[1][2] The toponym Vlašić (mountain name) derived from the name Vlasi (Serbo-Croatian for Vlachs), historically used in Bosnia and Herzegovina for its transhumant population.

Academics like late Marko Vego believe that the Vlachs, as remnant of the Roman Empire, came up with a recipe for the trademarks of product of the mountain and the region, namely the Vlašić cheese, some time around 1000 AD or earlier.

Henceforth, by perfecting the recipe, the Vlachs passed on the tradition to other cattle breeders from the surrounding mountains.

The milk has a special flavor that comes from the variety of different herbs the sheep are eating when grazing on Vlašić and the surrounding mountains.

[3] The Tornjak is believed to have existed for more than a millennia, bred to guard people and its livestock from wolves and bears.