Mudi Did You Know?

• The Mudi has been assigned the Herding Group designation.
• The Mudi has been recorded in the Foundation Stock Service since 2004.
• The Mudi is the only herding group breed that has the merle color and has healthy solid white colored dogs too.
• The Mudi breed was not created but discovered as a naturally occurring shepherd's dog type living in the rural areas of Hungary.
• As of the year 2004, there are two Mudi's in the Budapest Zoo in Hungary and they live in the Children's Petting Zoo section.
• The founder of the breed, Dr. Dezsõ Fényes, was born in Hungary in 1888 and died in Los Angeles, California in 1973.
• The Mudi is on a Hungarian postage stamp, introduced in 2004, to honor the Hungarian dog breeds that became National Treasures.
• The Mudi still actively herds in Hungary with Hungarian Shepherd's and with flocks containing up to 500 sheep.
• The Mudi's herding style is both driving and gathering and it uses moderate barking to also move the flocks.
• The Mudi can herd cattle and pigs, not just sheep.
• The Mudi is a competitive sports dog and wonderful companion that can be kept indoors as well as outdoors.
• Most Mudi's love to swim and play in water.
• The second largest population of Mudi's is in Finland.
• Did you know that puppies that fully resemble Mudi's can be born into litters of Puli's and Pumi's even today?
• Mudi's are rarely born tailless or with a half tail.
• Black is the most common color of Mudi.
• Mudi litters sometimes contain 3 or more different colors of puppies.