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The Kangal Shepherd Dog (Turkish: Kangal Çoban Köpeği) is a traditional Turkish breed of large livestock guardian dog. [2] The breed name derives from that of the town and district of Kangal in Sivas Province , the easternmost province of the Central Anatolia Region in central Turkey.
A Kangal Shepherd Dog with wolf collar A roccale or vreccale, a spiked iron dog collar in Lazio, Italy A roccale of a different type. A wolf collar (also known as Italian: roccale or vreccale, Spanish: carlanca) is a type of dog collar designed to protect livestock guardian dogs from attack by wolves. Wolf collars are fitted with elongated ...
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The Kangal Dog is the national dog of Turkey. This large dog (which can often grow as large as 140 pounds, 64 kg) was originally used as a livestock guardian dog, but has been increasing in popularity as a guard dog. It has a solid, pale tan or sabled coat, and with a black mask; indeed, another name for the breed is Karabash meaning "black head".
Collars can be decorated in a variety of ways with a variety of materials. The basic collars for everyday wear are: Buckle collars, also called flat collars, [6] with a buckle similar to a belt buckle, or a quick-release buckle, either of which holds the collar loosely around the dog's neck. Identification is commonly attached to such a collar ...
Kangal is a town and a district of Sivas Province in Turkey. Kangal may also refer to: Kangal District, Turkey, the district in which Kangal sits New Kangal station; Kangal power station; Kangal Shepherd Dog, a breed of dog; Kangal, a 1953 Indian Tamil-language film; Kangal Harinath (1833-1896), Bengali journalist, poet and Baul singer
Kangal was known in the time of emperor Diocletian under the name Euspena and later during the Byzantine Empire as Spynin.The Byzantine general Eustathios Argyros was buried here in the monastery of St Elizabeth which had been constructed by his grandfather Leon.
A Spanish carlanca or wolf collar. The Pyrenean Mastiff or Mastín del Pirineo is a Spanish breed of large livestock guardian dog from the autonomous community of Aragón in north-eastern Spain. [1]: 552 It was traditionally used to protect flocks during the annual transhumance to high summer pasture in the Pyrenees.