Back ڤيلانو د لاس انكارتاسيونيس ARZ Villano de Las Encartaciones Catalan Villano de las Encartaciones German Villano de Las Encartaciones Spanish Enkarterriko billano Basque Villano de las encartaciones Finnish Villano de Las Encartaciones Italian Villano de las Encartaciones Malay

Villano de Las Encartaciones

Villano de las Encartaciones
In Ormaiztegi, Gipuzkoa
Other names
OriginSpain
DistributionBasque Country
Traits
Height Males
57–60 cm
Females
55–57 cm
NotesRecognised in Spanish law[1]
Dog (domestic dog)

The Villano de Las Encartaciones is a Spanish breed of large working dog from the region of Las Encartaciones in the province of Biscay, in the Basque country; it is found also in Álava, in eastern Cantabria and in northern Burgos.[2]: 596  The traditional use of the dogs is in management of the Monchina breed of cattle of Cantabria and the País Vasco,[3] and particularly to assist with bringing the cattle down from the mountain pastures between October and December. In 2009 there were fewer than 200 dogs registered in the studbook.[2]: 596 

It is one of five Basque breeds of dog, the others being the Basque Shepherd Dog, the Erbi Txakur, the Pachón Navarro and the Villanuco de Las Encartaciones.[4][5]

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