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The South Russian Ovcharka [a] or South Russian Shepherd Dog is breed of flock guardian dog.It developed in the areas of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union that are now Ukraine and southern Russia, and is thought to derive from cross-breeding between local dogs of the Russian steppes and long-haired shepherd dogs brought to the area from Spain in the late eighteenth century together with ...
The Caucasian Ovcharka is a large dog, usually weighing 45–70 kg (99–154 lb). [ 7 ] : 71 The preferred height at the withers is in the range 67–70 cm (26–28 in) for bitches, and 72–75 cm (28–30 in) for dogs; [ 2 ] the minimum heights and weights for registration are 64 cm (25 in) and 40 kg (88 lb) for bitches, and 68 cm (27 in) and ...
Ovcharka or ovtcharka (Russian: овчарка, lit. "sheep dog") may refer to: Armenian Gampr, a landrace dog; Caucasian Shepherd Dog, a breed of dog also known as the Caucasian Ovcharka; Central Asian Shepherd Dog, a breed of dog also known as the Central Asian Ovcharka; South Russian Ovcharka, a large, long-haired white sheepdog
The East European Shepherd was bred in the Soviet Union in the early twentieth century. In the 1920s a number of German Shepherds were imported from Germany into the Ukrainian SSR, where a breeding programme was established with the aim of adapting the breed to the harsher Soviet climatic conditions.
Some amateur dog fans in Bulgaria are creating new big dog show breeds with which the Karakachan dog should not be confused. These are cross-breeds of Karakachan dogs with giant breeds such as Caucasian Ovcharka, Central Asian Ovcharka, Moscow Watchdog, Saint Bernard, Landseer and Newfoundland. The goal is to create giant, heavy dogs similar in ...
Russian biologists and scientists have studied the local dog population [9] since the 18th century. After the Communist revolution, the Soviet government focused on working dog breeds for the Red Army, and imported the best breed representatives to Russia as per military dogs' and guard dogs' requirements. Over the decades, this practice harmed ...
South Russian Ovcharka, a breed of sheepdog; Southern Russian dialects This page was last edited on 14 June 2024, at 01:47 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
South Russian Ovcharka This page was last edited on 27 May 2018, at 23:05 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...