kelvin black: Akbash Dog

COUNTRY: Turkey

WEIGHT: 80-140 pounds

HEIGHT: 28-34 inches

COAT: Smooth or long,

COLOR: Solid white, black pigment of eye rims, nose and lips preferred, but dark brown acceptable.

GROUP: Flock Guard

Akbash Dog

1. Also call the Coban Kopegi and the Akbas, the Dog of Akbash is an elegant, rare race of Western Turkey. It was developed 3000 years ago, by Turkish shepherds who generated selectively them for the ovejeros dogs keeping the colored white colors, perhaps to differentiate them from the predatory ones. The Akbash, of western Turkey, is a probable relative of the other great guardian of the white herd of Europe like the Komondor, Kuvasz. The name that Akbash comes from the Turkish word “akbas” that means “white head.”
2. This dog of solid white guard is provided with the perspicacious ear. The Akbash has a massive head and the powerful jaws. The ears are fixed and high with the ends slightly cleared, and they take pendant. The imported Turkish dogs can have harvested the ears. The eyes are well fixed and differently oblique. The color of the eye varies of the chestnut tree golden light to the very dark chestnut tree. The neck is strong and muscular. It has the strong, great toes, been nauseated well. The nails are dulled and of brown or white color. The tail is long.
3. The Dog of Akbash is a race of dog of primitive guard. These dogs are a combination of: the submissive position to the cattle, and aggression of the domination to be standing up against the bears and wolves. They require of owners dedicated to the constant training.

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