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The Central Asian Sheep-Dog, Turkmen Wolfhound
or Alabai is one of the most ancient breeds of dogs.
 Military collisions, necessity of protection of
settlements gave a push to usage of dogs for guard and fighting. This fact has
started dog's selection by physical data from shepherd's dogs. In this way an
early "mastiff similar" dogs were intended not only for persecution of animals
and support of herds appeared, but also for protection of the person and
protection of dwelling. The term "mastiff similar" unites group of breeds that
begin the origin from Tibetan Shepherd's and sentry dogs.
For the first time this dog was described by
hunt-writer Yuate in 1845 under the name of Tibetan mastiff. The Tibetan mastiff
is large, rough and crude dog, with enormous force, heavy and short head, a wide
muzzle and crude lips. Far ancestors of the Tibetan mastiff - large wolf similar
dogs. The earliest mention of the Tibetan mastiff was at 1121 B.C. when one of
them, training for search of people has been presented to the Chinese emperor.
From Tibet these dogs have got to Mongolia,
Mesopotamia and Central Asia. Having got mixed up with a local livestock the
Tibetan mastiffs have lost long wool and became more homogeneous painting but
the main features were kept (large growth, rough combining, massive head with a
volumetric rather short muzzle). The closest descendant of the Tibetan mastiff
is the Mongolian sheep-dog. It is a large dog: growth of dogs - 75cm, females
are lower, powerful skeleton, a wide breast.
Mongolian Sheep-Dog is malice,
active; with an advanced sentry reflexes. Tibetan mastiff and the Kirghiz
sheep-dog have very close descriptions. Journal "Dog's breeding" (1929, #7) in
Tkachenko's article: "The Kirghiz sheep-dog is large wolf-similar dog of
powerful combining. It is possessing perfectly advanced instinct of protection. It is affectionate
to the owner; it perfectly grazes herds of rams and protects them from the
steppe wolf. As this description shows the Kirghiz Sheep-Dog is the descendant
of the ancient Asian mastiff-similar dogs with the blood of the local
dogs"
Our Central Asian Sheep-Dogs are also
descendants of the ancient mastiff similar dogs. The population of those areas
of Central Asia where were engaged in cattle breeding concerned to a dogs very
well. In hierarchy the dog was right after the domestic cattle that were their
basic riches ...etc.
 
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