Puli
Breed Profile
The Puli is an ancient sheepdog from Hungary that was brought by the migration of the Magyars from Central Asia more than 1,000 years ago. The Pulis’ main functions were herding and guarding livestock. The Puli would cooperate with the much bigger white Komondor, a Hungarian breed of (solely) livestock guardian dog.
Temperament
The Hungarian Puli brims with energy. It is also happy, faithful and amenable to training. It needs obedience training at a young age. Whilst this dog isn’t known to be a biter it sure will if it perceives its owner to be under threat.
Color & Coat
Coat: Its weatherproof coat consists of a soft, wooly, dense undercoat as well as a wavy outer coat. This coat will form round or flattened cords, but it may also be brushed out.
Color: The Puli is a solid-colored dog that is usually black. Other less common coat colors are white, gray, or cream. The white Pulis are not albino, and do they have blue eyes. They typically have dark pigment, black pads, black noses and black pigment inside the mouth..
Health
The Puli is a very hardy breed and there are no major health problems they are confronted with.