Puli Did You Know?

• The plural of Puli is Pulik (pronounced the same way).



• The Puli, of drover, has been an integral part of the lives of Hungarian shepherds for more than 1000 years.



• The ancestors of the Puli were brought into Hungary by the Magyars and were similar to the Kuvasz and Komondor.



• In the 17th century, due to interbreeding, the Puli was almost lost, but in 1912 a resuscitation was brought about by Emil Raitsits, leading to the first Puli standard in 1915.



• The Puli coat is unique to the dog world. The undercoat is soft and wooly and very dense, but the outer coat is long and profuse and eventually cords after puppyhood.



• The Puli was accepted by the AKC in 1936, and the Puli Club of America was founded in 1951.