{"data":{"slug":"villano-de-las-encartaciones","name":"Villano de Las Encartaciones","url":"https://techtools.cz/tools/dog-atlas/villano-de-las-encartaciones","api_url":"https://techtools.cz/dog-atlas-api/v1/breeds/villano-de-las-encartaciones","also_known_as":["Villano"],"kind":"breed","extinct":false,"group":{"key":"molosser","label":"Mastiff \u0026 Mountain","fci_group":2,"fci_group_name":"Pinscher and Schnauzer, Molossoid and Swiss Mountain and Cattle Dogs"},"size":"Large","origin":"Spain","countries":["Spain"],"height_cm":{"min":55.0,"max":60.0},"weight_kg":null,"life_expectancy_years":null,"temperament":["Hardy","Working","Strong","Loyal","Steady"],"exercise_level":"High","wikipedia_views_60d":974,"summary":"A large Basque cattle dog from Las Encartaciones, closely tied to the Monchina mountain cattle. It is a rare, brindled, short-coated worker and one of the most endangered Basque breeds.","photo":{"url":"https://techtools.cz/tools/dog-atlas/photos/villano-de-las-encartaciones-72671131df-1280.webp","small_url":"https://techtools.cz/tools/dog-atlas/photos/villano-de-las-encartaciones-72671131df-640.webp","width":1280,"height":1280,"author":"LANKIDE GORRITXIKI","license":"CC BY-SA 3.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0","source_url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zakur_billanoa_Oramaiztegin_%28cropped%29.JPG"},"updated_at":"2026-10-15T14:47:32Z","ratings":{"energy":4,"exercise":4,"grooming":1,"shedding":3,"trainability":3,"barking":3,"kids":3,"other_dogs":3},"coat":"Short, hard, straight and dense","colors":["Brindled fawn, pale to dark"],"fun_fact":"It is one of five Basque dog breeds and, with the Erbi Txakur, among the most endangered in the Basque Country.","sections":{"overview":"The Villano de Las Encartaciones is a large Spanish working dog from the Basque province of Biscay, also found in Álava, eastern Cantabria and northern Burgos. It traditionally helps manage Monchina cattle, especially when bringing them down from mountain pastures.\n\nIt is rare, with fewer than 200 dogs in the stud-book in 2009.","history":"The Villano is bound up with the Monchina mountain cattle: it has been said that one could not exist without the other. It was once smaller, and was used to cut out and drive selected cattle toward heavier Alano Español dogs that would hold them.\n\nFrom the 1960s breeders crossed the two types to get one dog able to do both jobs, producing the modern Villano. A breed society was formed in 1997, a standard was published in 2003 and Spain's government recognised the breed in 2005.","appearance":"Males stand roughly 57 to 60 cm at the withers and females about 55 to 57 cm. The coat is hard, straight and short, 1 to 3 cm long, lying dense and close to the body.\n\nThe colour is brindled fawn, from pale to dark.","personality":"It is a steady, strong and capable herder with the courage needed to handle semi-wild mountain cattle. It remains a working dog at heart, though it may also be kept as a companion today.","care":"Being a big, active working dog, it needs space, daily exercise and purposeful activity, ideally in a rural setting. The short coat needs little more than occasional brushing."},"recognition":{"fci_number":null,"fci_standard_url":null,"akc_url":null},"sources":{"wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villano_de_Las_Encartaciones","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39251","wikipedia_revision":1335291898},"profile":{"written_by":"AI model (Claude Sonnet) from the sources above","written_at":"2026-10-15T13:59:38Z"}}}