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As a kind o sheepdog, I'm curious to know what they are capable of. Can they drive? Gather? Or do they merely protect? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mgrazebrook (talk • contribs) 20:48, 23 October 2023 (UTC)
I've changed the alternate names for the correct ones. According to FCI and portuguese CPC, "Portuguese Sheepdog" is the name for another distinct dog breed from Alentejo, known as "Cão da Serra de Aires". --Richard George 11:48, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
Text was copied from Rafeiro do Alentejo to Cão de Gado Transmontano. See former article history for contributors. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 13:42, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
I'm not sure of the proper procedure for this one... source #5 is a bad link and goes to a 404. If you remove the main.htm from the address, it redirects to a porn website. Chillidobe (talk) 04:30, 13 October 2017 (UTC)
No consensus for any alternative title, after extended time for discussion. BD2412 T 02:41, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
Rafeiro do Alentejo → ? – Per WP:USEENGLISH we should not have this at the Portuguese name when formal English ones are available and well-attested. However, in this case, we have a tough choice. While Alentejo Mastiff is used by one American kennel club, the international one, Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI), uses the "Portuglish" Rafeiro of Alentejo, which isn't really ideal, though FCI is a more reliable/influential/reputable source than a single national registry with no connection to the native country of the breed nor with any efforts at the breed's establishment (possibly important is that the Portuguese Kennel/Cynological Club, who developed the breed standard, is an FCI national affiliate). However, rafeiro is technically a misnomer, meaning 'mongrel' or 'mutt', and refers to the original foundation stock being landrace animals with no pedigree history. Another American registry provisionally recognizes the breed under its original Portuguese name, Rafeiro do Alentejo; but provisional recognition is basically meaningless, and breed names often change by the time they are fully accepted (if ever; given the low breeding numbers of this variety, never is actually fairly likely). At first, I leaned toward Alentejo Mastiff as more precise in a sense, as well as a bit more concise, but in the end I lean more toward FCI as simply a more important source of names, with international standardization, and because the misnomer isn't transparent in English and only matters to people fluent in Portuguese. This is obscure enough a topic that I don't think a typical WP:COMMONNAME analysis can reliably be done; there will be a lot of statistical skew due to online dog forums and so forth being pro- or anti- particular kennel clubs, etc. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 08:54, 21 February 2020 (UTC) —Relisting. BegbertBiggs (talk) 20:56, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
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has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) If you want to put in the English variant, do it as a redirect. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 16:59, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
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