| Kars Shepherd | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Origin | Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Notes | registered with the Turkish Standards Institution in 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dog (domestic dog) | |||||||||||||||||||||
The Kars Shepherd, Turkish: Kars Çoban Köpeği, is a Turkish breed of livestock guardian dog. It is one of three breeds of flock guardian dog in Turkey, the others being the Akbash and the Kangal.[1]
It takes its name from the town of Kars in Kars Province, and is also found throughout the provinces of Ardahan, Artvin, Erzurum and Iğdır in eastern Turkey.[2][3][4]
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