Breed Information

Kangal and its Environment

Kangal Training The intelligent, confident and independent nature of a Kangal dog makes ownership a huge challenge; When a Kangal dog is used as a companionship and/or living in the city, in a densely populated area, the challenge may be even greater. Training of a Kangal dog is not an easy undertaking as Kangals have [...]

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Principles of Kangal Dog Training

Basic Principles of Kangal Dog Training by Dogan Kartay, International Symposium of Kangal dogs My thesis, which was approved by the science committee, my views and observations that I have been doing for the last 50 years may seem quite radical. Some of my colleagues claim that Kangals are hard to train and I counterclaim [...]

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Kangal Temperament

Kangal’s nature and personality are what most people love about the breed. They have a rock-solid, stable temperament. They are quiet and calm, devoted, controlled and trustworthy. They are brave and protective without undue aggression. Temperament is of prime importance in Turkish villages: viciousness or aggression with people or livestock is never tolerated. Kangals are [...]

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Turkish Ministry of Culture Speaks on Kangal Dogs

The Kangal Dog is found in the high rolling plains country of central Turkey. The approximate geographic center of the region is Sivas City. The Kangal Dog has historically been associated with the town of Kangala district town within Sivas Province. While much of the landscape is rolling plains, the region is cut by the [...]

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A Letter by Onur Kanli: Kangal or Anatolian?

“Dear friends, My name is Onur Kanli. I am the chairman of the Turkish Shepherds’ Dogs Protection Society in Turkey and Turkish Kennel Club representative of the Turkish dogs. Our club is very new and we started registering all the dog breeds living in Turkey. We are in contact with the FCI. So far we [...]

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A Letter to FCI by the President of the Turkish Kennel Club

To the participants at the Kangalkonvent in Germany in May 2008 “Dear Friends, Dear Kangal Fans, By my friends generous appreciation, I have been chosen as President of our young federation, right after its establishment in September 2006 and the courteous Mrs von Buchwaldt, our dear friend Elisabeth who organized this meeting, invited also us [...]

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Anesthetic Drugs & Your Kangal Dog

Anesthetic Drugs for Dogs There has been many reports on Kangal’s “sensitivity” to anesthetic drugs, which is the case with some other large or ‘giant breeds’. Kangal dogs seem to require less of the sedative (a smaller dose per unit of body weight) than other dogs. The reason for this apparent difference is unclear. Partially, [...]

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Studies on Genetics and Growth Characteristics

A Summary of a Study on Genetic distnictness of a Kangal Dog: “Kangal dogs are the most popular dogs of Turkey due to their strength, intelligence, loyalty, endurance to extreme temperatures and their lack of predatory behavior towards livestock. In this study to provide genetic information about the distinctness of Kangal and Akbash dogs and [...]

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