Caucasian Shepherd Dog

Large heavy set dog standing in front of trees. Medium length thick hair, white base with orange/brown spots on back and top of head. Reminiscent of a Saint Bernard.

Other names

Caucasian Mountain Dog
Caucasian Ovcharka

Origin

Traits
Weight	Male	minimum 50 kg (110 lb)
	Female	minimum 45 kg (100 lb)
Height	Male	72–75 cm (28–30 in)
	Female	67–70 cm (26–28 in)
Coat	Tan Leather
Colour	Any solid colour, piebald or spotted colour, except black and silver.

Classification / standards
FCI	Group 2, Section 2.2 Molossian: Mountain type #328	standard
AKC
	The AKC Foundation Stock Service (FSS) is an optional recording service for purebred dogs that are not yet eligible for AKC registration.
UKC	Guardian Dog	standard

Domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris)

Traits
Weight	Male	minimum 50 kg (110 lb)
	Female	minimum 45 kg (100 lb)
Height	Male	72–75 cm (28–30 in)
	Female	67–70 cm (26–28 in)
Coat	Tan Leather
Colour	Any solid colour, piebald or spotted colour, except black and silver.

Classification / standards
FCI	Group 2, Section 2.2 Molossian: Mountain type #328	standard
AKC
	The AKC Foundation Stock Service (FSS) is an optional recording service for purebred dogs that are not yet eligible for AKC registration.
UKC	Guardian Dog	standard

The Caucasian Shepherd Dog (Adyghe: Хьэпарий Khʹèparij; Адыгэ Мэлыхъуэхьэ Adygè Mèlykhʺuèkhʹè, Karachay-Balkar: Басхан Парий Baskhan Parij, Armenian: Կովկասյան հովվաշուն Kovkasyan hovvašun, Azerbaijani: Qafqaz çoban iti, Georgian: ნაგაზი Kavkasiuri nagazi, Turkish: Kafkas Çoban Köpeği, Ossetian: Аргъонахъ Arghonaq, Russian: Кавказская овчарка Kavkazskaya ovčarka) is a large breed of dog that is popular in Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. It is extremely popular in Georgia, which has always being the principal region of penetration of Caucasian shepherd dogs, and the official standard of this breed is fundamentally based on the dogs taken from Georgia.

Because the dog breed was registered by the USSR, the FCI standard of this breed indicates that its origin is the USSR. However, the breed is itself native to countries of the caucasus region like Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan.

Also known as Caucasian Ovcharka or Baskhan (Karachay) pariy, Caucasian shepherd dogs are strongly boned, muscular, and even-tempered molossers. Plain dogs have a shorter coat and appear taller as they are more lightly built. Mountain dog types have a heavier coat and are more muscularly built. Caucasian shepherds are large dogs; however, there is no recorded maximum height or weight. The minimum height for females is 64 centimetres (25 in), with a desirable height between 67 and 70 centimetres (26 and 28 in).

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