when?
    A Kuvasz will usually chase off the predator just as far as needed and come back to its charges.
  6. The head of a Great Pyrenees is quite big (wide) and blocky with a pronounced stop.
    A Kuvasz head is not as wide and has a slight stop.
  7. A Great Pyrenees is mainly white, but can have some grey or beige markings.
    A Kuvasz is all white or ivory in colour.
  8. A Great Pyrenees is not hypo-allergenic.
    I am not going to say that a Kuvasz is hypo-allergenic because there is no scientific proof. However, they certainly seem to exhibit this quality because I have had numerous families who were allergic to every large dog they encountered … But did not have any allergic reaction to a Kuvasz. And for this reason many families who were searching for a large breed, did decide to purchase a Kuvasz.
  9. Great Pyrenees can be excessive barkers which some owners find very annoying.
    Kuvasz are NOT excessive barkers … most only bark when necessary.

Amber Kunz

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