Turkish Dogs

No One to Watch the House

Ed Essex: “I saw an ad in the Spokane newspaper that read “Do you have trouble with raccoons, coyotes, bear, or cougar? We don’t.”  That had my attention. We live fairly remote in the mountains. Even though we can see the highway from our place, we only have one neighbor about ½ mile away and [...]

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Why Adopt a Kangal Dog?

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The European market seems to be saturated with Kangal Puppies. Some are born in poor conditions. Some are bread simply for the owner’s financial gain. If lucky, the puppies get sold to good homes, but too often this is not the case. There is times when those adopting a cute-Kangal-puppy soon learn that the dog [...]

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Studies on Genetics and Growth Characteristics

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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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Anatolian Shepherd & Kangal Dog

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“DOGS OF TURKEY: Anatolian Shepherd (Anadolu Coban Kopegi): The Anatolian Shepherd Dog is a remarkable shepherd’s guard dog of ancient lineage. It is a large, formidable working dog with a self-sufficient temperament. Such dogs are found throughout the Anatolian Plateau of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye). Historically since Babylonian times there was a breed of large, strong [...]

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