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CAUCASIAN OWTCHARKA
CAIRN TERRIER
CANAAN DOG
CAO DA SERRA DE AIRES
CAO DE CASTRO LABOREIRO
CAROLINA DOG
CATAHOULA LEOPARD DOG
CAUCASIAN OWTCHARKA
CAVALIER KING CHARLES SPANIEL
CESKY FOUSEK
CHESAPEAKE BAY RETRIEVER
CHIEN DARTOIS
CHIEN DE LATLAS
CHIENS FRANCAISES
CHIHUAHUA
CHINESE CRESTED
CHINOOK
CHOW CHOW
CIRNECO DELL ETNA
CLUMBER SPANIEL
COLLIES
COTON DE TULEAR
CURLY-COATED RETRIEVER
CZESKY TERRIER

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COUNTRY: USSR
HEIGHT: 24—26 inches minimum; usually much larger
COAT: Moderately short to medium; very thick fringing; some may have abundant ruff and fringe
COLOR: Usually gray, tan, fawn, white, brindle, piebald; any color except brown allowable
OTHER NAMES: Caucasian Sheepdog,
Kawkasky Owtscharka, Kaukasische
Schaferhund
REGISTRY: FCI
GROUP: Flock Guard
CAUCASIAN OWTCHARKA


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.