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CAUCASIAN OWTCHARKA |
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In both the Caucasus and Ural Mountains of the Soviet Union, flock-guarding dogs have long been utilized. Although fine-tuned within the USSR to suit local land and climatic conditions, they trace back to the same Asian/Middle Eastern sources of all flock guardians. The Caucasus
Mountains fill the long finger of land in southwestern Russia that reaches
down between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea to touch Turkey and Iran.
In these high elevations (up to 18,000 feet), great flocks of sheep are
kept and, for over 600 years, the Owtcharkas have protected them from
wild animals and thieves.
Without kennel
clubs and written history, there tends to be some variation in type throughout
the mountain range.
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