HomeIn The NewsNot Just A Pretty FaceAll In The Family 1All In The Family 2A Record UnsurpassedFavorite PlacesThe breed is not for everyone. It is a working partner, needing a job to do, and is not a pet in the typical sense. Raised correctly, it can be gentle and patient with well-mannered children, extremely loyal, faithful and protective.
This breed is a minimum of 26 inches at that withers, preferably tallker, and weighs 100+ pounds. It is powerfully built and has a medium to long double coat that is shed twice a year. Colors range from shades of gray to reddish to fawn with a dark mask.
Kubyn brought Cezar home in the spring of 1995 and began desensitizing him to other dogs and training him to walk on a lead. "He came to us in good health," she siad. "His owners really loved him."
When Cezar had learned city manners, Kubyn began training him in the ways of the show world, then sent him off in the fall of 1996 on the show circuit with a professional handler, Megan Kelly of Middlesex, N.J. Rare-breed shows are scattered far and wide, and showing Cezar herself would take too much of Kubyn's time. She is an attorney.
In the meantime, through Cezar's tatoo, Kubyn traced him to the kennel in Poland where he was whelped. She learned that he is registered as Bonzo An-Ro-Ge with the Polish Kennel Club. His sire is a Federation Cynologique Internationale champion and one of the most famous dogs in the breed.
Kubyn applied for and got full FCI registration for Cezar. "Usually there is a one year time limit for registration, but because he has done so much winning, an exception was made," she said.
Cezar was 3 when he began his show career, a little older than most dogs start, but he bagan winning and hasn't stopped. He has 14 best in shows. Cezar earned championship certificates in the Caucasian Mountain Dog Club of America and the ARBA. "Cezar is wonderful with people, gentle and loving but stil serious about predator control duty," Kubyn said.
- Suzanne Hively
The Cleveland Plain Dealer