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Welcome to Caucasian Ovcharka Website
Located between the Black Sea on the West and the Caspian Sea on the East, the Kavkaz mountain range of Eastern Europe represents a true melting pot of various cultures due to a number of nations calling it their home through the ages. Today these influences are still strong and a rich source of cultural wealth of the region, as well as numerous political conflicts. Encompassing the territories of Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Daghestan, Ossetia, Turkey, Chechnia, Ingushetia and Iran, the Caucasus mountains are also home to one of the oldest living Molossers, the magnificient Caucasian Shepherd Dog. In reality the term "Caucasian Dog" should stand for a group of breeds and not for a single breed or a favored type. There is a great variety of types among the Caucasian dogs depending on their home region, but due to the ignorance of many Westerners and strong national appetite of Russian and pro-Russian dog fanciers, a single type bearing a misleading name is being favored in the Show rings and literature, at the expence of truth and other breed variants. The exotic-sounding misnomer "Ovtcharka" is very popular in the West, thanks to the efforts of the Russian Kennel Club, even though it simply translates to "Sheepdog, Shepherd or Shepherd Dog", making it very unpopular and often insulting among the non-Russian Kavkaz nationals and dog enthusiasts.
Considered a Russian breed, the Caucasian Ovtcharka is a part of the Troika, a threesome of recognized Russian sheepdogs, the other two being the bearded South-Russian Sheepdog and the highly controversial Central Asian Shepherd Dog. Read the full profile.
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Please join us in discussing the Caucasian Ovcharka. We have forums for the various areas of interest from temperament, structure, health, training and the Standards. Monday 31 March 2008 Stop Animal Abuse In Canada gsicard NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION AGAINST ANIMAL CRUELTY!
CALLING ALL CANADIANS FOR EFFECTIVE ANIMAL CRUELTY LEGISLATION!
Please join us at a rally and say NO to Bill S-203 – INEFFECTIVE legislation that won’t stop animal cruelty in Canada!
Date: Sunday, March 30th, 2008
Rallies being held in Canadian cities including: Montreal, Toronto, Windsor, Ottawa, Calgary, Sarnia and Vancouver!
- see individual city information, contacts and links below for more info! Read the rest... Friday 22 February 2008 The Mastiff Type gsicard THE MASTIFF TYPE. Captain Turner wrote: "Entering a Thibet village and being indolently disposed and prompted by mere curiosity I strolled along among the houses ; and seeing everything still and quiet, I turned into one of the enclosures, which serve as folds for cattle, the instant I entered the gate to my astonish- ment up started a large dog, big enough, if his courage had been equal to his size, to fight a lion, and I was a good deal startled at first, but recollecting their cowardly disposition I stood still ; for having once had one in my possession I knew they were fierce only when they perceived themselves feared. Some people came out of the houses, and he was soon silenced."Mr. Moorcroft in the account of his journey to Lake Manasarovana, in the i8th century notices the Thibet dogs as guards to the flocks of the Uniyas and bore testimony to their fierceness and disposition to attack strangers. Some 30 years ago a Mr. Jolland of Buxshall near Lindfield, Sussex, had a fine specimen presented to him by Mr. Cooper, who endeavouring to penetrate Thibet from Assam was prevented on entering the boundaries, by a message from the Thibetan authorities, accompanied by a Thibet mastiff and a dagger for his acceptance, with the intimation that if he advanced it would be at the risk of encountering many such dogs and weapons. Mr. Cooper had two English bulldogs with him which nearly killed the Thibet mastiff, before they could be choked off, nearly shaking the life out of him. Read the rest... Wednesday 20 February 2008 The judgement of nerves Gary Sicard On Molosserdogs.com the administrator and head molosser Al Wolf made this post in response to an ongoing topic about the Caucasian Ovcharka. I have copied and posted it here because it is important information for anyone interested in this breed. Read on ... Read the rest...
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