The Pardog (Neapolitan Dog or Cane Partenope) is a livestock guardian dog breed created in 1985 by two working groups one headed by Luigi Langella a dog breeder based in northern Italy and the other led by Frank V. Mannhau an Australian sheep farmer and dog aficionado. The breed was created for the purpose of protecting sheep flocks from the attacks of Australian Dingoes. The breed is grouped as a group 2 Molosser type dog a result of crossbreeding Molosser and non-Molosser breeds.