FCI standard 373

Romanian Raven Shepherd Dog.

Livestock guardian from the southern Carpathians and sub-Carpathian regions (Dambovita, Arges, Prahova, Brasov). FCI 373 utilization: shepherd dog for sheep and cattle, excellent guardian. Temperament: balanced, calm, well-developed guardian instinct, obedient and attached to its masters, diffident toward strangers; very good livestock guardian, courageous and capable of fighting predators (bear, wolf); loud, deep bark that carries a great distance. Named Raven for its black coat. AChR: utilization shepherd dog for sheep and cattle, excellent guardian, highly appreciated and successfully used for defending flocks and as a watchdog for households; very good guardian for livestock, courageous and fighting against predators (bear, wolf). Wikipedia: used as watch dogs for properties and cattle herds; instinctively fights wolves and bears, employed at high altitude sheep farms in the Carpathian mountains; very strong bark that travels great distances.

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30 / 28INHeightdogs 29.5, bitches 27.6. An ideal from the standard, not a range.

The body

What the breed is built like. Registry standards give an ideal, not a range.

Height at the shoulder

dogs 29.5 in (27.6 to 31.5) · bitches 27.6 in (25.6 to 29.5)

Breed clubFCI Standard N° 373, 2024

Three sources agree on 65-75 cm. Center 27.6 in is the AChR printed ideal of 70 cm (2.54 cm/in).

Coat

FCI 373: head and front of legs short; body hair abundant, 7 to 10 cm, flat, straight and rough; undercoat shorter and dense; mane at the neck, fringes behind the forequarters, culottes behind the hindquarters. Always black (like a raven) or black on more than 80 percent of the body, with white marks on the chest and forequarters (not past the metacarpal joint in front, nearly to the elbow behind); white over 30 percent of the body surface is disqualifying. Thick dark-ashen skin

Breed clubFCI Standard N° 373, 2024

Heat tolerance

3 of 5 · FCI 373: body hair long (7 to 10 cm), flat, straight and rough; short dense undercoat; mane at the neck, fringes on the forequarters, culottes on the hindquarters; bushy natural tail; coat black or more than 80 percent black. AChR: hair long (7-10 cm), flat, straight and rough, undercoat shorter and dense; coat with a reddish tinge from summer sun not penalised

DerivedFCI Standard N° 373, 2024

Derived from the coat description (3 = medium double; 7 to 10 cm). The standard says a reddish tinge from summer sun is not penalised.

The work

What it was built to do in the field, and what a test or trial asks of it.

Role

Breed clubFCI Standard N° 373, 2024

FCI files the breed in Group 2, section 2.2 (mountain-type molossoids). FCI, AChR and Wikipedia agree on role.

Also used on

Watchdog for households in its home regions (FCI 373, AChR); guards cattle as well as sheep (FCI 373, AChR); Wikipedia: watch dogs for properties and cattle herds

Breed clubFCI Standard N° 373, 2024

How to read this page

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Also called: Ciobanesc Romanesc Corb, Raven Shepherd, Romanian Raven Shepherd

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