A breed of livestock guardian dog, the Sarplaninac is also known as the arplaninac or Yugoslavian Shepherd Dog. Its ancestral home is in the Sar Mountains of the Balkans, which are today located in what is Kosovo, North Macedonia, and Albania. In the native tongue, "Sar Planina" means "Shar Mountain," which is where "Sarplaninac" gets its origin.
- The guarding and protecting abilities of Sarplaninac dogs are legendary. Traditional herders in their...