Accounts of similar dogs used by Spanish graziers to herd
sheep and
cattle date back several centuries; the earliest photographs date from the early twentieth century.[1]: 522 [2]: 11 The Can de Chira was formerly widely distributed in the
Province of Huesca and in neighbouring areas;[1]: 522 [2]: 11 it was used by the shepherds of Aragon, and by those of
Navarre,
Occitanie and
Catalonia.[3]: 93 In the twenty-first century the small number of remaining animals are concentrated principally in the
comarcas of
Ribagorza and
Sobrarbe.[1]: 522 [2]: 11
References
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