Brief background:
Many of the domestic animals that where
brought into América by the first
conquerors, turn back to live in freedom,
becoming wild. These animals never came
completely to a complete wild stage, all of
them kept some of their domestic
characteristics. The word
"Cimarrón" is use in América to
name all wild animal or plant, as oposite to
domestic.
The origin of our "Cimarrón
Uruguayo" is uncertain as almost as
every breed. What we do know is that comes
from crosses between the dogs introduced by
the Spanish and Portuguese conquerors.
Many of these dogs were shiftless and from
these crossings, nature was shaping
capriciously the stock until reaching a
definite type: our CIMARRON URUGUAYO.
This same natural selection was responsible
for the survival of only the strongest, the
more astute, the more apt. They grew to
become very well adapted to the surroundings,
and with plenty of food and no natural
depredators, the Cimarron bred in great
numbers, to become a real danger for live
stock and even for people, according to some
historical documents.
That was the reason, for some big killings
ordered and encouraged by the authorities of
the time (end of XVIII and beginning of XIX
century). The tales talks about tens of
thousands roaming the country.
But, in spite of that "…a great
number of bitches with their whelps reached
the woods of the Olimar River, the Otazo
hills and the Cerros Largos (Long
Hills)…"
Many ranchers of Cerro Largo, knowing the
CIMARRON URUGUAYO virtues at cattle work and
property defense, started some selective
work, preserving them from cross breeding.
Thanks to this arduous work, today we
Uruguayans are able to enjoy their qualities.
We hope in the future dog lovers of the rest
of the world will do it so.
The
CIMARRON URUGUAYO in the last ten years.
In 1969 a
Cimarron was shown in an official dog show
organized by the Kennel Club Uruguayo for the
first time, In 1989 the CIMARRON URUGUAYO was
definitive recognized by our Kennel Club , at
that time was established the Breeders
Association , and together with the Kennel
Club the first official standard of the breed
was drawn.
The selection of the basic dogs started from
this moment, and the puppies are registered
and tattooed by the Kennel Club, reaching
today more than 4500 registred dogs.
Since 1989 CIMARRON dogs had been shown in
practically all the general shows organize by
the Kennel Club and also in about 20
specialty shows a year held by Breeders
society , in the country and in Montevideo,
our capital city.
In the last years the breed has developed a
lot thanks to the work of many local
enthusiasts, and we have breeders also in
other countries, specially in Argentina and
Brazil.
This progressive growing is looked into and
scrupulously supervised, taking care of all
morphological and temperament traits, and
hereditary qualities of soundness and
behaviour.
