All herders from the same area annually met together, and fought their strongest sheep guardian male dogs to pick the winner. Traditional dog fighting had always been a national tradition in places of original habitat, but they had never been cruel and destructive as pitbull-type fights. Expressive, almost human eyes, revealing inimitable intelligence, finish the portrait.įor working qualities, modern Central Asians have been bred into different directions, depending on the demand for specific abilities. Breed-specific dog anatomy includes exclusive features, such as very noticeable extremely flexible joints, false ribs, specific head set, and very strong neck with massive dewlap. Most important, purebred Central Asians have unique breed characteristics. These breed features, as well as different traditional names for the breed, give grounds for complications with breed standard. Central Asians tend to form a social group, consisting of different members bearing different duties thus puppies with different working qualities are normally born in the same litter. They differ in size, color, head types, and hair types. This breed comprises numerous breed types. Trading bloodlines and purchasing unrelated breeding stock between Russia, other former USSR republics (such as Ukraine, Belarus etc.) and countries where CAO (Central Asian Ovtcharka) still at aboriginal stage is a common practice nowadays. However, the Central Asian Shepherd Dog population is still stable in general, reproducing some true quality dogs praised for working abilities, regardless of country of origin. Eventually, purebred dogs only remained with herders, breed enthusiasts and farms, with a surfeit of crosses elsewhere. The introduction of new breeds to the region led to crossbreeding. ![]() Over the decades, this practice harmed the local population. After the Communist revolution, the Soviet government focused on working dog breeds for the Red Army, and imported the best breed representatives to Russia as per military dogs' and guard dogs' requirements. Russian biologists and scientists have studied the local dog population since the 18th century. ![]() ![]() This breed bears a strong genetic similarity to other aboriginal breeds of Livestock Guardian dogs from that region such as Georgian Shepherd (Nagazi), Kangal dog, and Akbash. Some serve as livestock guardians, some protect their owners, and some are used for dog fighting, which is a national tradition in many countries of that region. It is considered a symbol of pride and national heritage in Turkmenistan, where a gold statue of the animal was unveiled in 2020. Aboriginal Central Asians as well as mixes still can be found in its countries of origin, such as, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and surrounding countries. The ancestor of the Central Asian shepherd originated in a geographical area between the Ural, Caspian Sea, Asia Minor, and the Northwest border of China.
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