I am not wading into that Balkan war that is fought over the identity of these dogs, so please leave that discussion off this blog. I gives me terrible headaches.
But Stonehenge makes mention of this dog in The Dogs Of Great Britain, America, And Other Countries (circa 1880):
The Albanian dog is said to stand about 27 or 28 inches high, with a long pointed muzzle, powerful body, strong and muscular limbs, and a long bushy tail, carried like that of the Newfoundland dog. His hair is very fine and close, being of a silky texture, and of a fawn color, variously clouded with brown. He is used for hunting the wild boar and wolf, as well as for the purpose of guarding the sheep-fold from the latter; but the accounts of this dog vary greatly, and are not much to be relied on.
This sounds like the dogs we call Šarplaninac or Illyrian shepherds.
My guess is that Stonehenge knew little about them. These are traditional livestock guardian dogs, which have been known to kill wolves. From my understanding of that footage, the shepherds penned up the sheep in an enclosure that allowed the wolves easy access to them. The wolves show up, and they turn their dogs loose on them.
I’ve not heard of these dogs being used to hunt wild boar.
It’s possible, but it doesn’t sound like a livestock guardian breed behavior.
Unless the boars were threatening the sheep.
