06 — The war
In 1945, about150 were left.
Germany invaded in 1939 and the breed registry died with it. Every square below is one surviving Polish Lowland Sheepdog. Two are marked — Kurta and Laska, the pair a vet found on a farm in the north.
02 — One sire
Ten litters.One dog.
Their son was called Smok — Dragon. He sired the first ten litters of the rebuilt breed and the standard was written from his body. Every PON alive today descends from him.
03 — The debt
One dog meansone gene pool.
Thin genes make sick dogs — allergies, autoimmune disease, cancer. UC Davis measured it: low diversity right across the genome, worst in the immune regions. They are not dying out today. The damage is in the DNA, not the headcount.
04 — The test
Can you spotthe PON?
Five rounds against real lookalike breeds. They get harder.
05 — The receipts
Every donation,photographed.
No promises and no percentages. It counts when there is a receipt you can open.