People who are not very dog-savvy can easily confuse the Bohemian Shepherd with its distant relative, the German Shepherd. Indeed, these animals are very similar to each other, except that the Bohemian Shepherd Dog has a smaller growth and much more wool. But the breed history of the Chomsky Pes, as the Czechs themselves often call the Czech or Bohemian Shepherd Dog, has its own history. And it has nothing to do with the history of a similar German Shepherd Dog. Which, however, in the opinion of cynologists and historians, absolutely does not exclude the presence of common great-grandparents in the pedigrees of these two breeds, most likely leading their ancient line not only from medieval yard dogs, Howarths but also from prehistoric dogs, at least, of the Bronze Age.