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For the amateur hunting for information, here we quote the most significant judgements of the early National Dog-Shows to which some Bergamo Shepherd Dogs participated, collected in the Official Bulletins of the Italian Kennel Club.
The presence of subjects with their ears cut was frequent, and that of subjects with "gazzuolo" (blue) eyes not rare. The few photos accompanying the judgements portray dogs with a long and flowing fur, but almost without "taccole".
It is difficult to draw reliable conclusions, also considering that the subjects that meanwhile were keeping on working with the herdsmen in the alpine pastures were absent from the dog-shows, but represent a datum to be taken into consideration.

Bulletins of the Italian Kennel Club from 1926 to 1933

Bulletin of the Italian Kennel Club, 4th year, n. 1, January 1926
Bra National Dog-Show, August, 30-31, 1925.
Breed: Italian Mountain Shepherd Dogs, class Libera male.
Judge: Dr Giuseppe Solare.
LION II (son of Lion I and Lionesse), owned by A. Benino: "Good bony framework, correct perpendicularity, firm and strong trunk, good head, good, flaky fur, regular in type": 1st Prize.
Bulletin of the Italian Kennel Club, 4th year, n. 8, August 1926
Milano International Dog-Show, May, 22-23-24, 1926.
Breed: Bergamo Shepherd Dog, class Libera male.
Judge: Dr Giuseppe Solare.
RAPI, owned by G: Frigeni: "Correct perpendicularity, good feet, regular bony framework, insufficient chest, excellent upper line, excellent rump, regular hind legs, beautiful and typical head, good ear well worn, carriage of a real "Bergamasco", much typicalness on the whole": 1st Prize.
Bulletin of the Italian Kennel Club, 7th year, n. 5, May 1929
Proposal for the LOI registration.
BLOCK: male Bergamo Shepherd Dog, born on the 26th of March, 1926, owned and trained by Rinaldo Tonani from Milano.
"Iron-grey fur with white breast, white fore-feet ends, white tail end, black spots all over its body and ears." M.O.
Bulletin of the Italian Kennel Club, 7th year, n. 7, July 1929
Milano International Dog-Show, April, 26-28, 1929.
Breed: Bergamo Shepherd Dog, class Libera male.
Judge: Mr G. Pettenazzi.
BLOCK, owned by Rinaldo Tonani: "Regular snout and head, definitely vaccine, foot not perfect in shape but firm and spurred, when in motion it keeps the tail too lifted up, excellent in size and type, as well as under all of the other aspects apart from the ear that, in spite of being better than that of the previous subject, doesn't have the desirable semi-erectability": GOOD, 1st Prize and Special Prize.
Bulletin of the Italian Kennel Club, 8th year, n. 10, October 1929
Novara National Dog-Show, June, 9, 1929.
Breed: Bergamo Shepherd Dog, class Libera male.
Judge: Mr D.L. Groppi.
PAICH, owned by the Marquis Luigi L'Ornielli: "Good type, good size, strong bony framework, good perpendicularity on the fore-feet, slightly vaccine the hind-legs, good color, too much felted hair": VERY GOOD, 1st Prize.
Bulletin of the Italian Kennel Club, 8th year, n. 11, Nov. 1929
Biella National Dog-Show, June, 29, 1929.
Breed: Bergamo Shepherd Dog, class Libera male.
Judge: Mr D.L. Groppi.
PAICH, owned by the Marquis Luigi L'Ornielli: "Stable and well shaped subject, good type, would look a lot smarter if it didn't wear so much dead hair": VERY GOOD, 1st Prize.
Bulletin of the Italian Kennel Club, 8th year, n. 12, Dec. 1930
Novara National Dog-Show, June, 19, 1930.
Breed: Bergamo Shepherd Dog, class Libera female.
Judge: Mr D.L. Groppi.
LEA, owned by Domenico Dragoni: "It measures 63 cm to the withers, height very rarely reached by female dogs of this breed, regular head in type, good trunk, nice fur, straight on the hind legs and vaccine": VERY GOOD, 1st Prize.
Bulletin of the Italian Kennel Club, 11th year, n. 6, June 1933
San Remo International Dog-Show, April, 12-13, 1933.
Breed: Bergamo Shepherd Dog, class Libera male.
Judge: Dr Fabio Cajelli.
TAFFY, owned by Peter Zerwudachi: "Left-handed, good shoulder and dorsal-lumbar line, good hind perpendicularity, good head and breast, should be bigger in size": 1st Prize.
Bulletin of the Italian Kennel Club, 11th year, n. 11, Nov. 1933
Vercelli National Dog-Show, May, 14, 1933.
Breed: Bergamo Shepherd Dog, Novices male.
Judge: Mr D.L. Groppi.
RAS, owned by Pietro Valle: "Regular size, sufficient bony framework, slightly long snout, ear well worn, good trunk, correct perpendicularity, good fur on the trunk, scarce on the legs": VERY GOOD, 1st Prize.