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Cimarron translates roughly as untamed or living wild. The Uruguayan breed traces back to colonial era dogs that broke free and survived without owners across the country interior over many generations. Those animals faced hunting and persecution before people began to appreciate their toughness. Uruguay formally recognised the breed as its national dog in 1989.
Feed to a visible waist tuck and weigh monthly for a powerful, food efficient dog. Puppies need kind handling habits. Brush weekly and check ears, teeth and nails as part of the routine, per the care notes, working through the short, dense brindle or fawn coat: minutes a week. Feed to a visible waist tuck and weigh monthly for a powerful, food efficient dog.
Owners who do well with this breed tend to share one habit: they planned the dog's day as deliberately as their own, and the dog repaid the planning with an easy temperament.
The temperament record reads: Alert, loyal, reserved and tough. Energy scores 4 out of 5, near the top of the scale: the Cimarrón Uruguayo needs 60 to 90 minutes a day and notices loudly when they go missing.
One more set of anchors: food runs about $49 a month for a typical adult of 86 lb, and the breed's prime years run until senior age at about 7 years. Numbers like these are what separate a manageable breed from a mismatch.
The Cimarrón Uruguayo's growth stages run 8 weeks at about 9 to 12 lb, 9 months at about 50 to 67 lb, 24 months at about 73 to 99 lb, ending at the adult range of 73 to 99 lb and 22 to 26 inches tall. Home ground: Uruguay. The record groups the Cimarrón Uruguayo with the Non-Sporting breeds.
Set beside the keeping costs, food at about $49 a month before insurance and vet care, the conclusion holds. It is the daily routine, repeated for years, that decides whether the match works, not any single trait. For the numbers in one place, the Cimarrón Uruguayo profile collects the size, cost, exercise and health record behind this page.
Every answer on this page traces back to the breed's record: the same size, temperament, exercise and health facts set out in full on the Cimarrón Uruguayo profile, linked below.
Energy at 4/5 predicts it: high scorers patrol and participate, low scorers supervise from a cushion. Around the house the Cimarrón Uruguayo also needs its 60 to 90 outdoor minutes regardless of indoor tempo. The breed quiz on this site runs the same record against your household answers, which is a useful second opinion.
The standard range is 22 to 26 inches at the shoulder and 73 to 99 lb, with a typical adult near 86 lb. The growth table on the Cimarrón Uruguayo profile shows the expected weight at each age on the way there. The record's numbers, 4/5 energy and 2/5 trainability among them, are averages from real dogs, and meeting several adults shows the spread around them.
Run the honest checklist: 60 to 90 minutes of exercise daily, grooming effort 3/5, keeping costs led by food at about $49 a month, and a 10 to 12 year commitment. The breed quiz compares your answers against every breed on the site, the Cimarrón Uruguayo included.
What a Cimarrón Uruguayo costs to keep, line by line, from the first puppy year to the lifetime figure.
The Cimarrón Uruguayo as a family dog: children, other pets, daily time and the conditions attached.
A Stabyhoun question answered from the breed's own record: temperament, workload, costs and daily life.
Last updated: November 4, 2026