A few words about Caucasian Shepherds...
„...The Caucasian shepherd is a large and powerful dog. Its confidence and independence make it not willing to submit to anybody..."
The aggressiveness, which is a common trait of every Caucasian Shepherd, is caused by how it was used by people – for centuries it served as a defender of the herds against predators, which in turn developed a strong instinct to possess both things and a territory. All these features made Caucasian Shepherd an ideal guardian of factories and workplaces. This is how it was used on almost the entire territory of the Soviet Union for decades. The animals selected for work, and in consequence for breeding were large, suspicious, and even downright viciously aggressive, because they were most suitable to their tasks. And this is the Caucasian shepherd that the European cytologists came to know about...The animal was supposed to be uncommonly aggressive, even in relation to their owners and could coexist with humans only when it was mortally afraid of them...
Shame to say but this is the Caucasian shepherd that has gained a lot of popularity in several countries. (...)
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CAUCASIAN SHEPHERD DOG - BREED STANDARD
(Kavkazskaïa Ovtcharka)
ORIGIN:
USSR
PATRONAGE:
Russia.
DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE OFFICIAL VALID STANDARD:
13.10.2010
UTILIZATION:
Guard - and watchdog
FCI-CLASSIFICATION:
Group 2 - Pinscher and Schnauzer type - Molossian and Swiss Mountain and Cattle Dogs.
Section 2.2 - Molossian / Mountain type. Without working trial.
BRIEF HISTORICAL SUMMARY:
The Caucasian Shepherd Dog (CSD) is considered to be the breed taking its origin from ancient Caucasian dogs. The breed’s expansion covers territories from the Caucasian Range and the steppe regions of Southern Russia. The evolution of the breed was not only a result of natural selection but also influenced by nations that inhabited the Caucasian Region. Historically Caucasian Shepherd dogs were used for guarding and safe-keeping of herds, flocks and dwellings from beasts of prey and predators. The first mention of a large molossoid dogs used by the army of Armenian Tsar Tigran the II dates from the 1st century BC. Selection work with the breed started in the USSR in the 1920s. (...)