Pastoral group · Hungary
Puli
Also called Hungarian Puli, Pulik (plural).
Medium dog, high energy, quick to learn.
- Loyal
- Smart
- Home-loving
- Agile
- Obedient
- Size
- Medium
- Weight
- 11 to 16 kg25 to 35 lb
- Lives
- 10 to 15 years
- Energy
- High
- Trains
- High
- Barks
- High
Training
Training a Puli
Pastoral breeds. Give the brain a job or it will find one. Chasing, nipping and fixating are the breed doing its work.
Coat Care Mastery
Start here
Corded coat requires special maintenance, learn proper techniques or keep brushed out.
Suspicious of Strangers
Natural wariness requires extensive socialisation from puppyhood.
Agile Athletes
Excellent at agility and other dog sports, the cords don't slow them down.
The app turns this into five to fifteen minutes a day.
Add your Puli and it builds the plan around their age, where they came from and what they already know, on video with Atlas and Shango.
Coming to iPhone first. The list hears the day it opens.
At home
Living with one
Bred to herd and guard livestock. Watchful, responsive, and wired to control movement.
Gets on with
- ChildrenHigh
- Other dogsModerate
- StrangersLow
- CatsModerate
Breed averages. Early socialisation and the individual dog matter more.
- Exercise
- 1-1.5 hours daily. Active play and herding activities.
- Grooming
- Very high maintenance. Cords require special care and take years to fully form.
- Drool
- Low
- Coat
- Corded, Dense, Weather-resistantBlack, Rusty Black, Grey, White
- In a flat
- Can work, with enough exercise outside it.
Health
Things to ask a breeder or vet about
Hip Dysplasia
Moderate
Joint condition requiring health screening
Progressive Retinal Atrophy
Moderate
Inherited eye condition
Where they come from
History
Ancient Hungarian herding breed, likely brought by the Magyars over 1,000 years ago. The distinctive corded coat protected from weather and predator attacks. Known as the "acrobat of the dog world."
- Beast · Mark Zuckerberg's famous Puli
