Comparison: Caucasian Shepherd Dog and Great Pyrenees

Caucasian Shepherd Dog and Great Pyrenees are marked as similar in our database. The table compares only the data we have on the breeds.

	Caucasian Shepherd Dog	Great Pyrenees
FCI group	2. Pinscher and Schnauzer, Molossoid breeds, Swiss Mountain and Cattle Dogs	2. Pinscher and Schnauzer, Molossoid breeds, Swiss Mountain and Cattle Dogs
Country of origin	Russia	France
Category	Large	Giant
Height at withers	67–75 cm	65–80 cm
Weight	–	40–60 kg
Life span	–	10–12 years
Recognition features	Large, strong, heavily built dog of slightly rectangular format with a rich coat Coarse stand-off coat, brushes on the ears, mane and trousers Marked sexual dimorphism; males more massive with a bigger head	Thick white coat, sometimes with cream marks Massive build with calm expression Double hind dewclaws
Coat	Straight, coarse, stand-off coat with well-developed undercoat, both outer coat and undercoat at least 5 cm; shorter and thicker on head and forelegs.	Long dense white coat with undercoat.
Purpose	A large livestock guardian from the Caucasus that protected herds and dwellings from predators.	A livestock guardian from the Pyrenees that protected flocks from bears and wolves.

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